Moving in complete safety

From Sew-Eurodrive, safety option S12 for MOVIFIT® de-centralized control modules.

Functional safety integration represents an important step toward the concept of integrated industry. Sew-Eurodrive equips with safety technology its entire range of drive solutions, both connected and de-centralized ones. A novelty in this offer is the S12 safety option for MOVIFIT® FC/MC controllers, which are particularly suited for creating modular and flexible transport systems. The optional versions, S12A and S12B, support a different number of safety inputs and outputs.
The new S12 option offers the following additional safety functions over and above the standard MOVIFIT® functions: STO (safe torque off), SS1a/c (safe stop 1), SLS (safely limit speed) and SDI (safe direction).
For programming the S12 option, Sew-Eurodrive’s MOVITOOLS® MotionStudio engineering software is used.

The S12 safety option offers superior functions to the previous S11 version. It can be used independently or in slave mode; the inputs can be set with 1 or 2 channels and can read sensors with OSSD (Output signal Switching Device) such as photoelectric barriers and scanners. An integrated solution, then, that is economically advantageous and can be used to control and monitor PROFIsafe communication protocol. The safety option can be useful where there is material in motion, for example with roller conveyors, turntables and electrified monorail systems for light loads, particularly in the automotive sector and intralogistics.