RS Enables Industrial Safety With Omron's NX Series Safety Controllers
RS Enables Industrial Safety With Omron's NX Series Safety Controllers |
| [03-December-2024] |
Omron's NX Series safety controllers provide versatile, efficient solutions to common industrial challenges with a slate of integrated features designed to satisfy stringent safety requirements, prevent and mitigate risks, and improve operational efficiency. FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RS, a global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, stocks Omron Automation's NX Series safety controllers and accessories for contemporary industrial environments with more than 10 safety devices, long or complex programming sequences, and demanding safety network requirements.
Omron NX Series safety controllers prevent and mitigate risks, improve operational efficiency, and facilitate compliance Safety controllers interact with other elements of industrial safety systems — like sensors, emergency stops, and light curtains — to detect hazards and trigger automated responses, like slowing or stopping machines, designed to protect employees and equipment. They also interact with non-safety devices, including PLCs to prioritize process safety and HMIs to deliver diagnostic data. Omron's NX Series safety controllers and accessories are expertly engineered to help users overcome common safety and operating challenges in industrial environments ranging from electronics, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, automotive, and heavy equipment manufacturing facilities to material handling and logistics environments. These challenges include delayed fault detection and response times, diagnostic difficulties in complex systems, unexpected downtime, employee and equipment safety, compatibility with existing systems, time and labor requirements, and space constraints in control panels. Omron NX Series safety controllers provide versatile, efficient solutions to these and other common industrial challenges with a comprehensive slate of integrated features designed to satisfy stringent safety requirements, prevent and mitigate risks, and improve operational efficiency. Features engineered to help today's industrial organizations adapt and thrive include:
Omron offers two distinct models of the NX Series product line with specialized safety functionality, the NX-SL and NX-SL5, both of which are readily available at RS. NX-SL models are available with 32 or 128 safety I/O connections, up to 256 or 1,024 I/O points, which is an optimal number for medium or large safety networks, and 0.5 or 2MB program memory. These cost-effective safety controllers have a modular design that makes them easy to adapt to a variety of machine types and sizes and, for retrofit projects, support direct connections to any PLC with an EtherNet/IP coupler. They can also be combined with an EtherCAT coupler to facilitate seamless Functional Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) for systems that require remote I/O. Ideal applications extend throughout the automotive, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage manufacturing, material handling, and logistics industries — where safety is critical, and space is a constant challenge. NX-SL5 models are available with 127 or 254 safety I/O connections, up to 1,024 or 2,032 I/O points, and 2 or 4MB program memory. These models offer all the same benefits as NX-SL modes but can also simultaneously support multiple safety zones and network protocols — including Safety over Ethernet/IP, FSoE, and Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) Safety over Ethernet — which sets it apart from competing products and enables communication across different networks without any additional hardware and seamless integration with a variety of automation systems. They're ideal for use in the same industries as NX-SL models but optimized for larger, more complex applications that demand high-speed safety control and broader coverage for extensive safety management, including robotics cells, automated material handling systems, and high-speed assembly lines. For more information about Omron machine safety solutions, including NX Series safety controllers and accessories, please visit the links embedded here or check out the new "Industrial Machine Safety Controllers" interview with Matt Mohr, Safety Product Manager at Omron Automation. For more information about the complete portfolio of Omron Automation products available at RS, including power supplies and PLCs, and more expert insights from Omron experts, follow these links. For assistance identifying, procuring, installing, and maintaining exceptionally powerful, user-friendly Omron safety controllers equipped with cutting-edge safety functionality ideal for even the most demanding industrial applications, please contact your local RS representative at 1.866.433.5722 or reach out to the RS technical support team. About RS We stock over 800,000 industrial and associated electronic products and list an additional five million, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers. This extensive range supports 1.1 million customers in maintaining, repairing, and operating industrial equipment. With a technically led and digitally enabled approach, we are enhancing customer experience, delivering operational excellence, and simplifying the supply chain at every step. RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock ticker RS1 and in the year ended 31 March 2024 reported revenue of £2,942 million. For more information, please visit https://www.rsgroup.com/ or connect with us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter). About RS in the Americas Image Download: Editorial Contact & Media Inquiries:
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