Safe automationGenerational change at Pilz
Pilz exceeded the 300 million euro sales mark for the first time in 2016. 2017 is characterized by a generational change: At the end of the year, Renate Pilz will hand over the operational business completely into the hands of her children Susanne Kunschert and Thomas Pilz.
... the electrically activated emergency stop button PITestop active. It is illuminated to indicate whether it is active or not. Machine and system parts can be safely activated or deactivated as required in accordance with ISO 13850. This makes it easy to implement flexible safety concepts, as required by the Smart Factory in particular. Mobile operating panels no longer need to be securely stored, but simply safely deactivated, which increases safety. With PITestop active, the machine park can also be designed more flexibly and the operating mode of interlinked machines can be changed more quickly: From semi-automatic operation with many individual modules to fully automatic operation, in which every emergency stop affects the entire chain. Last but not least, Pilz will be showing in Hanover ...