450L GuardShield Safety Light Curtains
Description
2022 NED Innovation Award Finalist
The Allen-Bradley GuardShield 450L safety light curtain system is a flexible, cost-effective solution that enhances safety while improving productivity through innovative transceiver technology. This light curtain is the first product of its kind to provide CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP.
CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP enables smart safety within a Connected Enterprise and provides rich data from the plant floor. The 450L GuardShield light curtains support linear, star and DLR networks and are ideally suited for applications where safe, easy and frequent access to the machine is required.
The 450L safety light curtains are unlike traditional safety light curtains, which are based on separate transmitter and receiver units. Patented technology allows each transceiver to be used as a transmitter or receiver via an innovative plug-in module. The 450L-E option provides advanced functionality, including integrated laser alignment, cascading, blanking, and integrated muting.
The 450L safety light curtains are TÜV certified PLe, Type 4 IEC 61496-1/-2, SIL CL3 per EN ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061.
Specs
- Connection over EtherNet/IP makes the 450L-E light curtain a smart safety device that enhances safety while providing connectivity through The Connected Enterprise
- Includes patented technology that allows each transceiver to be used either as a transmitter or receiver via an innovative plug-in module
- Features an active protective field that senses over the entire length of a transceiver
- Offers a wide range of protection heights 5.9 to 76.7 in. (150 to 1950 mm) in increments of 0.5 ft (150 mm)
- Features a compact housing design 1.18 x 1.18 in. (30 x 30 mm)
- Provides easy configuration of the start mode, external device monitoring (EDM), and scanning range by DIP switches on the plug-in modules
- Provides basic on/off functionality (450L-B only)