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News Release from: Pilz Automation Technology | Subject: PSENopt safety light barriers
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 August 2006
Curtains cut the wait for safety systems
Standard light curtains are available from stock on short delivery times (typically ten days or less).
Pilz Automation Technology's new PSENopt range of safety light barriers is being launched with the introduction of new standard light curtains that are available from stock on short delivery times (typically ten days or less) These units are all Type 4 light curtains in accordance with EN/IEC61496-1 and -2, with models available for finger and hand detection in safety-related control circuits conforming to the requirements of Category 2 or 4 of EN954-1
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 15 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Light curtains for finger detection are offered with protected field heights ranging from 150 to 1200mm, and units for hand detection are offered with protected field heights of 150 to 1650mm.
Operating ranges are 0.2 to 6m and 0.2 to 15m for the finger and hand detection light curtains, respectively.
All of the light curtains in this standard range benefit from an integral alignment guide, feedback loop monitoring, semiconductor outputs and a user-settable manual/automatic reset facility.
The standard range will be available from August 2006.
Further products in the PSENopt range to be launched in the coming months include single-beam infrared and laser light barriers, as well as light curtains with various additional functions.
For example, some can be connected together in a cascaded master/slave arrangement to provide enhanced protection around hazardous machinery, while others benefit from fixed or floating blanking.
The new PSENopt electrosensitive protective devices will supersede the existing PSENopt products as they become available.
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