Photoelectric sensors raise packaging machine safety

摘要

An automated safety solution to solve a common problem on packaging machines has been developed by industrial safety specialist Sick. The company's Safeguard Detector Core protects operators from being injured if they reach in to refill an empty or nearly empty carton magazine while the machine is still running. "Sick has combined its expertise in sensing and safety technologies to tackle an all-too-common problem: a machine operator is protected from being injured as long as the magazine contains material. That protection is gone as soon as the magazine is empty," says Sick UK safety specialist Dr Martin Kidman.