About
Engineer Cai is a Senior Application Engineer at Foshan DAIDISIKE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., specialising in the selection, integration and field commissioning of industrial safety sensors for machine guarding. Cai supports DAIDISIKE’s OEM and integrator customers on safety light curtain, safety laser scanner and safety relay deployments across stamping, robotics, AGV/AMR, electronics assembly and battery production.
His engineering practice is grounded in the IEC 61496 family for electro-sensitive protective equipment, ISO 13855 for safety distance, ISO 10218 for industrial robot safety, and ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 for the functional-safety performance assessment that decides what Performance Level or SIL a safety function must reach. Cai contributes to DAIDISIKE’s English-language technical content on these topics.
Areas of expertise
- Safety light curtains (IEC 61496-1 / IEC 61496-2)
- Safety laser scanners (IEC 61496-3)
- Safety distance calculation under ISO 13855
- Robot cell safeguarding under ISO 10218:2025
- Performance Level assessment (ISO 13849-1)
- Functional safety SIL assessment (IEC 62061)
- Press machine peripheral safeguarding
- AGV / AMR safety integration
Recent articles by this author
- Robot Cell Safety in 2026 — What the New ISO 10218:2025 Means for Light Curtains and Area Scanners
- The EU Machinery Regulation Takes Over in 2027 — What Machine Builders Should Change in 2026
- OSHA 1910.217 Light Curtain Compliance — What US Press Operators and Buyers Must Know
- ANSI/RIA R15.08 Explained — North America’s Mobile Robot Safety Standard for AGVs and AMRs
- IEC 61496-3 Demystified — What Makes a Laser Scanner Safety-Rated
- Cybersecurity for Machine Safety Functions — How IEC 62443 Meets ISO 13849
- Safeguarding Humanoid Robots in 2026 Factories
Standards Cai routinely works to
IEC 61496-1, IEC 61496-2, IEC 61496-3, IEC 62046, ISO 13855, ISO 13849-1, IEC 62061, ISO 10218-1:2025, ISO 10218-2:2025, ISO 3691-4, ANSI/RIA R15.08, ANSI B11.1, ANSI B11.19, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.217, Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 (Machinery Regulation).
Contact
Technical questions on a specific safety light curtain, laser scanner or press safeguarding application reach Engineer Cai and the DAIDISIKE engineering team through the DAIDISIKE contact page.