I/O modules for functional safety in automated operations
Belden, a supplier of network infrastructure and digitisation solutions, has expanded the Lumberg Automation LioN range with its new LioN-Safety I/O modules. Designed to support functional safety efforts in industrial operations, the modules streamline the transmission of safety- and non-safety-related data over existing networks.
The new LioN-Safety I/O modules support the PROFIsafe and CIP Safety protocol, and give manufacturers a compact, ruggedized product designed to support the real-time data transmission required in highly automated operations. The safety solution from Belden enables the exchange of safety-relevant data and diagnostic information through existing network connections, saving time, resources and space.
With the new modules, users benefit from:
- Easy integration: workers and machines are protected by integrating modules into a PLC's engineering tools with PROFIsafe or CIP Safety via standardised device description files that transmit safety data and diagnostics
- Flexibility: connecting safety inputs/outputs, non-safety I/Os and IO-Link signals, and communicating with the cloud, for added versatility and functionality
- High-performing, safe operations: using Profinet/PROFIsafe I/O modules in applications with conformance class C and Netload class III or CIP Safety, and benefiting from TÜV Rheinland certification up to SIL 3, Cat 4 and Performance Level e (PLe)
As industrial automation increases, the challenge — and urgency — to ensure the safety of plant workers becomes more critical,
said Jeremy Friedmar, director of product management, data ingestion and firewalls. LioN-Safety I/O modules streamline the transmission of essential safety and diagnostic information, from machine-to-machine and machine-to-human, to protect workers as well as the machines themselves, and the overall plant environment.
Designed with a space-saving, compact metal housing, LioN-Safety I/O modules ensure durability and reliability even in the harsh environments of automotive manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, machine building, metals and logistics.