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Certified machine safety components offer reliability and high performance for equipment and personnel protection needs, including safety switches, safety light curtains, safety mats and edges, and safety relays.
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Safety
Don't let price stand in the way of making a machine or process as safe as possible. You need to be in compliance with national and international standards, but don't overpay to get reliability and high performance for maximum machine safety. AutomationDirect offers a superb line of machine safety devices with prices that let you do even more to protect what's important. Choose from our certified offering of brand name machine safety components to meet your protection needs, including safety switches, light curtains, controllers, mats and edges, scanners, relays, and more.
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Non-Contact Safety Switches
Non-contact safety switches are devices that use RFID technology or magnets to monitor the opening/closing of machine guards, doors, gates, windows, jaws, or other machinery. These switches do not require physical contact between the two switch parts and will remove power from the associated machinery when personnel enter the hazard area.
- RFID coded safety switches
- Coded magnetic safety switches
- Magnetic safety switches
- Standalone safety switches
- Accessories
Magnetic Locking RFID Safety Switches
These safety switches combine magnetic locking and radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to provide non-contact operation and high anti-tamper coding. In addition, an electromagnet is used to lock machine guards.
- Medium and heavy duty holding force
- Master coded, uniquely coded, and reteachable models
- RFID provides high degree of anti-tamper
- Connect to most popular safety relays
- IP67 models, or IP69K rated models for food processing applications (stainless steel)
Interlock Safety Switches
Interlock safety switches are devices that use a physical connection (tongue interlock or hinge switch) to monitor machine guards, doors, gates, windows, or jaws to protect personnel and disable machinery while it's being accessed.
- Solenoid locking RFID tongue interlock safety switches
- Solenoid locking tongue interlock safety switches
- Tongue interlock safety switches
- Hinge interlock safety switches
- Accessories
Safety Limit Switches
Safety limit switches are designed to be mounted for position sensing applications, such as guard doors, conveyors, machine beds, elevators, etc. They are available with a range of actuator heads and either slow or snap action contacts. Cost-effective plastic and heavy-duty die-cast or stainless steel models are ideal for industrial environments
Cable-Pull Safety Switches
Cable-pull (grab-wire) safety rope switches are designed to be mounted on machines and sections of conveyors which cannot be protected by guards.
- Seven max protection length classes: 15m, 25m, 50m, 80m, 100m, 125m, 250m
- Housing materials of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, die-cast aluminum or stainless steel
- IP67 environmental rating (IP69K washdown with stainless body)
- Rope pull kits sold separately and recommended for increased reliability
Hazardous Area Devices
Hazardous location safety devices satisfy the latest IECEx and ATEX standards, providing explosion-proof switching for oil, chemical, pharmaceutical, food processing, packaging, and other hazardous industries. Devices include:
- Cable-pull switches
- Safety limit switches
- Tongue interlock safety switches
Intrinsically Safe Isolators and Barriers
Newest Additions!
- Endress+Hauser intrinsically safe analog input isolators
Isolating barriers provide intrinsic safety and galvanic separation between the control system and the field device.
- Single-channel, dual-channel, and signal splitter models
- Digital, analog, frequency, and temperature modules
- Select digital and analog modules are rated for SIL applications
- Configuration kit for temperature and frequency modules
- Intrinsically safe Zener barriers for discrete NPN signals, pulse trains, analog signals, strain gauges, and thermocouple signals
- Select models use the STAHL pac-Bus connection system saves time and wiring by allowing multiple modules to share a common power source
Safety Light Curtains (Category 4 / Type 4)
Safety curtains are used for human protection and product/machine safety where risks cannot be eliminated by machine design and the process might require open and frequent access. A light curtain uses a row or grid of light beams to detect intrusion. Products include:
- Curtains for finger protection
- Curtains for hand protection
- Curtains for body protection
- Mirrors and protective columns
- Muting arms and muting sensors
- Accessories
Safety Laser Scanners
Area scanners are an intelligent and cost-efficient way of protecting a zone or area by using lasers in a 275-degree viewing window.
- Operating ranges of 3 and 5.5 meters
- A great choice for fixed installations as well as mobile applications such as AGVs
- Configurable I/O, dust filtering, warning areas and warning signals all completed through the unit's GUI
Z-Range Safety Switch System
The Z-Range Safety Switch System is a set of compatible modular devices that have dual OSSD inputs and outputs. This system is capable of connecting up to 30 Z-range devices in series with one safety relay. Devices include:
- Non-contact safety switches
- Solenoid locking RFID tongue interlock safety switches
- Tongue interlock safety switches
- Hinge interlock safety switches
- Cable-pull safety switches
- Emergency stop control stations
- Accessories
Fail-safe Inductive Sensors
Fail-safe inductive sensors are specialized proximity sensors with an OSSD output for connection to a safety relay. They allow for the detection of metal objects in safety applications.
- 12mm, 18mm, and 30mm tubular, and large rectangular models
- (2) OSSD outputs
- Flush and/or non-flush mount, depending on model
Safety Controllers
Safety controllers are modular and configurable for managing all safety functions of a single machine or an entire plant that offers cost reductions with minimal wiring. Master modules are available as standalone units or units with expansion capabilities.
- Reduces number of devices and wiring used and overall size of the project
- Speeds up control panel construction
- Allows tamper-proof system configurations
- All logic is configured through a graphic interface
- Lowers the number of electromechanical components for a better performance level and a higher safety level
Safety Configurable Relays
Safety configurable and programmable relays reduce the number of individual safety relays required to properly monitor machine safety equipment. Configurable relays are available to support several different applications, and programmable relays can be used to replace up to 8 safety relays. Both types of devices are easy to use and require no programming experience.
- Configurable relays
- Programmable relays
- Safety extension relay
Safety Relay Modules
Safety relays are coils and contacts designed to be positively driven and assure a reliable opening and closing for machine safety applications. They are developed and manufactured according to IEC and EN European standards and are RoHS, CE, and UL Listed. These modules consist of safety relays controlled by built-in monitoring functions.
- E-stop / safety gate relays with one or multiple channels
- Two-hand control relays
- OSSD / light curtain relays
- Safety mat and edge relays
- Speed / standstill relays
- Multifunction, extension and force guided relays
Safety Mats
Newest Additions!
- More size options for ASO Safety Solutions safety mats
Safety mats are used to protect people and machinery from harm. Mats detect the presence of personnel on horizontal surfaces (usually the floor). Mats are wired to specialized safety relays for fail-safe triggering of the intended safety function.
Types include:
- Tapered edge
- Straight edge
- Diamond plate
Safety Edges and Bumpers
Newest Additions!
- More ASO Safety Solutions safety bumpers including tapered profiles and additional colors
Safety edges and bumpers are pressure-sensitive devices used to safeguard equipment from damage and prevent injury to personnel.
Edges ensure safety on any surface at potential crushing or shearing points. They are commonly used on the edges of automatic gates and doors.
Bumpers are used in applications involving vehicles or other moving equipment. Both edges and bumpers are wired to specialized safety relays for fail-safe triggering of the intended safety function.
Trapped Key Interlock Switches
Trapped key systems ensure that power is removed before any access can be gained to a dangerous machine or specific hazard through gates or doors. They are available in either standard or solenoid-locking versions. All keys and their corresponding receivers and modules are identical within a set, but unique to any other set.
- Rotary trap key systems for up to three gates
- Push-pull trap key systems for up to five gates
- Easy installation through comprehensive accessories
Two-Hand Controls
Two-hand control panels require an operator to use both hands at the same time when initiating a hazardous operation. They are used with a control monitoring relay.
- Aluminum and plastic panel enclosures
- Zero-force pushbutton option
- Available with or without pushbuttons
Safety Enabling Switches
Enabling switches, also called "hold-to-run" or "dead man's" switches, provide operators with a special control mode when performing tasks such as maintenance or debugging of hazardous equipment. These handheld switches must be maintained properly by the operator for the equipment to function.
- The three-position, spring-return button must be held in the middle position, ensuring the machine will shut off, even if the operator's hand is pinned
- Robust IP67 housing
- Optional increased protection against manipulation with in-hand detection
- Models with built-in E-stop, LED, pushbuttons, and activity ("home" position) sensor
IEC Safety Contactors
Machine Guarding
Using physical barriers to limit access to dangerous areas is a primary means of protecting workers and machinery. Machine guarding components can be installed quickly, and their various sizes allow for flexible design options.
- Carbon steel open-grid panels
- Hinged and sliding doors
- Posts
- Mounting hardware
Gate Boxes
Gate boxes provide high-level RFID-coded interlocking, tamper-proof guard locking, and machine control in one unit. Models with rear escape handles prevent personnel from being trapped in a guarded area. Networked models provide communications to a safety PLC via the CIP safety network protocol.
- Networked gate boxes
- Universal gate boxes
- Gate box accessories
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