越來越多工業生產廠家、其中包括越來越多的中小型製造企業，正將機器人應用視作應對行業各種緊迫挑戰的機遇。人機合作的趨勢發展迅速，但考驗著所有相關人員對協作型機器人應用的可靠性與安全性的信任。SICK願為各行各業的使用者履行這些應用提供幫助，並推出了豐富的整體安全系統與服務的一站式產品組合，為使用者打造安全生產能力。
自由、安全：人類與機器人的高效合作
2022 Nov 8
為確保人在協作型機器人應用中能夠隨時干預，他必須毫無保留地相信自己始終受到很好的保護，不會遇到危險。在這方面，專業人士們一致認為：沒有所謂的安全機器人，只有安全機器人應用。因此，必須仔細考查整個機器人應用——包括機器人本身、臂端操縱機構、夾具及夾持的物體。因為協作型機器人一般僅具有固有安全。分析並降低各項具體應用中的剩餘風險，是安全專家需要負責的任務。
一站式服務——安全整體解決方案
在此過程中，SICK將不僅為自動化行業提供豐富的產品組合（包括硬體與軟體元件，以及整體安全系統等），此外還將自己視作諮詢與工程設計的服務提供商。由此，在與客戶的緊密協作中，可形成安全機器人應用，確保最佳工作流程，縮短停機時間。由於系統可根據相應的機器人應用及生產環境輕鬆調整，因此自動化解決方案同時還可以確保更高的靈活性與未來適應性。
風險評估確保安全起步
在打造可自由接近的協作型機器人應用時，一開始都逃不開全面的風險評估。機器人製造商、設備整合商及設備營運商必須在風險評估中首先確定機器極限值，識別可能的危險。在此，SICK遍佈全球的250多名認證安全專家將為評估作業提供支援，並提出旨在降低風險的措施建議。其中，機械指令及具有約束力的國際標準（如ISO 10 218-2 / TS 15066）的要求規定了人機安全合作的防護等級。
諮詢與設計
單獨的風險評估，打造高效安全解決方案
Protection using a SICK safety system: Safe Robotics Area Protection
The next step is to create the safety concept. To this end, the team of experts define the protection goals and select suitable risk-reducing measures for optimal safety and productivity. Once all safety functions tailored to the work processes and machine functions have been defined, the specific safety design is produced. SICK offers complete Safe Robotics Area Protection systems, e.g., sBot Stop and sBot Speed, to suit the particular application. They comprise a safety laser scanner, safety light curtain or safety multibeam sensor that bring the robot to a safe stop or to a safe reduced speed when approached. Flexi Soft safety controllers ensure a safe communication between the external device and the robot controller. Thanks to a guaranteed performance level (PL) d, a high safety level can be reliably achieved.
Finally, users save time and money as a result of the easy installation and commissioning of the preselected hardware and software components and the pre-configured and tested. functional logic. In the last step, the application is verified and validated at final acceptance and receives the “VERIFIED SAFETY” quality seal from SICK.
Gaining competencies and winning trust
Safety training offerings at all levels help ensure lasting trust in the new robot colleagues and increase the safety competency within the company. Specialists from all departments of the company expand their know-how through progressive training courses from “Basic” to a “Safety Expert” certificate either directly on site, via online classrooms, or in the Sensor Intelligence Academy at the company’s headquarters in Waldkirch bei Freiburg, Germany.
With its broad and varied turnkey solutions portfolio, SICK is helping create robot applications that can be freely and productively accessed and which, by reducing complexity, are making the industrial robot world safer.
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