Product category:
Machine Safety Monitoring and Control
News Release from: LC Automation | Subject: Erwin Sick UE4215
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 09 August 2005
Slave puts safety devices on
AS-interface
The Erwin Sick UE4215 is the first IP67 AS-interface slave for connecting standard light curtains, scanners and controllers with solid state safety outputs in safety applications.
New from LC Automation, the UE4215 AS-interface network slave from Erwin Sick is the first IP67 AS-interface slave for connecting standard light curtains, scanners and controllers with solid state safety outputs in safety applications As well as simple integration of standard equipment with solid state OSSD safety outputs, this unique AS-interface Safety at Work slave also allows standard muting systems or other products such as the nonmuting intelligent C4000 entry-exit/access guarding system to be connected directly to your AS-interface network
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 15 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Yet, the UE4215 AS-interface slave can still achieve category 4 integration in the safety control system according to BS EN954-1.
One obvious advantage of the UE4215 is that inventory management is minimised to just standard devices, rather than handling both standard and AS-interface integrated equipment.
Less obvious, but critically important, is that systems such a light curtains and laser scanners are often mounted on the extremities of a machine as part of their normal application.
Connecting network cables directly to such exposed equipment renders the entire network vulnerable, whereas utilising a Sick UE4215 AS-interface slave, rather than embedded technology, means that the network hardware can be fully protected from possible damage.
LC Automation is a member of the UK AS-interface Expert Alliance and a leading supplier of AS-interface and AS-interface Safety at Work products and solutions. Request a free brochure from LC Automation ...
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