In Part 2 of this art­icle, I looked at the pres­sure-sens­it­ive devices (safety edges) them­selves. This part explores the stop­ping per­form­ance require­ments that engin­eers and tech­no­lo­gists need to con­sider when apply­ing these devices. Copy­right secured by Digi­prove © 2018Acknow­ledge­ments: As cited in the text.Some Rights ReservedOri­gin­al con­tent here is pub­lished under these license terms: X License Type:Non-com­mer­cial, Attri­bu­tion, Share AlikeLi­cense Sum­mary:You may copy this con­tent,…

In Part 1 of this art­icle, I looked at the pres­sure-sens­it­ive devices (safety edges) them­selves. This part explores the design require­ments that engin­eers and tech­no­lo­gists need to con­sider when apply­ing these devices. Copy­right secured by Digi­prove © 2018Acknow­ledge­ments: As cited in the text.Some Rights ReservedOri­gin­al con­tent here is pub­lished under these license terms: X License Type:Non-com­mer­cial, Attri­bu­tion, Share AlikeLi­cense Sum­mary:You may copy this con­tent, cre­ate…

Safety Edges are often for­got­ten as safe­guard­ing devices. Most machinery engin­eers and design­ers are famil­i­ar with inter­lock­ing devices and light cur­tains, but once we step away from the famil­i­ar, our under­stand­ing of how to apply safe­guard­ing devices like a safety edge becomes a bit foggy.  Copy­right secured by Digi­prove © 2018Acknow­ledge­ments: SafeInd, IEC, ISO, Rock­well Auto­ma­tio more…Some Rights ReservedOri­gin­al con­tent here is pub­lished…