Pilz presents the PSENradar radar system, which is suitable for monitoring protected areas in harsh environments. The radar sensors can be integrated into different production environments thanks to extended field of view functions.
In addition to the already available radar sensor with a detection range of 0 to 5 metres, the safe radar sensor PSEN rd1.2 sensor F-FOV LR with a range of 0 to 9 metres is now also available. This provides a Efficient protection of mobile applications possible. A new feature of both sensor devices is the ability to flexibly configure fields of view: In addition to the symmetrical viewing angle, asymmetrical and corridor-shaped viewing angles can now be set. This allows PSENradar used reliably in different production environments become.
This also saves space in production, especially where space is limited, e.g. when machines are in close proximity to each other or walkways lead directly past machines. As the field of vision settings can now be configured more individually, the Radar sensor can be positioned more flexibly without restricting production operations. This not only ensures greater safety in harsh environments, but also increases productivity.
PSENradar, together with the configurable small controller PNOZmulti 2 from Mushroom a secure complete solution for protected space monitoring - including the secure data transmission with FSoE in the EtherCAT communication system. The new evaluation unit of the radar system PSENradar enables FSoE functionality in accordance with IEC 61508 for safety applications up to SIL 3. As an FSoE main instance (FSoE master), PNOZmulti 2 combines the monitoring of all safety functions of a radar application in one unit and establishes connections to safe FSoE subordinate instances (FSoE slaves) in the network. In the complete package of safe small controller PNOZmulti 2 as FSoE MainInstance with safe radar system, this safety-relevant networking can be implemented easily as a single-cable solution with minimal wiring effort.
Source: Mushroom
