Failsafe Automation System
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJohannes EXTRA, Hermann JARTYN
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Abstract
An input system and failsafe automation system, wherein the failsafe automation system includes a motion controller connected to multiple failsafe processors that are each respectively associated with a safety level, and wherein the motion controller includes at least one associated drive, where the respective drive is respectively associated with areas and each respective area has an associated safety level that indicates the level of (fail)safety level with which the respective area needs to be established such that the failsafe automation system allows individual areas in spaces such as production halls to be easily equipped with the necessary (fail)safety level.
Claims15
A failsafe automation system, comprising:
- a motion controller for at least one of (i) controlling and (ii) regulating a plurality of drives, each of said plurality of drives being respectively associated with an area;
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- at least one failsafe processor;
- wherein each respective area includes a respective assigned safety level;
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- wherein respective areas are respectively arranged physically adjacently to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.