TECHNOLOGY MAKES SAFETY LASER SCANNERS IMMUNE TO WOOD CHIPPINGS

摘要

Industrial parquet manufacturing has made fine wood flooring more affordable and available. The European parquet industry now produces over 80 million m~2 of parquet flooring every year. To achieve this figure, there are stringent requirements for the systems used for automated wood processing. Sawdust and wood chippings are very challenging for conventional safety sensors. They are nonetheless expected to perform their tasks regarding operational safety with both reliability and precision. One of the leading parquet manufacturers in Europe, Bauwerk Parkett AG, uses the microScan3 safety laser scanner from SICK to make a stacking robot safe.