October 8, 2018 - Balluff’s BID family of mechanical safety switches have a locking force of 2,500 N and latching force of 10 N, making the guardlock insensitive to vibration even when unlocked. The line, which is “plug & play” thanks to the use of M12 connectors (5- or 8-pin), includes variants with and without mechanical guard locking (standard tongue switch), or with electrical guard locking to protect personnel and/or processes. The standard tongue version can be used to detect when a guard is opened and then stop the process, whereas the multiple guardlocking versions can be used to "lock" guards and doors until the process has safely come to a halt. Options for the guardlocking switches include power-to-lock with or without emergency release and with or without auxiliary release.
And when properly applied with a safety controller, these switches can meet a level of safety per EN ISO 13849 and IEC/EN 61508/62061. The Balluff mechanical safety switches are designed for securing and safely monitoring guard doors and safety flaps to protect persons from potential hazards and prevent interruption of processes. The metal housing fits on commonly used extrusion and a built-in LED provides switch status. These features make the switches suitable for many applications including packaging, food & beverage, automotive, robotics, machine tools, assembly and factory automation.
About Balluff Inc
Balluff is a supplier of networked IO-Link control system architectures that unlock the potential of the IIoT and Industry 4.0. Balluff offers a range of intelligent IO-Link and industrial Ethernet sensors in a variety of technologies including inductive, photoelectric, capacitive, and magnetic as well as magnetostrictive linear position sensors, magnetic tape linear encoders, industrial RFID systems, and industrial vision systems.
