Design for Robotic Cell Safety

Details

• Personal Author:
  Cheng OS ; Jiang BC
• Description:
  The six severity levels design (SSLD) for manufacturing cell safety when robots work with other machines. This design philosophy integrated guarding techniques with control actions, while considering both production needs and safety concerns, and interfaced machine functions with process requirements. Principles used included: design based on knowledge of the manufacturing process; safety measures for system failure, human error and device misuse; control actions should depend on risk severity; individual machines and interactions among machines should be considered in guarding; warning devices for personnel awareness; and the use of guarding devices to isolate hazard sources from personnel. The philosophy was implemented in an unmanned manufacturing cell which made a family of parts. The designed system had the advantage of providing maximum operator protection while causing minimum interruption in the flow of production. The need for additional work in the areas of sensor reliability, system integration, and training were discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Automation Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Control-technology NIOSH-Grant Robotics Safety-research
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00198489
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-197400
• Citation:
  Industrial Engineering Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama :1-22
• Contact Point Address:
  Industrial Engineering Industraial Engineering Dept 207 Dunstan Hall Auburn University, AL 36849
• Performing Organization:
  Auburn University at Auburn, Auburn, Alabama
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19880101
• Source Full Name:
  Industrial Engineering Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
• End Date:
  19891231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a39c7ef5a8a38761e47f92958c7dffe52a4ab0c17a3d501d34f54ee4b172d8427446bcc0d88e0186dd9908575e77ea012a6b3144330cb175b3a13868ada94b71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217800/cdc_217800_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 626.58 KB ]