Safety control system having configurable inputs

US10558189B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pilz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thilo Hutt · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Dietmar Seizinger · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Marco Kluge · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Stephan Lehmann · Hahnbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/24008
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A safety control system for switching on and safely switching off at least one actuator, including at least one input module for evaluating an input signal of a safety transmitter and for generating an output signal, and at least one output module for the safe actuation of the at least one actuator as a function of the output signal of the input module. The input signal has different signal parameters as a function of the type of safety transmitter. Furthermore, the safety control system includes a setting unit having a memory in which the signal parameters for the input module are stored, and the input module evaluates the input signal as a function of the signal parameters.