Entering the robot's working area at any time can cause serious injury. Only trained and certified personnel should enter this area. What are the safety precautions for operating industrial robots?
1. System security:
Due to the complexity and inherent dangers of robotic systems, safety must be paramount in practice. Entering a robot's working area at any time can cause serious injury. Only trained and certified personnel should enter the area.
The following safety rules must be followed:
2. Waste disposal generated during on-site operations:
Hazardous solid waste generated during on-site services includes: waste industrial batteries, waste circuit boards, waste lubricating oil, waste grease, viscous oil return lines or rags, waste oil drums, and waste disposal methods for packaging materials of damaged parts generated during on-site operations.
• Parts damaged during on-site service should be used by our on-site service personnel or the customer after repair.
• For discarded packaging materials, our on-site service personnel recommend that customers hand them over to recycling companies for recycling.
• On-site service: On-site service personnel will take the waste industrial batteries and circuit boards generated during on-site service back to the supplier, or allow customers to exchange them when purchasing new batteries.
• Waste lubricating oil, waste lubricating grease, waste oil drums, waste cotton yarn, and rags, etc. Customers are advised to collect these items separately and hand them over to a professional company.
3. Safe operation of industrial robots:
• Safety fences must be sufficiently sturdy and secure. If they cannot be moved, they should prevent operators from easily breaking or dismantling them. Furthermore, the sharp edges and corners of the safety fence itself must not contain potentially dangerous areas.
• The robot's current status (teaching, operation, and maintenance) must be clearly displayed outside the safety fence. This is to prevent anyone from accidentally operating the robot and surrounding equipment, such as human-machine interfaces, via the teach pendant.
• Mark the danger zone on the ground, including the range of movement of the robot and surrounding equipment. In addition, ensure sufficient safety space is maintained around the area and install safety protection devices to prevent operators from escaping during abnormal operations or emergencies.
4. Safety awareness and safety regulations for industrial robots:
Hazards are easily identifiable, but the sources of hazard often differ within a specific robotic system. The number and type of hazards are directly related to the nature of the automation process and the complexity of the equipment. Risks associated with hazards are related to the type of robot and its application and installation. Programming, operation, and maintenance patterns have changed. Due to the variability of risks in industrial robot applications, this standard provides safety guidelines for the design and manufacture of robots; and because the safety of industrial robot applications is influenced by the design and application of specific robot systems, this standard also provides guidelines for personal safety protection during the installation, functional testing, programming, operation, and maintenance of robots and their systems.
Because the variability of risks in industrial robot applications has been recognized, safety standards must provide safety assurance guidelines for robot design and manufacturing; and because the safety of industrial robot applications is affected by the design and application of specific robot systems, safety standards should provide guidelines for personal safety protection during the installation, functional testing, programming, operation and maintenance of robots and their systems.
