Safety control integration
Safety Light Curtain Integration and Validation
A safety light curtain can protect open access without a physical door where the hazard can stop before a person reaches it and the complete safety function is suitable for the task.
- Delivery
- Survey to handover
- Coverage
- Great Britain
- Application
- Project-specific
System intent
Designed around the task—not simply the available component.
A safety light curtain can protect open access without a physical door where the hazard can stop before a person reaches it and the complete safety function is suitable for the task.
We develop the guarding arrangement in the context of machine movement, product flow, operator behaviour, cleaning and foreseeable intervention. The scope is then defined clearly for detailed engineering and installation.
Key engineering decisions
What the design needs to resolve.
These points are reviewed together because a change to access, stopping or production flow can alter the required safeguarding approach.
- 01
Stopping performance
Measure or establish the time required for the hazardous movement to reach a safe condition.
- 02
Detection capability
Select the protected height and resolution for the required body-part detection.
- 03
Position
Calculate and verify the protective-device location using the applicable approach speed and system response.
- 04
Restart behaviour
Define reset, start and prevention of undetected presence behind the curtain.
Application review
Design considerations.
- Hand, arm or body detection requirement
- Reach-over, reach-under and side access
- Machine stop time and control response
- Reflective surfaces and environmental contamination
- Material passing through the field
- Muting, blanking or floating blanking implications
Typical project output
What can be included in the scope.
The precise deliverables are agreed before work proceeds and depend on whether the project covers mechanical guarding only or an integrated safety-system modification.
- Application review and device specification
- Mounting and mechanical protection
- Safety-control interface
- Reset and status indication
- Functional tests and recorded results
- Operator and maintenance information
