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We offer you a selection of technical articles and user reports that deal with various aspects of machine safety – for example the topic of standards or special products and solutions for safeguarding machines as well as application examples. The articles were mainly written by experts from Schmersal. 

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ALTERNATIVES NEEDED IN THE EVENT OF SUPPLY BOTTLENECKS

THE SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE AND THE SELECTION OF SAFETY SWITCHGEAR

Disrupted supply chains for electronic components also have consequences for machine safety in the form of bottlenecks, primarily in the manufacture of electronic safety switchgear. When these occur, designers need to reconsider and replan. No reason to panic, however, as there are alternatives – there are just a few things that need to be considered and borne in mind.

Source: SPS-MAGAZIN, trade magazine for automation, issue 12/2022, TeDO Verlag

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SAFETY FIRST

OPERATING AGILE, AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS SAFELY

Robotics, optics, Artificial Intelligence – these are the three main areas of modernisation in industry, and the specialist area of a fledgling French company. Reliable safety technology is essential to the safe operation of countless flexible, agile and autonomous systems and to their optimal functionality without danger to operators

Source: MY FACTORY 2022/11-12, www.myfactory-magazin.de

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MACHINE SAFETY – TAILOR-MADE!

Alternative solutions and the impact on safety certification - interview with Tobias Thiesmann

Safety functions are gradually shifting from hardware level to software level. As such, it makes sense for machine builders to work with their safety systems suppliers early on when developing new products. There are particular benefits to be gained from the use of OEM-specific software.

Source: Computer & Automation, issue 11-22, WEKA FACHMEDIEN GmbH

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CONDITION MONITORING FOR CONVEYOR SYSTEMS

Schmersal has expanded its range of products and systems for bulk materials handling

Safe, fault-free operation of conveyor systems is an essential factor when it comes to production efficiency and profitability. The Schmersal Group offers intelligent components and systems for safe and efficient conveyor systems. These also include solutions for condition monitoring – the capture and evaluation of process and diagnosis data from system components to enable predictive maintenance and to increase availability.

Author: Heiko Bach, Business Development Manager Heavy Industry, Schmersal Group

Source: etz 9/2022, publishing house: VDE VERLAG GMBH

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A BREWERY FOR THE ISLAND...

NEW COMPONENT – A COMPACT AND ROBUST SOLENOID INTERLOCK

Safety in a production environment is everything. Belgian business BW Procestechniek has been using Schmersal’s safety components to hermetically seal the hatches on its brewing tanks for many years. When constructing a new brewery for Heineken on the island of La Réunion, the company opted for an innovative solution in the form of the AZM40, the world’s smallest electronic solenoid interlock.

Source: LVT LEBENSMITTEL Industrie 7–8, 2022, publishing house: Wiley Verlag

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MANY DOORS – SAFELY CLOSED

Ublo uses the AZM150 solenoid interlock from Schmersal

A company in France has installed electromechanical slimline-design, high-coding solenoid interlocks to secure twenty guard doors on a packaging production machine. They can be combined with different actuators for different attachment situations.

Source: DER KONSTRUKTEUR 2022/07-08, www.derkonstrukteur.de

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CLEAN BUSINESS

NEW RANGE OF CONTROL UNITS FOR FOOD-PROCESSING MACHINES

A new series of command and signalling devices from Schmersal has been designed to ensure maximum hygiene. The extensive range of command devices can be flexibly adapted to the requirements of machine engineering, such as with pluggable contact carriers.

Source: ME, trade magazine for mechatronic & engineering, issue 6/2022, TeDo Verlag

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MACHINE SAFETY IN INTRALOGISTICS – BEST WHEN NETWORKED

CONCEPTS FOR COMMUNICATION AND SIGNAL EVALUATION

When it comes to machine safety in conveyor and storage technology systems, it’s vital that the topic of ‘networking’ is on the agenda, owing to the extensive nature of the systems, and the numerous and dif-ferent safety switchgear devices that they contain. With a sophisticated networking concept, you can achieve multiple goals in one go – transparency in communication, ‘lean’ wiring and intelligent linking of different system areas. Here, system engineers can choose from a number of different options.

Author: Ulrich Bernhardt, Head of Sales for Controls, Schmersal Group

Source: F+H Fördern und heben, issue 04-2022, Vereinigte Fachverlage

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‘DIGITISATION IS ABOUT NETWORK CAPABILITY, CONNECTIVITY AND DATA'

IINTERVIEW WITH PHILIP SCHMERSAL AND EDGAR STADLER

Safety technology is of growing importance in automation. The objective is to achieve reliably operating machines and systems where, alongside productivity, the safety of employees is paramount. Philip Schmersal, Managing Partner, and Edgar Stadler, Head of the Technology Division, at K.A. Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG in Wuppertal, discuss the impact of digitisation and the current situation in materials acquisition on the development of the company.

Source: KEM Konstruktion, issue 03 / 2022, Konradin publishing house

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SAFE USE OF ROBOTS

SAFE MACHINE INTERLOCKING PROTECTS AGAINST ACCIDENTS  IN HYGIENE-SENSITIVE LOCATIONS

In the SAC Loader, Singer & Sohn GmbH has developed a compact, flexible and powerful system for the packaging of food items – a truly multitalented insertion robot. One of the challenges faced by its design team was the safeguarding of the hazardous area under hygienic conditions

Source: Lebensmitteltechnik, issue 02-2022

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