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Typically, we think of packaging machine safety in terms of hard wiring, e-stops, guarding, lock out/tag out and regulatory compliance. Those are important considerations, of course, but today’s networked safety technologies can achieve substantial increases in productivity.
OMAC and OPC Foundation jointly released a PackML OPC UA Companion Specification in 2018 — a nearly two-year effort to standardize how PackML information should be modeled in OPC UA. Since its release, technical solution providers have started to create real implementations of the specification.
Safe Portal Solutions ensure flexible, efficient safeguarding for automated material transfer stations. With up to four simultaneous protective fields, two vertically installed safety laser scanners detect people gaining unauthorized access.