Functional Safety with ABB Low Voltage AC Drives

Safety functions are an essential feature of todays variable speed drives. They control human and machine safety and stop, automatically or manually, the machine process when machine operator’s safety needs to be ensured in a secure way.

ABBs offering of low voltage AC drives and functional safety provide solutions for a wide range of industries and applications. The functional safety solutions comply with the requirements of the European Union Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. This directive is associated with standards such as IEC 62061 (Safety Integrity Level) and ISO 13849-1 (Performance Level), which require a well documented system and proven safety performance, as well as lifecycle approach to safety.

Features:

• Safe Torque-Off (STO), Safe Stop 1 (SS1), Safe Brake control (SBC), Safely Limited Speed (SLS)


• Screw terminals


• Optional plug connector

Benefits:

• Certified devices to implement safety functions that comply with the latest machinery safety standards


• One system to cover different levels of machinery safety requirements


• Modular hardware and flexible software provide an optimum safety system today and in the future


• Compliance to the European Union Machinery Directive 2006/42/ECS)