Defender Press Brake Guarding System Operation Manual
LS-CS-M-069
Page 48
Original Language Version: 1.04
Released:
01/04/2020
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Glossary of Terms
Term
Description
Approach
The closing movement of the tools
Approach signal
A signal from the press brake controller to the Defender controller
to indicate that the foot pedal has been pressed to allow the tools
to close.
Approach speed
The closing of the tools in high speed >10 mm/s
Back gauge mode
Operating mode of the Defender system where the rear sensor is
muted 16 mm above the mute point to prevent interference from
the back gauge.
Beam / pressing beam The moving member of the press brake
Box mode
See Tray/Tray 2 mode.
Condition code
Status information from the PGS-2 displayed as a four digit
hexadecimal number (0-9, A-F)
Crawl speed
See safe speed
Danger zone
The point where any part of the body may be trapped between
tools
Die
Bottom tool of the press brake
EDM
External Device Monitor (valve/solenoid monitor).
Field muted mode
Operating mode of the Defender where the protective laser field is
turned off and the closing of the tools is possible in safe speed
only.
HMI
Human Machine Interface (i.e. the User Interface Panel)
Laser A
The single laser of the LZS-1
Laser to punch
distance
The distance between the lowest point of the punch and the laser,
as determined by the machine stopping distance.
Mute
Deactivation of the protective laser field
Mute point
The point where the optical protection is deactivated
Normal mode
Default operating mode of the Defender
Opening
The distance between the lower and upper tools
Open tools
Increase the opening, retract the pressing beam
Optical protection
Lazer Safe laser guards, or OEM light curtains
Punch
Top tool of the press brake
Retract
The opening movement of the tools
Restricted mode
Mute mode where the press does not support dual speed
operation.
Safe speed
The closing of the tools in slow speed ≤10 mm/s
Stop at Mute mode
Operating mode of the Defender system where the press beam is
stopped at the mute point
Stopping distance /
overrun
The distance the tools continue to close before coming to a stop
when a stop command is issued.
Tray/Tray 2/Box mode
Operating mode of the Defender when some of the sensor zones
are deactivated for high speed forming of tray and box shaped
parts.