PILZ has released a software package for calculations required when designing safety-related machine control systems. The package can be used in accordance with safety integrity levels EN ISO 13849-1 or EN IEC 62061.
The tool makes it easy to ensure compliance with standard requirements, helping operators save time and reduce costs.
The package includes an intuitive graphical interface, making it easy to visualise safety system architecture and avoid errors.
The software enables user’s to break down safety functions into sub-systems such as sensors, inputs, outputs, actuators and logic, and calculate the overall probability of a dangerous failure per hour.
Data can be verified with the prescribed performance level EN ISO 13849-1 or safety integrity level EN IEC 62061.
The software takes into account alternative architectures and variations in the way components are connected and parameterised.
When designing to EN 13849-1 integrity levels, the calculator evaluates common-cause failures and diagnostic coverage by considering shorts between contacts and synchronicity monitoring on multi-channel sensors.
Underpinning the calculator is a database that contains a set of data for safety products.
Users can add to the database to design control systems with other components.
Reports can be produced for project documentation, and data can be reused in new projects.
Key contact:
Pilz Australia
safety@pilz.com.au
www.pilz.com.au
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