Decision Walk: Changeover Risk
Decide how to manage machine guarding and access during a changeover before production restarts.
Changeover gate The filler is almost ready, but guards are open and mechanics are still reaching into the machine during the first product trial. The risk is restarting hazardous motion while the access state still belongs to setup. Access state plus motion state Restart only after the guard state matches the motion state. Setup may require access. Production requires protection. The danger lives in the transition. Try a cycle Fast, but mixes setup access with production motion. The first product trial no longer surprises anyone inside the hazard zone. The safeguard must be effective at the moment hazardous motion returns.…
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