Pressbrake Safety System AKAS®-II

Area of application

• Innovative finger guarding system for pressbrakes by following LASER optical safety light grids in front of the tool.
• Finger guard works during the foot pedal controlled bending process => hands remain free for the operation with the slug.
• Increase of productivity due to programmable adaptation of the AKAS® II to the individual overrun traverses of the machine.
• Short change-over times due to all-automatic change-over to other tool sizes.
• Press brake guarding.
• Shears with pressure pad.
• Blanking presses.

The Pressbrake safety System AKAS meets the safety requirements of category 4 according to EN 954 and prEN 61496, and the most recent requirements of prEN 12622.
Safety integrity level SIL 3 (IEC 61508)
Performance Level PL e (ISO 13849-1)
Safety category Kat 4 (EN 954-1)