№3 (46), 2018. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MACHINE SCIENCE

Zelensky A.A., Kharkov M.A.

Safety system for machining equipment and operator protection based on distributed control system

The paper presents a system for ensuring the safety of machine tools and protecting the operator. It is a part of the previously developed distributed control system for the electro-automatics of machine tools, industrial robots and automated complexes based on high-performance communication interface. The composition, the basic principles of functioning of the safety system and algorithm for interaction of the logical part of the system with machine tools and other industrial automation equipment are presented.

Keywords: safety system, protecting the operator, distributed control system, high-performance interface and communication protocol.

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