Protection Area Elements - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

14.7.3

Protection area elements

14.7.3.1 Creating protection area elements
To protect machine parts and tools, model a protection area with the following basic bodies:
● Frame or parallel frame
● Box or parallel box
● Sphere or parallel sphere
● Cylinder or parallel cylinder
● File or parallel 3D file
Note
Parallel protection area elements
You have the possibility of creating two protection area elements in parallel in a hierarchic
level of the tree structure. This means that parallel elements have the previous element as
the same origin.
To create two elements in parallel with one another at one level, use a "parallel" element.
If you create an additional protection area element, then this is shifted into the next level.
Preconditions
● A kinematic chain has been created
● The cursor is on a protection area (machine or tool protection area) or at a protection
Procedure
Attaching additional protection area elements
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area element.
1. Press the "New element" softkey.
2. The "New Collision Element" selection window opens.
3. Select the required basic form (e.g. box to model a table) and press the
"OK" softkey.
The corresponding window to enter the element values opens.
4. Define the values and press the "OK" softkey to confirm the entries.
You have the option of attaching as many protection area elements as
you require, corresponding to your machine.
Collision avoidance
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