To prevent accidents, the Automatic Machine Stopper System project seeks to design a system that may initiate an automatic shutdown immediately as personnel approach too closely to any machinery’s dangerous zones or as soon as any kind of anomaly is noticed.
A group of five dedicated individuals from the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering at Bangladesh University of Textiles have devised a three-step safety mechanism that can be seamlessly integrated into traditional machines. This mechanism guarantees an automatic shutdown upon human contact, thereby averting accidents in the textile industry.
The product was created as part of their department’s “Product Design Lab, Course Code IPE-306” course.
Conventional machinery without worker safety is used in the majority of textile industry. However, workers may suffer terrible injuries or even lose their lives as a result of these technologies.
The injuries can be temporary and severe in some cases, which can easily interrupt operation and also the life of a worker. These injuries must be stopped by following several rules and regulations. However, there are situations when adhering to the standards might be shown to be inefficient for a variety of reasons, and workplace injuries are common in the textile sector.
M Radiatul Alam, one of the members of the project shared with local media, “The primary objective of this project is to ensure the safety of the workers and protect them from any unexpected accidents. The proposed system utilizes advanced sensors that can detect human movement and distance by analyzing temperature and other characteristics.”
“To ensure greater precision, these sensors will be positioned in high-risk sections of the apparatus. Additionally, a machine learning system will be employed for automation, and it will use the data gathered to automatically trigger a very rapid shutdown,” M Radiatul Alam added.
