Pilz PSENopt safety light curtain

Pilz has expanded its range of light barriers for safe access to danger zones with the launch of the PSENopt safety light curtain model.

The PSENopt offers an advanced configuration mode using an Ethernet interface adapter and PSENopt Configurator software. In this mode up to five fixed blanking zones can be set, and the number of floating blanking beams is selectable. Muting options can also be set including cross beam, parallel beam, muting period and override.

The Ethernet interface module also provides for cloning, and remote monitoring/logging. Online, the status of individual beams, the safety outputs (OSSDs), muting and blanking can all be monitored and logged.

The light curtains can also be manually configured via a stylus and three recessed membrane soft keys to basic configuration mode.

When using several PSENopt Advanced light beam devices at the same time, the visual coding prevents the light barriers from impairing one another.

With the top and bottom beams located at the extremes of the receiver/transmitter, there are no dead zones. The Pilz light curtains can also be butted directly up to each other and cascaded where greater than 1800 mm protected profile is required without any loss of protection.

The Pilz Advanced range consists of 33 types covering Type 2 hand (30 mm) and Type 4 finger (14 mm) and hand (30 mm) resolution, at protected heights ranging from 300 to 1800 mm, with an operating range of 0.5-20 m. Reaction times are as fast as 11.9 ms.