Safety Controller

Allowing quick and easy integration of Smart Safe Reaction Technology into Profinet automation application, the SafeLOGIC controller from B&R allows execution of the safety-related application program and also handles monitoring the overall configuration of the application, including its parameters. The application on the Profinet master CPU has full access to the signals in the network, regardless of whether standard or safety-related channels are affected. The controller also uses openSAFETY to monitor the system and shut it down if a safety requirement is not met. A wide range of proven functions from the Smart Safe Reaction portfolio is available for implementation. The controller in the network can also handle signals from such openSAFETY components as light curtains, laser scanners and variable frequency drives from other manufacturers. The company’s Smart Safe Reaction product set is an integrated safety system that guarantees response times of 10ms, which is 10 times faster than previous solutions. The openSAFETY real-time safety bus is not bound to a single solution and can be used on all conventional Ethernet-based fieldbus network systems up to SIL 3.