Hanover Fair 2016The new products from Pilz
Pilz hosted its annual press conference on April 6: In addition to the figures for the past financial year 2015, the provider of safe automation solutions from Ostfildern also announced the first information on the Hannover Messe innovations.
... the 'PSENopt II'. The first type 3 light curtain, according to the company, is intended to close the "type gap" in the revised IEC 61496-1 standard. Background: The IEC/EN 61496 standard for light barriers, light curtains and light grids only defines types 2 and 4: Following the amendment of the standard in May 2015, type 2 light grids may only be used in applications with performance level c. Type 4 light grids can still be used for performance level e. Type 3 is now assigned to performance level d, although this was not previously available on the product side. As a result, since the change to the standard, users have had to switch to type 4 if they want to fulfill PL d, which in practice leads to increased costs if type 4 is not required at all. PSENopt II is now intended to close this gap and provide an economical, adapted light curtain solution.