MiR AMRs receive 13 safety certifications from TÜV Rheinland

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TÜV Rheinland has licensed 13 security capabilities on Mobile Industrial Robots‘ (MiR) MiR600 and MiR1350 autonomous cellular robots (AMRs) in accordance with the ISO 13849-1 trade commonplace. With this stamp of approval from TÜV Rheinland, clients wanting to make use of MiR’s AMRs now have assurance from a revered third-party testing and certification group that the security capabilities meet worldwide requirements.

The TÜV certification covers the next security options for the MiR600 and MiR1350 AMRs:

1. Emergency cease
2. Overspeed
3. Area Switching
4. Personnel detection
5. Pace monitor
6. Safeguard cease
7. Locomotion
8. Maintain to run
9. Mode choice
10. Pallet elevate place monitoring
11. System E-stop
12. Shelf elevate place monitoring
13. Shelf detection

MiR president Jean-Pierre Hathout stated the certifications are an important step in constructing the MiR model.

“These certifications are a pure a part of our steady deal with security and high quality,” Hathout stated. “We see requirements and certifications as necessary instruments for guaranteeing dependable merchandise, and with the validation from TÜV Rheinland, we now have demonstrated that our robots meet the very best worldwide requirements for security and high quality.”

For 150 years, the TÜV system has operated as a personal inspection and testing physique for technical security and high quality. The TÜV certifications validate that MiR can reliably guarantee the standard of the examined security options throughout mass manufacturing of the MiR600 and MiR1350 AMRs, as required by the ISO 13849-1 trade commonplace.

“A secure working surroundings is a high precedence for many organizations, and our AMRs are designed to function alongside workers on the manufacturing facility ground,” Hathout stated. “In consequence, the security options had been an apparent place to proceed our certification course of.”

Excessive calls for for security and documentation are the norm amongst particularly massive world enterprises, who’re primarily MiR’s clients. Because the AMR market matures, Hathout predicts this demand will increase.

“Over the previous 2-3 years, we now have seen a rise in clients who anticipate related third-party certifications to be in place,” Hathout added. “At MiR, we’re dedicated to going past the fundamental necessities and serving to push the robotics trade to a better commonplace by increasing using these kinds of certifications.”

Based in Could 2013 by Niels Jul Jacobsen, MiR recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary. MiR was acquired by Teradyne for $272 million in April 2018 and at present employs greater than 420 folks globally. It earned $77 million in income in 2022.

TÜV certifications validate MiR can guarantee the standard of the examined security options throughout mass manufacturing of the MiR600 and MiR1350. | Credit score: MiR