50 Years of Experience
Five decades in functional machine safety
Machine Safety Technology
Omron's comprehensive lineup of machine safety components, from safety logic controllers and light curtains to door switches and stop devices, provide everything you need to protect your team and factory from operational hazards.
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.
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Omron's newest safety products
F3SG-SR Series Light Curtain
F3SG-SR: Next generation light curtain, advanced model
NXSL5 Safety Controller
NX Series CIP Safety Controller with EtherCAT and Ethernet/IP capabilities
D40ML Safety Swtiches
RFID Magnetic Locking Safety Switch - D40ML
Integrated Safety Kits
Take advantage of the powerful Sysmac platform for your machine control, safety, and data collection projects using our comprehensive Integrated Safety Kits. It will provide you with the ability to us...
Safety products for every machine in a factory
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 Mats and Edges
Protect your team by safeguarding hazardous areas with an efficient combination of pressure-sensitive sensors as safety mats, edges and bumpers.
Safety Outputs
Safety Output products are crucial when designing a reliable safety system that requires redundancy and monitoring capabilities.
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
Quick Answers
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.
A safety mat is a presence-sensing device used to safeguard an entire hazardous area. A mat is a simple, normally open switch and when specified minimum weight is applied to it the “switch” closes and sends a signal to the safety controller to stop the guarded machine. It is commonly used in robotic cells, assembly machinery, punches and presses among other applications.
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