While the need for automation safety is constant, sometimes the automation itself needs to allow the suspension of safety-related functions for designed automated processes. The new Type 4 Safety ...

A new breed of light curtain is gaining recognition in the United States. Developed in Europe and classified as "Type 2," it is a lower-cost, reduced-capability alternative to the more robust "Type 4" ...

Banner Engineering Corp. introduces the EZ-SCREEN® Low-Profile Safety Light Curtain with Integral Muting, the most recent Type 4 safety light curtain of the company’s popular machine safety product ...

Safety light curtains play an important role in many machine-safety strategies. Light curtains consist of two linear arrays of through-beam optical sensors commonly referred to as light bars. Only one ...

The GUMMI-WELZ LEXI safety light curtain can detect even the smallest of objects with a fully automated sensitivity adjustment. It is suitable for static and dynamic train doors with no alignment ...

Safetinex safety light curtains are used wherever risks cannot be eliminated through machine design to help protect operators from injury. Safetinex safety light curtains are used wherever risks ...