A plastics
processing system is described. This
system comprises at least one plastics
processing machine (100) and a control and
operating system for controlling and operating this plastics
processing machine (100). The plastics processing
machine has safety-related actuators (110, 112, 113) and safety-related sensors (125a, 125b, 130a, 130b), which each generate a shutdown
signal when a safety-related event occurs. The control and
operating system includes a
cycle control unit, which, in production mode, controls, among other things, the actuators of the plastics processing machine and uses a first computing unit (20) equipped with a first
operating system for this purpose.The control and operating
system further comprises a safety controller operating according to a safety program, which utilizes a second processing unit (25) and is in communication with the safety-relevant sensors (125a, 125b, 130a, 130b) and is configured to immediately switch off at least one safety-relevant
actuator (110, 112, 113) when a shutdown
signal generated by a safety-relevant sensor is present. To further increase
operational safety, at least one bidirectional
data exchange device (26) is provided, via which the cycle
sequence control and the safety controller exchange and / or compare data, at least in one production mode.The cycle
sequence control transfers the plastic processing machine (100) to a defined park position when it detects a malfunction or failure of the
safety control, and the
safety control switches off at least one safety-relevant
actuator (110, 112, 113) when it detects a malfunction or failure of the cycle
sequence control.