If you spend time around presses, robots or fast conveyors, you already know this: safety light curtains are not just a line on the BOM. They decide how close your team dare to stand, how fast the machine can run,…
When you stand in front of a new machine and do the risk assessment, one question comes up again and again: “Do we need a safety light curtain here, or a measuring light curtain… or both?” If you work in…
If you build or run machines, you already know this: a safety light curtain is no longer “just something on the safety BOM”. By 2026 it sits right in the middle of uptime, compliance and headache-free audits. This piece talks…
When you build or retrofit a machine, you always hit the same headache: Do we just guard the front, or do we wrap the whole cell with light? That’s the real-world choice between multi-sided access protection and single-side guarding. Both…
You want plain talk, real scenarios, and concrete takeaways. Let’s keep it tight, human, and useful. Safety light curtain definition A safety light curtain is an opto-electronic guard that throws a wall of invisible beams between a transmitter and a…
Short answer: it depends on optics, beam pitch, alignment, and the messiness of your plant. Range isn’t one magic number; it’s a working window you size for your cell. Let’s keep it plain, show the levers that move range, and…
You don’t just “buy a light curtain.” You pick the right type for the hazard, the space, and the line speed. Let’s keep it plain: what the machine does, who gets near it, and how parts move should drive your…