Safety Light Curtain

The guard shield safe 2 safety light curtain is a self contained safety light curtain in a robust housing with an integrated laser alignment system.

Safety light curtain. Rugged housing small footprint simplified wiring full length status indicators and optional safety relay with qd cables. Light curtain safety devices. It must be chosen as a function of the risk level characterising the machine. Light curtains offer optimal safety yet they allow for greater productivity and are the more ergonomically sound solution when compared to mechanical guards.

Safety light curtains are photoelectric presence sensors specifically designed to protect personnel from injuries related to hazardous machine motion. Safety light curtains reliably and cost effectively protect against access into hazardous points and areas. Safety type defines the self monitoring and safety principles contained in the device. Our safety light curtain products offer low cost more features long product warranties and quick delivery.

Safety light curtain presence sensing safety light curtains may be used to prevent start up of the machine. All versions conform to the latest ple safety category 4 and sil3 requirements. Datalogic offers a complete line of type 2 and type 4 safety light curtains for machine safeguarding and access control in dangerous areas with basic and advanced functions such as integrated muting override blanking cascadable configurable models. This presence sensing means that that the infrared beams in the safety light curtain are mounted so that they are blocked by a person or part of the person while they are in the danger area of the machine being operated.

Depending on the variant different machine functions are integrated or can be selected via safe control solutions. Type 4 safety light curtains protect personnel from injury and machines from damage by guarding points of operation access areas and perimeters. Type 2 safety light curtains are a cost effective light curtain safety solution for guarding lower risk applications where the result of an accident is only a slight injury. Pinnacle systems designs manufactures and provides service after the sale of our family series of safety light curtains.

The type 2 designation means that this particular safety light curtain meets a lesser requirement for performance under fault conditions than the guard shield type 4. The range from small and compact types to extremely robust and resistant variants that withstand special ambient conditions up to the highest safety level. Protected height this is the height controlled by the light curtain.