Sick Ag

Shane MacNamara

Ingolf Braune

Markus Hammes

Matthias Neubauer

Armin Hornung

Stephan Schmitz

Thomas Neumann

Stefan Schmitz

A safe optoelectronic sensor is provided for securing a monitored zone comprising at least one machine, wherein the sensor has at least one light receiver for generating a received signal from received light from the monitored zone and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine distances from objects in the monitored zone from the received signal, and to treat gaps, i.e. safety relevant part regions of the monitored zone in which no reliable distance can be determined, as an object at a predefined distance. The predefined distance here corresponds to a height for securing against reach over.

Securing a monitored zone comprising at least one machine

A method of configuring at least one hazard zone to be monitored by at least one three-dimensional (3D) sensor includes fixing outer surfaces, where the at least one hazard zone is a volume defined by the outer surfaces, and is a zone in which a machine to be secured is located. Additionally, a check is made during the configuration or after the configuration whether the outer surfaces are visible to the at least one 3D sensor.

Configuring a hazard zone monitored by a 3D sensor

An optoelectronic sensor () for monitoring a working area () is provided, the working area () being located within a detection area () of the sensor () and in a first distance from the sensor (), wherein the sensor () comprises an illumination unit () with a light source () for at least partially illuminating the working area (), and an object detection unit () for detecting forbidden objects in the working area (), wherein an illumination control () of the illumination unit () is configured to, during a startup period, The illumination control () comprises a short range object detection unit () configured to test the provisional working area (-) in a different way than the object detection unit () tests the working area ().

Optoelectronic sensor

A distance-measuring optoelectronic sensor for the monitoring of a working zone is provided which is located within a detection zone of the sensor and at a first distance from the sensor, wherein the sensor has a lighting unit having a light source to illuminate the working zone at least partly as well as an object detection unit by means of which unauthorized objects in the working zone can be detected. In this respect, an illumination control is designed, in a switching-on phase,

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Shane MacNamara