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Siemens IC 10 · 2017
Introduction
Systematic Industrial Safety Technology
SIRIUS Safety Integrated
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Overview
Safety Integrated – safety engineering for machines and plants
Manufacturers and operators of machines must fulfill numerous
requirements: reducing costs, improving productivity, and
ensuring the safety of machines.
The industrial safety technology from Siemens offers innovative,
economical solutions for the functional safety of machinery.
Machine safety – compliance with directives
Before any machines or plant can be supplied or operated, they
must meet the fundamental safety requirements of the
EU Directives.
In order to ensure compliance with the European Machinery
Directive, it is recommended that the suitably harmonized
European standards EN 62061 or EN ISO 13849-1 should be
applied. This gives manufacturers and operators legal certainty
regarding compliance with both national regulations and the
EC Directive.
The machine manufacturer uses the CE marking to document
the compliance with all relevant directives and regulations in the
free movement of goods. As the European directives are recog-
nized worldwide, their use is of great help when exporting to
other countries.
The aim of safety technology is therefore to allow people,
machines and the environment to be protected and statutory
safety requirements to be satisfied.
The quick and easy way to safe machinery
In addition to the statutory regulations governing the protection
of people there are also economic reasons for avoiding personal
injury and the resulting down times, and for protecting both
machinery and equipment from damage.
Safety Integrated benefits machine manufacturers and plant
operators in many ways:
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Lower costs for hardware, assembly and engineering
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Higher availability thanks to faster diagnostics and fewer
down times
At the same time, using modular safety concepts allows them to
modernize their plants more easily and at lower cost.
Smart controls ensure the functional safety of machinery
Our SIRIUS Safety Integrated controls are a central element of
the Siemens Safety Integrated concept, based on Totally Inte-
grated Automation. Whether for reliable detecting, commanding
and signaling, monitoring and evaluating or starting and safe
disconnection, our SIRIUS Safety Integrated controls provide
cost-effective solutions for the safety of your machine or plant.
Take the SIRIUS 3SK1 safety relays for example: They are modu-
larly expandable, and can integrate compact motor starters
such as the fail-safe SIRIUS 3RM1 very simply via the the rear
panel device connector. Or the SIRIUS 3RK3 Modular Safety
System: this provides a high degree of functionality as an auton-
omous safety control downstream of a standard control, and
makes smart safety solutions possible via AS-Interface.
The SIMOCODE pro modular motor management system
combines all required protection, monitoring, safety and control
functions for motor feeders. It can be connected to fail-safe
controllers via PROFIBUS or PROFINET and shut down motors
in emergency situations.
Control technology for safety solutions – SIRIUS Safety Integrated
SIRIUS Safety Integrated uses fail-safe communication via
standard fieldbus systems, such as ASIsafe via AS-Interface
and PROFIsafe via PROFIBUS and PROFINET, to solve even
networked safety tasks of greater complexity. This opens the
door to flexible safety solutions for compact machines or large-
scale plants – naturally compliant with current standards up to
SIL 3/PL e.
A particular highlight: The world's first integrated ASIsafe
connection to the distributed I/O system ensures even more
consistency. With the SIMATIC AS-i F-Links, AS-i networks can
be connected quite simply to safety controls via PROFIsafe via
the SIMATIC ET 200SP.
Your partner for machine and plant safety
With Safety Integrated, Siemens has provided the smart answer
to constantly increasing requirements for the functional safety of
a machine and for its cost-effectiveness and flexibility. Our
comprehensive portfolio of safe controls, control technology and
drive technology provides scalable solutions for precisely
tailored safety concepts for protecting people, machines and
the environment. Our products meet the current safety
standards in the industry, including IEC, ISO, NFPA and UL.
As a partner for machine and plant safety, Siemens also
supports users with examples of functions and up-to-date
know-how concerning international standards and directives.
In addition to the free TÜV-approved Safety Evaluation Tool for
evaluating safety functions in accordance with EN 62061 and
EN ISO 13849-1, requirements-based training is available on
CE marking, functional safety and risk assessment, and on our
Safety Integrated Products.
For more information,
see www.siemens.com/safety-integrated
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Application Manual "SIRIUS Safety Integrated",
see
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