Is there a machine guard sensor for the detection of human contact?
Is there a machine guard sensor for the detection of human contact?
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A client of mine has informed me of a sensor for safety applications which has got my head scratching.
The application, he assures me, was on the guard of a docking/chop/mitre saw, which retracted the blade in the presence of human flesh. This was demonstrated by using a sausage and trying to perform a cut! Very little damage occurred to the sausage.
Does such a sensor exist? If so what principle does it work on?
The application, he assures me, was on the guard of a docking/chop/mitre saw, which retracted the blade in the presence of human flesh. This was demonstrated by using a sausage and trying to perform a cut! Very little damage occurred to the sausage.
Does such a sensor exist? If so what principle does it work on?





RE: Is there a machine guard sensor for the detection of human contact?
Other possibility might be small electrical current to a floor pad?
Better yet, a large enough voltage to shock the person away?