Safety edges are used wherever moving edges pose a hazard to people. The hazardous areas are protected by hollow rubber profiles. As soon as a person or object touches them, the sensing profile is deformed and the potentially hazardous move-ment halted. Safety edges are used in a variety of applications in mechanical and plant engineering. Their uses range from automatic gates, safety hoods on ma-chines auto-guided vehicle systems through lifting tables to front loading industrial style washing machines.