Rockwell Automation, one of the world's largest industrial automation, informatization and digital transformation companies, today announced that its Allen-Bradley Guardmaster SafeZone 3 laser scanners now support the EtherNet/ IP-based Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) security protocol. This will help users access critical data to get a complete picture of the state of the machine or production line. In this way, smart safety devices such as SafeZone 3 can provide users with effective informati
Rockwell Automation, one of the world's largest industrial automation, informatization and digital transformation companies, today announced that its Allen-Bradley Guardmaster SafeZone 3 laser scanners now support the EtherNet/ IP-based Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) security protocol. This will help users access critical data to get a complete picture of the state of the machine or production line. In this way, smart safety devices such as SafeZone 3 can provide users with effective information while reducing operating costs, fundamentally enabling users to monitor machine health, increase uptime, improve flexibility and enhance safety.
With the Studio 5000 Logix Designer, the SafeZone 3 laser scanner is compatible with the Allen-Bradley GuardLogix safety control system, enabling SIL 2/PLd grade applications. In addition, it supports device-level ring network (DLR) network topologies to help enhance network resilience.
The SafeZone 3 laser scanner enables zone detection or entry detection in or around the work area, allowing users to monitor up to four security zones simultaneously without switching between them. At the same time, it extends the scanning safe zone and provides users with important diagnostic data over a single EtherNet/IP connection. This will effectively increase productivity, for example, by alerting workers when they are approaching the work area in case the machine slows down or stops working. The CIP Safety feature expands the range of available diagnostic data and can alert for common faults, such as dust on the surface of a scanner lens.
SafeZone 3 is equipped with enhanced HD rangefinder scanning technology for easy use in or near hazardous areas. This technology can improve the accuracy of the scan data, while enhancing the scanner's ability to resist dust, smoke, welding flash or other optical interference.
Not only that, SafeZone 3 also has a configuration memory in the system plug-in, so users can quickly replace the device to avoid downtime. Rockwell Automation has also added a color display to SafeZone 3 that not only displays device Settings and status, but also features easy-to-use buttons.
