Withstanding Capacity of Machine Guards: Evaluation and Validation by 3D Scanners
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Ballistic penetration of machine guards is a topic of great significance for ensuring safety and avoiding projection of objects out of the working space of machines. Although standardized tests are performed according to EU Directive 2006/42/EC, they have some limitations because they are carried out using a given penetrator that perpendicularly impacts a given surface of about 500 × 500 mm. Nevertheless, the withstanding capacity of those guards depends on a lot of different design parameters and physical quantities that have not been fully investigated. This paper is focused on the study of the influence of the machine guard size on the withstanding capacity to ballistic penetration throughout theoretical models and experimental tests based on an innovative method involving the use of 3D optical scanners for inspection. The experimental analyses described in this work, compared to theoretical results, demonstrate that a maximum plastic deformation area can be defined, independently of the plate size, given the same material, thickness, and penetrator. This result allows to set proper new ranges for standardized tests, overcoming the limitation of using specific sample sizes.
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OpenAlex topics: High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior · Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
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Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy
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