Premiere at the SPS:The Latest Generation of Safety Controllers
PRESS RELEASE
Premiere at the SPS:The latest generation of safety controllers
PROTECT PSC1:Programmable, modular, multifunctional and cost-saving
Visit Schmersal at the SPS IPC Drives from 25 to 27 November 2014 in Nuremberg: Hall 9, Stand 460
Wuppertal / Nuremberg, 25 November 2014. At the SPS IPC Drives 2014 the Schmersal Group introduces a new generation of safety controllers: The PROTECT PSC1 is compact, modular and very flexible. And it offers further properties, which were previously unavailable in this combination.
"With the new modular safety control system PROTECT PSC1, we have successfully achieved a significant development step. It is multifunctional and can optimally be adapted to the individual applications in the various sectors", explains Christian Runge, product manager at Schmersal.
The PROTECT PSC1 consists of freely programmable compact PLCs with IO extension modules for signal processing of mechanical and electronic safety switchgear. In addition you can safely monitor up to 12 axes using the extensive features. The compact controllers can be equipped with a universal communication interface. This makes it possible to easily select and setup different fieldbus protocols via software. "The PSC1 offers therefore the advantage that only one single piece of hardware is required to establish a connection to all common fieldbus systems. This is interesting for our customers from a cost point of view", Runge says. The universal communication interface allows secure remote-IO communication and a secure cross communication at the same time.
In addition all Schmersal-SD-bus sensors can be connected to this universal communication interface, to transfer their data to different participants. In doing so, the universal communication interface takes on the task of a gateway to the respective fieldbus protocols, set via software.
The SafePLC2 programming software offers users a modern development orientated environment. It has extensive libraries with ready-made functions for safe monitoring of sensors and axes. These can be linked easily via "Drag & drop" to form complex applications.
"With the PROTECT PSC1 we can now offer our customers even more holistic safety system solutions, which include also our safety services," Runge says.
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The new programmable modular safety controller PROTECT PSC1 from Schmersal.
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For further information, please contact:
Sylvia Blömker
PR Manager
Phone + 49 (0) 202 6474-895
K.A. Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG
Möddinghofe 30
42279 Wuppertal, Germany
The Schmersal Group
In the demanding field of machine safety the Schmersal Group is one of the international market and competence leaders. Based on more than 25,000 different switching devices the corporate group offers system solutions for the safety of man and machine.
The company was founded in 1945 and is represented by seven manufacturing sites on three continents with its own subsidiaries and sales partners in more than 60 nations. The Schmersal Group employs around 1,600 people and generated a group turnover in 2013 of approximately € 200 million.