Sensing & Controls News

EU Certified Control Units

Elobau has developed a range of 25 control units - also called safety relays – that the company said are certified according to the new Machine Directive EN ISO 13849-1, coming into effect in Europe at the end of this year.

The current EU standard, EN 954-1, will be replaced by EN ISO 13849-1, which defines a Performance Level (PL) for all safety-related parts of a machine control system. IEC 61508, along with the sub-category standard EN 62061, determines a Safety Integrity Level (SIL) for the devices. Manufacturers and operators of machinery are requested to have their equipment fully compliant as of December 30, 2009 for the European market. OSHA standards and European standards will later converge towards the IEC61508 international standard.

Together with its range of machine safety switches and coded magnets, available in various sizes, materials and configurations, Elobau offers a wide range of contactless Machine Safeguarding Solutions. As a vertically integrated manufacturer that performs all circuit and cable assembly, plastic molding, assembly and full performance testing at its factories, Elobau said it can meet virtually all industrial and commercial requirements in a cost-effective manner.