TY - CHAP U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Jung, Norbert A1 - Schwaneberg, Oliver A1 - Sporrer, Sebastian A1 - Steiner, Holger A1 - Groß, Iris A1 - Scheer, Tobias T1 - Adaptive, material-dependent height-control for protective hoods on panel saws T2 - 8th International Conference Safety of Industrial Automated Systems (SIAS 2015). 18-20 November 2015, Königswinter, Germany. Proceedings N2 - The proper use of protective hoods on panel saws should reliably prevent severe injuries from (hand) contact with the blade or material kickbacks. It also should minimize long-term lung damages from fine-particle pollution. To achieve both purposes the hood must be adjusted properly by the operator for each workpiece to fit its height. After a work process is finished, the hood must be lowered down completely to the bench. Unfortunately, in practice the protective hood is fixed at a high position for most of the work time and herein loses its safety features. A system for an automatic height adjustment of the hood would increase comfort and safety. If the system can distinguish between workpieces and skin reliably, it furthermore will reduce occupational hazards for panel saw users. A functional demonstrator of such a system has been designed and implemented to show the feasibility of this approach. A specific optical sensor system is used to observe a point on the extended cut axis in front of the blade. The sensor determines the surface material reliably and measures the distance to the workpiece surface simultaneously. If the distance changes because of a workpiece fed to the machine, the control unit will set the motor-adjusted hood to the correct height. If the sensor detects skin, the hood will not be moved. In addition a camera observes the area under the hood. If there are no workpieces or offcuts left under the hood, it will be lowered back to the default position. Y1 - 2015 UR - https://www.dguv.de/ifa/veranstaltungen/archiv/2015/sias-2015/index.jsp SN - 978-3-86423-163-6 SB - 978-3-86423-163-6 SP - 157 EP - 162 PB - Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV) ER -