The German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen is improving safety on their existing paternoster storage systems. Compact safety components from CEDES enable quick and problem-free realization.

At the largest European automobile manufacturer, Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany, many of these paternoster systems are in operation in the most diverse business sectors. VW entrusted CEDES GmbH in Rheinhausen (Germany) for the realization of the occupational regulations regarding health and safety standard BGR 234 at storage systems. The optical transducer specialist provided the ideal safety light curtains for the safeguarding of the extraction area. Furthermore, the CEDES service personnel were trained for the annual safety inspections, as required in BGR 234.

In the meantime more than 100 paternoster systems have been retrofitted with the Safge400 safety light curtains with finger resolution (14 mm). The light curtain protects the operator in front of the potentially dangerous movements of the inward and outward moving goods carrier. For the safety controller, the SafeCIS3 from CEDES is used. This light curtain and controller combination is the world’s most compact and economical safeguarding solution, which fulfills safety category 4 according to EN 954-1 respectively IEC / EN 61496-1.