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Safety I/O for EtherCAT

by Design World Staff
Wednesday, April 21, 2010



 


TwinSAFE Terminals for the EtherCAT® I/O system are rated for SIL 3 and conform to IEC 61508 and EN ISO 13849-1 PL e, and are certified for use throughout North America. These safety terminals for the EtherCAT I/O system use the performance of EtherCAT - the EL6900 safety PLC terminal can integrate up to 128 4-channel safety terminals (512 safety devices) and process 256 safety-relevant function blocks. The safety function blocks integrated into the EL6900 Safety PLC are configured according to each application.

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The 24 Vdc digital input terminals (EL1904) and 24 Vdc digital output terminals (EL2902: 2.3 A and EL2904: 0.5 A) connect safety sensors or actuators. The TwinSAFE Terminals can be installed in any position in the terminal system and in distributed I/O systems. The EL6900 Safety PLC can also be used as a safety controller for AX5000 Servo Drives from Beckhoff, which use EtherCAT as a motion bus.

Beckhoff Automation
beckhoff.com/Safety-over-EtherCAT

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