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Any comments.
I hate when operators use E-stop instead of cycle stop, especially since a lot of what I work on is robotic
I have found the best way to prevent that is to make it take more time or effort to recover from an e-stop. If it causes them enough extra button presses or time, they will change their behavior. The production gods may frown on anything like that.
In those cases when you can't get away with intentionally causing a little grief in the just cause of avoiding unnecessary equipment damage, a really annoying buzzer mounted in a place that makes it hard to defeat can help. You can sell that as heightened safety awareness. If someone is trapped and hits the e-stop, the buzzer can be a call to the rescue team.
E-stops need to be respected and maintained for their purpose. You want operators to know how and when to use them and to test them only to ensure their integrity.
I have the same philosophy. I know we all give operators a bit of stick, but if there's one thing they're all remarkably good at, it's making their life easy. Once they realise just how badly pressing an e/stop will screw up their day, they'll find another button to press. If there really is an emergency, well, someone's day is already screwed up
Perhaps no one cares!!