Opto-electronic Protective Devices

Safe personal protection for interaction between people and machines

Flexible production makes great demands on safety when automation requires that people and machines work hand-in-hand. This cooperation in the machine room for example must not compromise the safety of the employees. Opto-electronic protective devices such as light curtains from Balluff provide safe solutions that also enable great flexibility. Another benefit to you: by using light curtains that consist of multiple parallel light beams you save space, since they can replace cumbersome guard fence constructions or assemblies of multiple through-beam sensors.

The most important benefits

• Finger, hand and body detection for convenient and fast interaction between operator and machine
• Defined protected area with infrared protection field – suitable for safety applications up to PLe/SIL3
• Safe machine stoppage in safety-critical applications
• Better use of space by saving on protective fence designs
• Reduced installation expense and space requirements
• High level of manipulation protection