50 Years of Experience
Five decades in functional machine safety
Omron machine safety components make worker protection easy, cut downtime
The most challenging applications to ensure safety are those where personnel are required to access areas where potentially hazardous operations take place, such as machining, welding, movement of a robot arm, etc. The best safety device is one that offers the maximum protection with minimum impact on machine operations at the lowest possible cost. Our comprehensive line of safety components are engineered to meet your most demanding functional safety needs while preserving your productivity and ensuring your people are safe.
Omron's newest safety products
D41G Series High-Coded Guard Lock Switches
A sturdy guard lock switch with RFID and a holding force of 2,000N, that is ideal for the most challenging applications, including robotic applications.
F3SG-SR Series Light Curtain
Safety light curtain with improved alignment capabilities, advanced diagnostics and reduced installation costs
NXSL5 Safety Controller
A versatile safety controller, with EtherCAT and EtherNet/IP capabilities, for integrated or stand-alone solutions, making machine safety easier.
Safety Logic Devices - Controllers
Omron’s safety controllers offer a set of unique features from small to large applications, with intuitive programming envirnoment and simple troubleshooting.
Safety Light Curtains
From basic intrusion detection to more advanced devices in complex applications, Omron has the ideal opto-electronic safety technology to meet your needs.
Safety Laser Scanners
From area protection to AGV navigation, Omron safety laser scanners help optimize your most challenging applications and provide data for analytics.
Safety Door Switches
Omron's door switches detect the opening of guards or doors to prevent unauthorized access to hazardous areas and ensure the safe implementation of emergency equipment stoppages.
Safety Limit Switch
Omron’s Limit Switches offers a full range of solutions for safety applications, from the smallest class of safety limit switches in the world to robust models with metal housing.
Safety Operator Controls
Meet your safety requirements and assure safe operation with Omron’s safety operators controls.
Emergency Stop Devices
Designed to halt equipment functions in emergency situations, our E-Stop devices are a crucial component of a complete safety circuit.
Safety Logic Devices - Relays
Omron's safety relays feature wide-ranging safety functionality, low maintenance needs and compact housing to help you save space on your panel.
Safety Outputs
Safety Output products are crucial when designing a reliable safety system that requires redundancy and monitoring capabilities.
Reducing downtime with machine safety
Today’s manufacturers are under pressure to be more flexible, reduce downtime, increase efficiency and, above all, keep personnel safe. These efforts are complicated by yet another requirement: the successful management of external influences. These factors are difficult to predict, and when their true effects become known, effective adaptation can be a challenge. Fortunately, the right machine safety technology can help companies reduce the impact of unforeseen events and keep productivity levels high. In this white paper, we’ll examine how this works, with a focus on key features of machine safety solutions provided by Omron.
Omron helps Kerry Foods meet new safety standard
When Kerry Foods set out to meet CAN/CSA Z434 for their palletizing robot cell, it turned to Omron. Our successful solution included:
- Full risk assessment by Omron TUV engineers to create a safe cell for palletizing robot
- Six F3SG-RA safety light curtains with Bluetooth to allow for collaboration and movement of operators
- G9SP safety controller and NB human-machine interface for on the spot programming
- TL4019 safety interlock switches for swinging doors
- Safety training seminars
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Learn more about industrial safety products
There are 3 major types of machine guarding equipment:
- Safety Door Switches -- These are required when a machine has a movable guard as access to the dangerous area. Monitoring the door will allow shut off the power when the guard is open or removed.
- Electro-sensitive protective device**(ESPE)** -- These detect a presence in their protected field and doesn't require any action from the machine operator. There are different types of devices as safety light curtains and safety scanners.
- Pressure-sensitive machine safeguarding products -- These include safety mats, edge, and bumpers.
Monitoring the position of a door or guard is a key element in machine safety. There are 3 major types of door switches:
- Tongue-operated Interlocks -- These require a dedicated tongue and can prevent easy cheating of the switch.
- Guard Locking Interlocks -- These prevent workers from entering in hazardous machine areas. They detect whether or not fences or doors are not opened and, if opened, stop machines before operators are injured.
- Non-Contact Door Switches -- This type does not utilize the mechanical operating method as opposed to the cam operated and/or tongue-actuated switches. As a result, they are unlikely to suffer from the mounting limitation compared to the other switches because of the easy positioning during installation.
CIP Safety (Common Industrial Protocol Safety) is an extension added to the CIP application layer to provide safety services on CIP-based networks such as DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP. The protocol has been developed according to IEC61508 and ISO 13849:1 and is approved by an independent Notified Body (TÜV).
CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP provides a scalable, modular, network-independent safety protocol that supports multicast messaging for faster response and ensures transmission integrity by detecting errors and allowing devices to take appropriate actions. This protocol is commonly used in systems where there is a need to integrate safety devices from different manufacturers to a single platform, like robots and encoders, to develop a safety solution while reducing wiring efforts.
A forcibly guided relay has a forced guided mechanism that prevents that normally open and normally closed contacts are closed simultaneously. This mechanical link between contact pairs is guaranteed over the whole lifetime. Thanks to this feature, it provides an easy way to design circuits with self- monitoring capabilities, according to international safety standards.
Safety Solutions: We make safety simple
With over 35 years of experience in industrial machine safety we are a leading resource for machine safeguarding services. Including:
- Employee machine and process safety education
- Machine guarding assessments
- Risk reduction planning and documentation
- Review of safety systems and circuit design
- Safety system design consulting services
- Turn key safety system installations and retrofits
Train your team on safety requirements
With an emphasis on practical applications, Omron's safety trainings are designed to help your team gain confidence in the global and regional requirements for functional safety. Available at an Omron location or at your facility, our comprehensive safety training classes include:
• General Safety Skill builder
• TUV Rheinland Function Safety of Machinery: Engineer
• TUV Rheinland Function Safety of Machinery: Technician
Learn more about Omron safety training >
Free Gotcha Sticks makes inspections easy
This folding measuring stick allows you to quickly test safety barrier opening sizes, related to distance from a hazard, to ensure you are in compliance with global safety standards. The Omron Gotcha Stick shows inches and centimeters, with three of the segments covering ANSI and CSA standards, while a fourth segment covers ISO standard requirements.