Safety Automation with PROFIsafe

So convincing are the benefits of Safety Automation that users no longer have any doubts. With PROFIsafe, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) has answered the requirements of Safety Automation. Industrial processes entail risks – harm to humans and the environment and damage to production equipment are possible. For this reason, the importance of Safety Automation is constantly increasing in the automation field. There is hardly any plants left in which Safety Automation – at least an emergency stop button – is not used.

In general, however, Safety Automation comes at a price. But with a suitable concept, money can still be saved in spite of Safety Automation, as many applications show. Another proof of the acceptance of Safety Automation is the constantly growing number of installed PROFIsafe nodes. The installed base numbered 1.15 million PROFIsafe nodes at the end of 2010. PROFIsafe is thus the unchallenged market leader in the field of Safety Automation.

For Safety Automation, the user has access to many proven products from many different manufacturers. For example, besides fail-safe controllers there are also laser scanners, light arrays, drives, valve blocks, emergency OFF switches, etc. The PROFIsafe Starter Kit makes Safety Automation especially easy.

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