Integrated Motion Control
Servo Drives
Kinetix
GuardMotion™
Safety on the manufacturing floor is an important concern. Safeguarding personnel not only prevents injuries, it can also lower insurance, maintenance and other related costs. But machine productivity is crucial, too. You're facing constant pressures to produce more and produce it faster.
In the past, bringing safety and productivity together was a challenge. Safety precautions were often cumbersome, expensive and resulted in a great deal of downtime. But with the Kinetix 6000 and Kinetix 7000 with GuardMotion, you can now take advantage of high performance servo drives that not only provide safety for personnel but also enable machine productivity enhancements.
GuardMotion is the basis for safety innovations integrated into Kinetix motion products. Safe-off, integral in the Kinetix 6000 and Kinetix 7000, is the initial GuardMotion offering. It allows machine builders and manufacturers to implement machine solutions that provide safety and maximum machine availability. Tasks such as machine setup, cleaning, removal of jams and other typical maintenance work that previously required power-down conditions can now be accomplished without removing power from the entire machine. With the Safe-off capability, the drive output is safely disabled to eliminate motor torque. As a result, you'll enjoy faster machine restart and shorter machine downtime. In addition, components such as input contactors can be eliminated, simplifying machine design and reducing both panel space requirements and overall system cost.
The safe-off function in the Kinetix 6000 and Kinetix 7000 is certified by TUV and meets the requirements of EN-954-1 Category 3 and IEC-61508 SIL 3 for safe-off and prevention against unexpected restart applications.