I am working with a Fanuc 2000ia 165f and have designed a cell with 2.5m tall fences around the robot that can only be accessed by a sliding door that has an coded magnetic safety switch to tell the robot if the door is open or not and if the door is open the robot will stop and will not continue until the door is closed and the error message is cleared. The coded magnetic safety switch is wired into a safety relay that connects to the robot's safety circuit. My question is how can I know if this will conform to safety standards? Would I need to get a health and safety company to carry out a risk assessment to see if the standards are being met or is there a way that I could do this myself.
Fanuc robot cell safety
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David.mms -
July 16, 2018 at 3:43 PM -
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We have put A chain with A special lock out lock with tag, like the ones used to lock out A machine when you are working on it. This is so that when someone opens the door, which has A switch wired to A safety
relay, they can lock the door open. That way no one can come along and shut the door, and restart the robot when someone could be in there. This has never happened, but with 2 operators working this could happen.
Just something to think about, you can not ever be too safe when it comes to robots, and operators.