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Light Armor Keeps Workers Safe from Harm

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Specialized photonics-based tools detect dangers and protect work sites.

Lynn Savage, Features Editor, [email protected]

The factory floor hums with human and mechanical activity. Industrial robots weld steel, conveyors move parts, cameras scan inventory, and lasers mark pieces prior to assembly into a final product. Trays of parts feed into the processing floor, and crates of ready-to-ship products make their way toward the exit. Workers flit about keeping production going and solving any problems that come up. All runs smoothly – until an alarm shrieks for attention. In manufacturing plants all over the world, there lurks the real possibility that a dangerous situation will arise. Chemical spills and...Read full article

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    Published: November 2008
    Basic SciencecameraschemicalsconveyorsdefenseFeaturesindustrialindustrial robotsSensors & Detectorsspectroscopyweld steel

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