Embrittled Vision Panels put Operators at Risk

Timo Würz und Hein­rich Mödden

2002

Even though future pro­duc­tion is deemed to be, due to safe­ty reg­u­la­tions, more and more behind closed machine guards, “process obser­va­tion” remains nec­es­sary in spite of increas­ing automa­tion. If parts of the tool or the work­piece are eject­ed, the oper­a­tor safe­ty depends direct­ly on the impact resis­tance of the guards. It is obvi­ous that vision pan­els must not be embrit­tled due to ageing.
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