Figure 13: Hazardous area protection: detection of the presence of a person in the hazardous
ar
ea
Hazardous point protection
In hazardous point protection, the approach is detected very close to the hazardous
point.
The advantage of this type of protective device is that it is possible to have a short
minimum distance and the operator can work more ergonomically.
Figure 14: Hazardous point protection: Hand detection
Access protection
In ac
cess protection, people are detected if their whole body passes through the
protective field.
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