Conveyor systems can thus be made many applications in intralogistics. With a by our customers alike.” Since the fall of
more compact. During the operating safety control, performance level PL e is 2016, WITRON has used Smart Process
phase, the risk of misalignment or also achievable. Gating and this new technology as a
damage to the sensors is also eliminated
as are the costs for their maintenance
and servicing. The availability of the entire
safety device is thereby increased and
Leuze electronic and WITRON are linked
by a long-standing customer-supplier
relationship that goes back to the early
other practically oriented risks reduced.
90s and is based on a trustworthy
With SPG, the first muting signal comes
from the process control (PLC), while the
second muting signal is generated by
collaboration with mutual respect. “Many
hours of hard development work, joint
project planning, discussions, testing on
the protective field itself. Smart Process
Gating requires a controlled material flow
so that the necessary PLC control signals
are made available in the expected time
window. The MLC 530 safety light curtain
variant with Smart Process Gating is TÜV-
certified for safety. In combination with a
standard control, a performance level PL
d can be achieved, which is sufficient for
Nothing is possible without
the material locks of test conveyor lines
with WITRON as a strong partner at our
side have led to an impressive result,”
says Apfelbeck proudly. Schmid explains:
“Attractive for WITRON are, above all,
the stability and high availability of the
safety device – all with less work. This
is confirmed by our on-site teams and
standard solution in all of its projects
worldwide – in both the retail sector as
well as in industry and the service field.
Systems designed by WITRON with SPG
as safety devices can now be found in
France as well as in Norway or the USA.
Like everything that leaves the factory
in the Upper Palatinate destined for end
customers, the safety modules were
tested on the test track in Parkstein
by WITRON. WITRON also uses “Smart
Process Gating” for its own internal
training purposes as well as other sensor
solutions from Leuze electronic: whether
AMS measuring sensors in WITRON’s
high-bay warehouse or the BCL 300 bar
code reader for identifying codes.
Process-controlled access guarding in the packaging industry.
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