New Handling Systems as Technical Aids for the Working Process. Part 7. Sensors and Safety Equipment

摘要

Social, technical and economic reasons require an enhanced application of handling systems such as industrial robots. Thereby very important are sensors and safety devices as subsystems of handling systems. In the framework of its program 'New Handling Systems as Technical Aids for the Working Process' ARGE HHS has put up the task, to develop sensor systems for the fields which until now people dominated, namely on the fields of orientation of work pieces, positioning dimensions and positioning. On each of the mentioned fields, five new sensor systems have been developed and have been developed and have been tested as prototypes. Within the work program of ARGE HHS safety devices which serve the security of working people, gained great importance. A comprehensive safety concept was worked out, which was tested successfully in a number of handling system applications and became the base of a VDI guideline.