"Light curtain alarm"
Posted Jan 4, 2023, 9:58 AM UTC
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Is it clean? Is it just a 2 post system? Or does it do a whole square with two mirrors?
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Two light towers on the back wall and two mirror towers at the opposite sides, I've dusted the faces down. Haven't looked inside to see if its dusty yet but it worth a look.
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Lens cleaner wipes only. If you use a rag I will stab you.
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Sure thing, I'll see what we have
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I have temporarily fixed the issue!
One of the mirror towers was out of line by a few mm, only noticed it by accidentally bumping it and the warning disappearing
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Why aren't you using a contact style safety switch?
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Cos this is how it came. Sadly its a much simpler machine than we wanted but a previous workshop/ops manager bought this. The light curtain is also totally pointless, even if I fell on the bed unconscious the arm casing would push me off before the blade got me, utterly over the top HSE crap.
I have since solved the issue, one of the mirror towers had been bashed a few mm of course, only noticed it after I started seeing if they had wobble
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Tell me more about HSE?
Did they shop up unannounced or scheduled visit?
I’m 3.5 years into running my place with 30 staff. Although I am confident we have safe practices, I always worry about an inspection.
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Unannounced visit. About 3 months back, they gave us a long list of things to sort out, much of it pointless and unnecessary
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How long have you been open if you don’t mind me asking? And What kind of work you do?
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I think maybe 6 years. It's the second time they've randomly turned up but we've moved to a larger workshop since the first vist. I cut rectangles. Cabinet doors
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READ THE FUCKING MANUAL
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Uh yeah, uh didunt fink ov dat!
I'm not a technician, just an operator
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Is there no light on the light curtain to show if the beam is making contact? Try realigning it.
That is a possibility but one that'll likely take all day as I dont have the floor bolts to hand and the current ones will have to be grinded out to alter position. It worked fine on the 23rd but I can only presume someone's knocked it hard while we were supposed to be shut for the festive period, which no ones going to own up to because no one should have been here
If it’s what it’s telling you then that’s the solution. Depending on the type light curtain it might have adjustable reflectors.
Turns out one of the towers had been bashed so it was a few mm out of line with the laser. Got it sorted eventually, so pleased to find it's a physical fault
Might be a good idea to take a paint marker and trace around the feet of the control towers, so you know if it's been moved next time.