COMPACTplus-i

A cycle control can be extremely advantageous in increasing productivity, when work pieces have to be fed into or taken out of a machine by hand through a protective field, for example. The cycle control is used here for activating the machine movement after the feed-in and release of the protective field. For optimum arrangement of a production process with cycle control the COMPACTplus-i type Safety Light Curtains in accordance with IEC/EN 61496 provide integrated cycle control functions for different cycle operating modes. Numerous production applications can be activated with the freely selectable cycle mode (1 to 8 cycles).

COMPACTplus Safety Light Curtains and Multiple Light Beam Safety Devices can be equipped with various functions to optimally perform specific tasks with regard to higher functionality, more flexible integration and easier operability. The COMPACTplus series have a start/restart interlock, contactor monitoring and additional functions that can be easily activated with switches. External additional modules are therefore no longer required. Specific settings are made with the diagnostics and parametering software, SafetyLab. COMPACT plus can be connected to both conventional safety modules and to open safety bus systems via various interfaces (transistor/relay output, AS-Interface Safety at Work , PROFIsafe). These safety sensors can therefore be flexibly integrated into existing automation environments.