The E-Stop That Didn’t Actually Stop Anything We tested the e-stop on a new machine. The operator pressed the big red button. The lights went out on the HMI. The pneumatic cylinders dropped. The servos de-energized. We nodded, signed off, and shipped it. Six weeks later the customer called: the e-stop stops the press, but …

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