20130269962 | Forming Device and Method for the Operation of a Forming Device - A forming device comprising a machine bed, a tool carrier supported on the machine bed in a manner capable of relative movement for mounting a tool, a drive device coupled to the tool carrier, a machine control unit and a monitoring device designed for monitoring movements of the tool carrier and for providing a shutdown signal to a disconnecting device located upstream of the drive device on the occurrence of a pre-settable monitoring case. It is provided that the machine control unit is designed in accordance with a first safety category of a safety standard, and that the monitoring device and the disconnecting device form a safe operating system designed in accordance with a second safety category of the safety standard, the second safety category being at a higher level than the first safety category within the safety standard. | 10-17-2013 |