SIL (Safety Integrity Levels) / EN-61508 compliant

In the context of high-risk industrial applications where, according to the Machine Directive, high levels of SIL (Safety Integrity Levels – EN 62061 standard) or PL (Performance Levels – ISO 13849 standard) are required, safety is provided by an independent safety control device. The critical point of the device’s performance lies in its resistance to defects. This depends on the quality and reliability of the components, and in particular its structure (or architecture). These safety devices are essentially built according to the well-known architecture (measurement signal / control logic / actuator). High SIL or PL levels can only be achieved by using the redundancy of the parts. Thanks to these double-bridge measuring transducers, SENSY technology enables the redundancy of the required measuring signal to be supplied to the safety control logic device. The monitoring and comparison of these redundant signals, performed by the control logic (safety PLC, configurable logic block ‘fail-safe’) provides the means of avoiding, detecting or tolerating defects. In this case, a fault in the measurement signal will be detected and processed before the next request for the safety function.