Method for state-dependent safeguarding of machines and apparatus for implementing the method

摘要

A method and an apparatus safeguard hazardous areas in machines in the printing industry. Such a hazardous area is monitored by at least one sensor that is suitable for identifying objects penetrating into the hazardous area and is connected to a machine control system. When an object penetrates into the hazardous area, the object is identified through the use of the sensor and the machine control system acts on the state of the hazardous area of the machine on the basis of the identification and the respective operating state of the machine.