Pilz Safety

Table of Contents:

• About Pilz Safety
• Products of Pilz Safety

Products of Schmersal Safety:

Pilz Safety Products offers a comprehensive range of automation solutions, ensuring the safety of both machinery and personnel. Their portfolio includes sensor technology, control systems, operation and monitoring devices, relays, and drive technology. Recognized for innovation, Pilz products are integral to safe, efficient, and compliant industrial operations worldwide.

Devices for Position Monitoring:

Pilz’s Safety position monitoring devices ensure operational safety by accurately tracking and controlling movement across various applications. The PSENrope provides a reliable E-STOP function along conveyors, while PSENenco encoders monitor position and speed within automation systems. Additionally, magnetic PSENmag switches and coded PSENcode switches offer flexible, easy-to-install solutions for safe position detection in diverse industrial settings.

Safety Switches:

Pilz safety switches are designed for optimal safety gate and position monitoring, suitable for a variety of industrial environments. They offer a compact, cost-effective, and durable solution for ensuring that hazardous movements are stopped and cannot be restarted or bypassed. With a range of mechanical, magnetic, and coded options, these Pilz Safety switches meet the stringent requirements of EN ISO 14119, enhancing both safety and productivity.

Safety Gate Systems:

Pilz safety gate systems, including PSENmech, PSENslock, PSENmlock, and PSENsgate, provide robust guard protection for industrial safety. These systems ensure that hazardous machine movements are halted and cannot be restarted when a safety gate is opened, in compliance with EN ISO 14119. Pilz offer an economical solution with additional functionalities for enhanced safety and efficiency in various industrial applications.

Safety Light Curtains:

Pilz safety light curtains, including PSENopt and PSENopt II, provide efficient and economical access protection with an invisible infrared field, ideal for areas requiring active intervention. They ensure safety and flexibility in production processes, with user-friendly diagnostics and customizable protected fields. These Safety light curtains are suitable for various applications, offering finger, hand, and body protection up to PL e, with easy installation and minimal space requirements.

Safety Laser Scanner:

Pilz safety laser scanners, particularly the PSENscan, offer two-dimensional area monitoring with a 275-degree opening angle and a range up to 5.5 meters. They are versatile for stationary and mobile applications, including access monitoring and area guarding. With configurable warning and protected fields, they integrate seamlessly into various settings, ensuring controlled braking or stopping of hazardous movements upon field breaches.

Safe Radar Systems:

Pilz safe radar systems, particularly the PSENradar, are adept at monitoring protection zones in harsh industrial conditions where optical sensors are insufficient. Unaffected by dust, dirt, rain, light, or shock, these systems are ideal for outdoor use or in heavy industry and woodworking, ensuring reliable safety zone monitoring.

Camera-Based Protection System:

The Pilz PSENvip camera-based protection system is a cutting-edge safety solution for press brakes, offering visual monitoring to detect any intrusion in the protected field. It enhances safety and machine availability, with robust performance even in demanding industrial environments. The system is characterized by its ease of use, contributing to increased productivity and reduced maintenance.

Safety Relay:

Pilz’s safety relays, particularly the PNOZ series, are a cornerstone of machine safety, monitoring functions like emergency stops and safety gates. Since inventing the first emergency stop relay in 1987, Pilz has become synonymous with reliable safety relays. The PNOZ series offers a variety of supply voltages, contact numbers, and terminal options. The myPNOZ relay is customizable and pre-assembled for plug-and-play installation, while the PNOZmulti controllers are configurable for complex safety solutions, ensuring maximum safety up to PL e of EN ISO 13849-1 and SIL CL 3 of IEC 62061.

Monitoring Relays:

Pilz monitoring relays are essential for ensuring electrical safety in a wide array of applications. They protect against insulation faults, residual voltages, overvoltage, overcurrent, and more, significantly reducing risks to both personnel and machinery. These Pilz Monitoring relays are multifunctional, meet IEC 60204-1 standard, and are designed for compactness to save space in control cabinets. Their reliable operation extends the service life of plants and machinery, contributing to an efficient production cycle.

Line Monitoring Devices:

Pilz’s PLIDdys line monitoring devices ensure maximum safety for long cable routes, effectively preventing unintended power-ups or plant start-ups due to wiring errors. They are especially useful for widely distributed plant sections and can be integrated into existing systems with minimal cost. Pilz Line Monitoring Device PLIDdys is compact, easy to install, and suitable for cable lengths up to 3,000 meters, making it an optimal solution for safe two-wire connections.

Brake Control Devices:

The Pilz PNOZ s50 safety relay offers reliable brake control for applications with safety and holding brakes, ensuring maximum safety up to PL e of EN ISO 13849-1. It features contactless technology for rapid, wear-free braking and energy-efficient operation with adjustable parameters for overexcitation and voltage reduction. This Pilz Brake Control relay is suitable for a wide range of applications, from stage technology to machine tools, providing both rapid emergency braking and low-wear switching for regular operations.

Small Controllers PNOZmulti 2:

Pilz’s configurable control systems, particularly the PNOZmulti 2, are versatile and compact solutions for monitoring various safety functions in industrial environments. They are globally recognized for enhancing productivity and ensuring safety up to PL e of EN ISO 13849-1 or SIL CL 3 of EN IEC 62061. The PNOZmulti 2 can be easily adapted to specific requirements and is supported by user-friendly software, streamlining the process from planning to maintenance. These Pilz Small Controller systems are ideal for a wide range of applications, from machine tools to amusement parks, ensuring the safety of both machinery and personnel.

Configurable Compact Controllers:

Pilz’s PNOZmulti Mini configurable compact controllers are designed for monitoring multiple safety functions with minimal effort. They are as simple to use as a safety relay and as flexible as a controller, making them suitable for a variety of machine types. The PNOZmulti Mini can be easily adapted to changing requirements, boasts a compact design, and offers a plain text display for rapid diagnostics. It connects to all common communication systems, ensuring seamless integration with operational controllers.

PLC Controllers:

Pilz PLC controllers are integral to the PSS 4000 automation system, designed for both simple and sophisticated automation projects. They are modular, allowing for tailored assembly to meet specific needs with various head modules and I/O modules for safety and automation functions. The PSS67 PLC stands out with an IP67 protection type for cabinet-free automation, suitable for safety and automation tasks. These Pilz Safety controllers offer flexibility, and intuitive programming, and are adaptable for stand-alone or networked operations, with real-time Ethernet SafetyNET p for secure communication.

I/O systems PSSuniversal:

Pilz I/O systems, including PSSuniversal and PSSuniversal 2, offer flexible solutions for automation and safety. These systems can handle both safety-related and non-safety-related signals, with the ability to connect up to 64 I/O modules. They are compatible with common industrial communication protocols, ensuring easy integration into existing control architectures. The PSS67 and PDP67 modules, with IP67 protection, allow for decentralized installation without control cabinets, optimizing space and reducing wiring efforts.

Servo Amplifiers:

Pilz servo amplifiers, such as the PMC SC6 and PMC SI6, offer flexible, scalable drive control in a compact design, suitable for a wide range of motor technologies. The PMCprotego D is notable for its safety features, including “safe torque off” (STO) and compatibility with various feedback devices and motor types. These Pilz Servo amplifiers facilitate quick commissioning, precise positioning, and dynamic control, making them ideal for applications in machine tools, packaging, printing, paper production, and robotics.

Safe Motion:

Pilz’s PMCprotego Safe Motion system enhances machine safety and productivity by integrating advanced safety functions into drive technology. Achieving up to Performance Level PL e with any feedback system, it offers drive-integrated safety functions like “safely reduced speed,” increasing machine productivity by up to 20%. The system ensures efficient, safe operation with short reaction times and reduces hardware-related work and costs by utilizing safe communication instead of I/O components. It’s a versatile solution for a wide range of applications, ensuring both safety and efficiency in machine operations.

Servo Motors PMCtendo:

Pilz offers a range of servo motors, including the PMCtendo series, designed for dynamic and precision movements. These motors are known for their fast commissioning, compact dimensions, and high performance, making them suitable for a wide range of applications. The PMCtendo SZ is particularly noted for its compact housing, low cogging torques, and high dynamics, ideal for onboard axes and confined spaces. The PMC EZ motors are compatible with the multi-axis system PMC SI6 and the compact system PMC SC6, offering a one-cable solution for power and encoder interface, emphasizing their compact design and high performance.

Control and Signal Devices:

Pilz offers a comprehensive range of control and signal devices designed for safety and efficiency in various industrial settings. These devices include E-STOP pushbuttons, muting lamps, hand-operated control devices, enabling switches, and operating mode selector switches. They are engineered for quick response times and are a reliable component for any application, ensuring the safety of personnel during commissioning, regular operation, maintenance, or service. With a focus on user safety and machine compatibility, these devices comply with relevant standards and are known for their simple installation and long service life.

Operator Devices (HMI):

Pilz operator terminals, known as PMI (Pilz Human Machine Interface), are designed for efficient operation, monitoring, and control of technical processes. They range from simple diagnostic units to sophisticated operator terminals for complex applications. These HMIs offer reduced downtimes and increased plant efficiency, with flexible solutions for visualizing automation systems like PSS 4000 and PNOZmulti. They come in various display sizes and feature options, equipped with advanced diagnostic and visualization software such as PASvisu and PVIS. Made in Germany, they boast optimum performance, resistance to vibration, dust, and spray water, and fast data transfer capabilities.

Fieldbus and Ethernet systems:

Pilz’s fieldbus and Ethernet systems are designed to enhance efficiency in extended plants with distributed control logic. These systems allow for clear structuring or interconnection of multiple networks. They support a range of automation architectures and facilitate communication between controllers within the PSS4000 automation system and third-party controllers across various fieldbus systems. Additionally, Pilz offers the SecurityBridge firewall, which provides robust protection against espionage and manipulation, ensuring the safety of personnel and the reliability of machinery in an intelligently networked industrial environment.

Device Diagnostics System:

Pilz’s Device Diagnostics System offers comprehensive diagnostics for applications, enhancing machine availability and reducing service call-outs. The Safety Device Diagnostics (SDD) provides advanced diagnostic data from Pilz safety devices, including a Fieldbus module, junction box, and safety devices. This system is part of Pilz’s safe control technology, offering a cost-effective and complete solution from a single source, ensuring efficient and reliable machine operation. 

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