Monitoring at least one machine
AssigneeSick AG
InventorsChristoph HOFMANN, Alfred AROCKIARAJ
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Abstract
A method of safeguarding at least one machine (12) that is monitored by at least one sensor (14) that generates sensor data with respect to the machine (12) is provided, wherein movements of a machine model of the machine (12) are carried out in a simulation and synthetic sensor data of a sensor model of the sensor (14) are generated, and wherein a plurality of safety functions (72) are performed in the simulation in which an evaluation is made by safety related evaluation of the simulation whether a hazardous situation is present to output a safety signal to the machine (12) to trigger a safety response in the case of a hazardous situation, The safety functions (72) are here each individually implemented per se in a container.
Claims15
A method of safeguarding at least one machine that is monitored by at least one sensor that generates sensor data with respect to the machine, wherein
- movements of a machine model of the machine are carried out in a simulation and synthetic sensor data of a sensor model of the sensor are generated, and
- wherein a plurality of safety functions are performed in the simulation in which an evaluation is made by a safety related evaluation of the simulation whether a hazardous situation is present to output a safety signal to the machine to trigger a safety response in the case of a hazardous situation,
- wherein the safety functions are each individually implemented per se in a container for this purpose.
A safety device for monitoring at least one machine, wherein the safety device has at least one sensor for generating sensor data with respect to the machine and a processing unit that is connected at least indirectly to the machine and in which a method of safeguarding at least one machine runs, with the at least one being monitored by at least one sensor that generates sensor data with respect to the machine, wherein movements of a machine model of the machine are carried out in a simulation and synthetic sensor data of a sensor model of the sensor are generated, and wherein a plurality of safety functions are performed in the simulation in which an evaluation is made by a safety related evaluation of the simulation whether a hazardous situation is present to output a safety signal to the machine to trigger a safety response in the case of a hazardous situation, wherein the safety functions are each individually implemented per se in a container for this purpose.
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