Connectors and Cables
Encoders and Motor Control
Operator Interfaces
Power Supplies and Monitoring
In this video, Luca gives a quick demonstration on how to use a multimeter to measure voltage output on a power supply. Multimeters are a helpful tool used in electrical engineering to determine voltage, current, and resistance in a circuit. Multimeters will be touched on and discussed when setting up Safety Edge.
Measurement Light Curtains
Automation Relays
Programmable Systems (PLC)
Contactors, encoders, and monitoring
This video gives a brief walkthrough on how safety contactors function, and their use in industrial safety. Their functionality lies within providing 3-phase AC electric power to large machinery. They use signalling from relays and PLCs to determine whether power should flow, and use electromagnetics to allow for power continuity. Safety contactors allow for feedback monitoring, and this video showcases how safety contactors can be wired to ensure Category 4 safety.
Light Curtains and Scanners
This video entails the setup and configurations for a Hokuyo UAM-05LP-T301 Safety Laser Scanner. Our intern, Luca, gives a walkthrough of monitoring laser data, detection/protection/warning zones, and how to use the UAM Project Designer software.
Emergency Stops
This video describes how emergency stops (e-stops, for short) are used in the industrial workplace. Our intern, Luca, provides wiring diagrams and a walkthrough on how contact blocks and switches are wired into safety relays to allow for dual-channel cross monitoring. The provided video details how Category 4 safety can be achieved by wiring your E-stops into two channels of a safety relay.
Safety Relays
Safety Sensors and Switches
This video details how an RFID-coded non-contact safety switch from ReeR works. Our intern, Yazan, has connected it to a DOLD relay and a contactor to show safety input capabilities of the switch, and how they can be used to monitor if doors are opened or closed, and thus be used as a safety condition for machine operation.
Wireless Safety
Trapped Key Systems
This video touches on how trapped key systems from Fortress Interlocks can be used as an almost entirely mechanical approach to safeguarding passageways during hazardous machine operations. Our intern, Luca, demonstrates how trapped-keys can be used to power machinery, but also can only be released to open gates that provide access to hazards when machines are not operating.
Machine Guarding
Safety Edge, Mats, Bumpers and Relays
In this video, our intern Luca provides an in depth walkthrough on the function of safety edge – a safety input device used in automation. He walks through its design, how to assemble it, and demonstrates a basic wiring configuration using the ELMON 41-322 relay and two safety contactors. More information about safety edge can be found on our blog post.