The presented circuit uses an optocoupler to trigger a triac. We found it in a Popular Electronics from 1992.
The diagram, obtained in an old European documentation, shows the ways to trigger and to shut down...
In the figure we have a three-phase AC motor control for voltages up to 600 V or 1200 V depending on...
This shield circuit can serve as a basis for a digital mixer or simply for a switch without noise...