Machine tools are indispensable to industrial automation, offering unmatched precision, efficiency, and productivity in manufacturing. They facilitate the creation of complex components with remarkable accuracy, making performance, rapid tool changes, and traverse speed critical for achieving high precision and productivity. Ensuring safety during machine tool operations is essential to protect workers and maintain product integrity without disrupting production. This calls for tailored safety solutions incorporating advanced sensor, control, and drive technologies.
Tailored Safety Solutions for Machine Tools
Pilz offers comprehensive safety solutions designed to meet diverse machine tool requirements, from basic setups to advanced machining centers. These solutions integrate seamlessly with various CNC controllers and are used across a range of machine tools, including lathes, milling machines, grinding machines, machining centers, and more.
Key technologies include:
- Safety Relays (PNOZ): Compact and robust, these relays monitor up to three safety functions, such as emergency stops, safety gates, and light grids, ensuring process reliability.
- Configurable Safe Small Controllers (PNOZmulti 2): These controllers provide intuitive creation and monitoring of safety functions, independent of the main control system. They enable quick commissioning, seamless CNC integration via Ethernet, and plain-text diagnostics for minimal downtime.
- PNOZmulti 2 Speed Module: This module ensures safe monitoring of critical parameters like downtimes, overspeed, and rotation direction.
Advanced Safety Features
Pilz safety solutions also include innovations like:
- PITmode Operating Mode Selector: Enables safe mode selection and access authorization, ensuring secure transitions between defined operating modes.
- PSENcode Safety Switches: These switches offer reliable manipulation protection by transmitting unique codes, ensuring the highest level of safety and position monitoring.
- PSENslock 2 from Sensor Technology: Can be Integrated to form modular safety gate systems. This technology ensures the safe monitoring of protective devices like hoods and valves, providing manipulation protection and meeting the highest safety category (PL e, Cat. 4).
Comprehensive Lifecycle Support
Pilz goes beyond technology by offering services that support the entire machine tool lifecycle, including:
- Risk Assessment and Safety Solution Verification: Ensures compliance with all safety regulations.
- CE Marking: Confirms adherence to relevant standards, according to the New Machinery Regulation.
- BIS Standards Compliance: Pilz consultants actively participate in the MED 40 committee, in the standards forming body.
Redefining Safety and Productivity
As a leader in safe automation, Pilz continually redefines industry standards by delivering cost-effective, globally certified safety solutions. Whether it’s implementing advanced safety devices, adhering to international regulations, or optimizing machine tool operations, Pilz ensures precision, productivity, and compliance at every stage.
By integrating tailored safety solutions and expert services, Pilz helps industries achieve unparalleled safety and efficiency, setting a benchmark for the future of machine tool applications.
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