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CAM-234

The press guard, standing wide open

First thing on the press line. Both leaves of the guard on the big press are standing wide open, one on each side, leaving the die area exposed. Inside, on the orange bolster, sits a sheet-metal part already formed. The machine beacon is still lit and an operator watches the press from the aisle, a few metres away. IRIS sees both leaves out of their frame and sees the part inside the tool.

First thing on the press line. Both leaves of the guard on the big press are standing wide open, one on each side, leaving the die area exposed. Inside, on the orange bolster, sits a sheet-metal part already formed. The machine beacon is still lit and an operator watches the press from the aisle, a few metres away. IRIS sees both leaves out of their frame and sees the part inside the tool.
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CAM-234 · PRESS LINE 2 · GUARD OPEN

What IRIS understands

What it recognises in this scene

  • guard leaf, open
  • second leaf, also out of its frame
  • press on the line
  • sheet-metal part inside the tool
  • operator watching from the aisle
  • press beacon, lit

What this camera measures

An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.

  • 2Guard leaves standing open
  • 3 min 05 sTime the guard has been open
  • 1People in shot
  • 07:18Time of the opening
  • 9Openings counted this shift

The figures on this screen are an example from the illustration, not any client's measurement.

The rule

You decide once. IRIS applies it always.

If

a leaf of the guard is left open while the press is in an operating condition

Then

  1. alert the press shop supervisor with the camera and the time
  2. save the video from the moment the first leaf opened
  3. time the opening and add it to the shift count
The instruction that set it up«Tell me if the press guard is left open with a part inside the tool.»

What changes

What changes for whoever answers for the plant

An open guard leaves no trace: it opens, it closes, nobody writes it down. The line manager only hears about it if somebody tells him. With the camera every opening has a time, a video and a duration, and at the end of the shift there is a list. That list shows whether it is one machine, one shift or one part that always jams. That is what it takes to fix the cause instead of repeating the safety talk.

What people usually ask

Does IRIS stop the press when it sees the guard open?

No. What stops the press is its own safety system: the guard interlock and the machine’s light curtain. IRIS does not replace them and does not act on the machine. It alerts and leaves the video, which is exactly what is missing when the interlock has been bypassed or a leaf has been left open with nobody writing it down.

Can it tell a maintenance opening from one that should not happen?

If the plant writes it down, yes. The rule can carry a time window, a machine mode or a prior notice. IRIS does not decide what is correct: the plant does. What the camera does is let no opening go by without a time and a picture, and keep the planned ones apart from the rest.

Is it usable as evidence in an investigation?

Yes, for what is visible. The video shows the exact time, which leaves were open, for how long and whether anybody was standing in front of the machine. It identifies nobody, and it does not say whether the interlock was bypassed: the internal state of the press comes from its own log. It is the two together that close the report.

A different case every time

We won't just tell you. We'll show you.

It is a summary of the real screen: it plays by itself, step by step, and shows only the path of one case. The actual tool has far more than fits in here.

  1. You ask
  2. IRIS searches
  3. It shows you
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And the best part

A recollection cannot be checked.A number can, and it comes out the same every day.

The number does not depend on who was on shift or how they remember it. It is measured the same way every day, and that is why people counting is certified by the Centro Español de Metrología.

Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.

We reply the same working day.