Latest drives have 'Safety on Board'
September 1st 2007 Latest drives have
Rexroth says manufacturers of highoutput
printing and paper converting
machines are increasingly using its
IndraDrive with 'Safety on Board' to
enhance operator safety and
process reliability while, at the same
time, cutting costs.
Featuring integrated safety
functions, this new generation of
drives is certified to EN 954-1
Category 3 and offers response
times of just 2msec. Rexroth says
this means that the drives installed in
its SYNAX 200 system solution are
setting a clear standard when it
comes to integrated safety.
'Safety on Board' offers
decentralised safety at the location of
the incident without the need for
additional hardware or routing
through the control, even with highspeed
axes. In addition to improved
operator protection, the safety
technology increases the availability
of machines since production can be
restarted quickly.
Rexroth combines the guaranteed
single fault safety with a package of
safety functions. Alongside the Safe
standstill and Safe operational stop
functions with stop categories 0. 1
and 2, it is now possible to monitor
'safe movements' at reduced speed,
limited increment, limited maximum
rotational speed or defined direction
of rotation in the drive itself. More articles from Bosch Rexroth Ltd: | 
