Product category:
Safety relays, interlocks, control systems, electrical components
News Release from: Omron Scientific Technologies | Subject: CM Compact Coded Magnetic Safety Interlock Switch
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 August 2004
Mechanical and non-contact switches used
together
Magnetically coded interlock system for Category 3 application has a control unit that allows mechanical and non-contact switches to be used together.
Scientific Technologies (STI) has introduced the CM Series Compact Coded Magnetic Safety Interlock Switch and Control Unit The new tamper resistant, non-contact safety interlock switch and a control unit features a NEMA 6 encapsulated design allowing it to meet the needs of most applications
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The CM-S4 control unit provides external device monitoring (also referred to as MPCE monitoring) and has an automatic reset button, which allows the control unit to replace a safety relay in most applications.
The control unit also features removable terminal blocks for simplified wiring and installation.
The control unit will monitor up to four CM switches to category 3 in accordance with EN954-1.
The control unit allows mechanical switches and CM Series switches to be used together for applications requiring non-contact and mechanical safety interlock switches.
The CM Series switch and actuator comes in three shapes and sizes to accommodate a variety of application requirements.
The system has a misalignment tolerance of 5 and 9mm to reduce nuisance tripping.
With headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley, STI was founded over 30 years ago and employs more than 340 people.
STI has been selected twice by Forbes and three times by Business Week as one of the "world's best small companies." STI's safety products are used to protect workers around machinery, automated equipment and industrial robots.
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