Cologne, Germany—The Interbus Club reports that its Interbus Safety fieldbus protocol was recently certified by TÜV Rheinland Group (German Technical Inspectorate) and the Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Institut für Arbeitsschutz (BGIA-BG-Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) for use in safety applications up to SIL 3 according to DIN EN 61508 and Safety Category 4 according to DIN EN 954-1.
Cologne, Germany— The Interbus Club reports that its Interbus Safety fieldbus protocol was recently certified by TÜV Rheinland Group (German Technical Inspectorate) and the Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Institut für Arbeitsschutz (BGIA-BG-Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), located in Sankt Augustin, Germany, for use in safety applications up to SIL 3 according to DIN EN 61508 and Safety Category 4 according to DIN EN 954-1. In addition, Interbus Safety reportedly meets the relevant specifications of European Machinery Directive 98/37/EEC.
Besides safe communication with Interbus Safety, TÜV Rheinland and BGIA also tested an Interbus controller board with integrated safe controller, a safe I/O module with IP67 protection, SafetyProg safe programming interface, and safe software function blocks. All these components were developed jointly by Interbus Club members Phoenix Contact andKW-Software, and are already being used in one of the Audi AG plants, located in Neckarsulm, Germany.
Audi reports that it’ss Safety a milestone for similar solutions.
Control Engineering Daily News DeskJim Montague, news [email protected]
