METHOD FOR PROTECTING PERSONNEL DURING OPERATION OF A SERVO PRESS AND SERVO PRESS COMPRISING A PERSONNEL PROTECTION DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for protecting personnel during operation of an electrically driven servo press (1), a hazardous zone (6) of the servo press (1) being guarded by a structural protection device (5) surrounding the servo press, said structural protection device comprising a lockable access (7), and the servo press (1) having a stop brake (8) configured to decelerate a press ram (2) plus a kinetic energy of the press ram (2) for a manual setting operation. A request to be admitted to the hazardous zone (6) is required and the stop brake (12) is tested for its function. The access (7) is released if the result of the stop brake test is positive.