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Safety, Technology & Innovation is a monthly update that delivers significant product information, educational articles and industry news from Omron STI and other expert sources to help make safety work, for you.
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| Staying out of Court |
According to Chuck Seyboldt, Principal at Weinstein & Associates, Design engineers routinely make engineering judgments about safety to comply with a technical standard; but perhaps more frequently a safety-related design decision is based on a feeling of common sense, or adherence to historical precedent, as in, "That's how we've always done that." In Mr. Seyboldt's article, Staying out of Court, published in the May 22, 2008 issue of Machine Design magazine, learn how to avoid litigation over product design by developing "hindsight in advance."
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| Changing of the Guard |
Guarding a hydraulic press brake has always been a challenge. Traditional light curtains provide acceptable protection, but can result in lost productivity due to extended set-up time between operations and slower cycle times. Mechanical safeguarding methods protect without the issues of set-up time, but they only protect the operator, are costly to maintain, are often disliked or misused by operators, and can result in ergonomic issues.
In Changing of the Guard written by Chris Soranno of Omron STI and published in Fabricating & Metalworking magazine, learn how laser guarding systems resolve these problems, and can actually increase productivity!
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| Omron STI's New Guide to DeviceNet Safety Systems Now Available |
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| Did You Know? |
Did you know that Omron STI's DST1-XD Safety I/O Terminals allow local outputs to be directly controlled by local inputs, giving the user a maximum response time of 18.7 ms - potentially less than 1/6 the response time of competitive safety I/O terminals?
The typical response time of a safety I/O terminal can be longer than a stand-alone system, since it is dependent on the network system structure. As a result, the fixed maximum response time is a significant feature in that it quickly and safely moves a machine to a safe state irrespective of the network structure, the number of I/O modules or overall program complexity.
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