With the continuous advancement of intelligent manufacturing and industrial automation, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are more and more widely used in factories, warehouses, and other scenarios.As a kind of highly efficient and flexible handling equipment, the safety of AGVs is directly related to the production efficiency and employee safety. Therefore, strengthening the research and development of AGV safety standards is of great significance to promote the safe development of the robot industry.
AGVs Importance of safety standards
1. Ensure personal safety: AGVs may collide with workers or other equipment during operation, and perfect safety standards can effectively reduce the risk of accidents.
2. Enhance equipment reliability: Safety standards can standardize the design, manufacture, operation and maintenance of AGVs, and improve the stability and service life of the equipment.
3. Promote industrial upgrading: Unified safety standards for AGVs can help technical exchanges and mutual recognition of products within the industry, and promote the transformation and upgrading of the whole industry.
The main contents of AGV safety standards
1. Design safety standards
(1) Structural design: The structure of AGV is required to be sturdy, able to remain stable under a certain degree of impact, and not easily deformed. (2) Structural design.
(2) Safety protection design: including emergency stop button, safety edge, protective cover, etc. to prevent accidental injury.
(3) Human-computer interaction design: AGVs are required to have clear indicators, displays, and sound prompts to make it easy for the operator to understand the equipment status.
2. Electrical Safety Standards
(1) Electrical Insulation: Require the electrical system of the AGV to have good insulation to prevent leakage accidents.
(2) Anti-electromagnetic interference: the electrical system of AGV should have the ability of anti-electromagnetic interference to ensure stable operation.
(3) Emergency power-off: The AGV is required to be able to quickly cut off the power supply in case of emergency to ensure safety.
3. Functional safety standards
(1) Speed control: The AGV should be equipped with a speed adjustment function according to the different working environments and task requirements.
(2) Obstacle avoidance: AGVs should have a reliable obstacle avoidance system, capable of automatically stopping or going around when detecting obstacles.
(3) Fault diagnosis: AGV should have fault self-diagnostic function to detect problems and take measures in time.
Implementation and Challenges of AGV Safety Standards
1. Current Status of Implementation
China has released a series of AGV-related safety standards, such as GB/T 30029-2013 General Technical Conditions for Automatic Guided Vehicle General Technical Conditions", etc. However, in the actual application, there are still problems such as insufficient implementation and lagging update of standards.
2. Challenges to be faced
(1) Challenges brought by technological innovations: with the development of new technologies, the safety standards of AGVs need to be updated and improved.
(2) Insufficient knowledge of enterprises: some enterprises have insufficient knowledge of the importance of AGV safety standards, resulting in the lack of implementation of standards.
(3) Difficulty in supervision: AGV application scenarios are diverse, making it difficult for regulators to conduct comprehensive and effective supervision.
Outlook and Suggestions
1. Enhance the research on safety standards: continuously pay attention to the dynamics of the international advanced safety standards, and combine with the actual situation in China to continuously improve the AGV safety standard system.
2. Improve the safety awareness of enterprises: through training, publicity and other means, to improve the enterprises' understanding of the AGV safety standards and the degree of importance.
3. Strengthen the supervision: government departments should strengthen the supervision of AGV safety standards to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented.
4. Promote cooperation between industry, universities and research institutes: Encourage enterprises, universities and research institutes to jointly participate in the research and development of AGV safety standards to promote the healthy development of the industry.
The AGV safety standard is the cornerstone of the safe development of the robot industry. Only by continuously deepening the research, improving the standard system and ensuring its effective implementation can we provide a solid guarantee for the sustainable development of China's robotics industry.
