The new V 4000 camera sensor available through Sick, inc., Minneapolis, MN, reportedly is the first image-processing electrosensitive protective system available for point-of-operation safeguarding of press brakes. The Category 4 sensor offers maximum operating safety while still permitting optimization of bending and folding processes, according to company officials. Unlike light curtains normally used in press-brake safeguarding, the V 4000 monitors the hazardous area with a camera image and constantly evaluates the safety fields. These fields can be programmed flexibly according to the folding operation. This safeguarding concept, according to Joachim Breuer, product manager for the Sick AG Safety Systems Division in Waldkirch, Germany, offers numerous advantages in machine efficiency and availability.
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