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AGR’s take on derisking: what works and what doesn’t

Arthur G. Russell's focus on adaptability and lifecycle support aligns with the needs of modern manufacturing
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How machines stop in emergency situations

Safety configurations for Category 0, Category 1 and Category 2 stops
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Safety-circuit upgrades present design challenges

More open and flexible safety components can make for easier integration
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E-stop devices can take many forms

Know your standards, when it comes to emergency stops, and find the right button for the application
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What are the different acceptable types of e-stop devices?

Guidelines inform requirements for design, and the application-specific environment plays a role
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The fine art of the emergency stop

Why the e-stop button needs to be reliable and swift
Source: Pepperl+Fuchs
Intrinsic Safety

How intrinsic safety aims to protect low-energy systems or signals from sensors, actuators and associated control signals for use in hazardous locations

Design equipment using entity parameters to guide combinations of intrinsically safe apparatus and associated apparatus to form intrinsically safe circuits
Emergency Stop
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What is an emergency stop?

E-stop features, locations and best practices in industrial safety
The automated order-fulfillment demonstration highlights collaborative robots (cobots) using sensors to scan QR codes for correct order picking, transferring and shelving of consumer items varying in sizes and shapes. The system is an example of cobots, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and vision sensors working together in a highly flexible autonomous solution that can be scaled up or down.
Robotics

Safety-rated software helps to shrink the footprint of robotic work cells

FANUC America’s David Bruce discusses robot integration and future trends in technology