Safety Integrated for optimal machine safety

Machine safety

Consistent, end-to-end safety for factory automation

Safety only truly exists if all the components and systems used in the plant are safe at all times. Siemens integrates the appropriate safety functions into the standard automation to ensure safety at any time during the production process. That's the consistent implementation of safety solutions according to Totally Integrated Automation. You need fewer components, less wiring, and save space in the control cabinet.

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Solution portfolio

Concepts for safe machines

Safety Integrated: the best possible machine safety with no additional hardware. The consistent integration of safety functions in our automation components ensures optimal safety without requiring additional hardware. With the easy engineering in TIA Portal you can save and can also meet all requirements thanks to the scalability.

Simple and compact

This compact solution needs less space and wiring, and makes the tasks of engineering and commissioning easier. The safety functions are directly integrated into the drive, and need no additional hardware. They can be expanded for use with different applications in full compliance with standards.

Modular and flexible

Our portfolio for safe machines can be flexibly expanded and covers all kinds of applications – and that applies equally to expanding existing machines as well as new solutions.

Complex but intuitive

Complex plants can be managed at any time – easily and intuitively – thanks to one CPU, one communication via PROFINET/PROFIsafe and one common engineering environment for fail-safe and standard tasks in the TIA Portal.

Application examples

Are you looking for specific application examples? Our experts created a wide range of examples how to implement safety functions with our failsafe controls, drives and switching technology. Take the direct route to machine safety and get the latest tips and tricks!

Safety consulting

Machine safety is a complex topic and affects mechanics as well as electrical engineers.
You may justifiably wonder when and where to start - no matter if it's a whole process or a single machine. Discover our step-by-step process that leads you through the jungle of legislation.

Product range

Our product portfolio for machine safety

Whether it’s for automaton, drives, communications, HMIs, or switching technology: Safety Integrated ensures the best possible safety in all kinds of industrial applications, at all times.

Failsafe Automation Systems

Safety Integrated gives you integrated safety functions at both hardware and software level that provide you with many benefits during installation, and maximum availability coupled with the maximum possible safety.

Fehlersichere Antriebstechnik

Failsafe drive technology

SINAMICS drives from Siemens require no external safety components, as the safety technology is integrated into the converters as a fixed component, reducing the number of components and wiring costs.

Failsafe industrial controls

Industrial control technology from Siemens provides everything you need for a consistent and cost-effective safety chain in basic safety applications: from detecting to evaluating and reacting.

Failsafe communication

PROFINET – the leading industrial Ethernet standard for automation – and the proven fieldbus systems PROFIBUS and AS-Interface help you to create consistent, integrated processes and set up networked interfaces. Profile communication (such as PROFIsafe, PROFIdrive or PROFIenergy) can be integrated without additional cabling costs. Everything uses one cable; a secondary structure is not required.

Failsafe operator control and monitoring

The SIMATIC HMI portfolio offers the right safety solution in every performance class: from Basic HMI with pre-packaged key panels to Advanced HMI Panel-based with mobile panels, and PC-based with Panel PC and Software Controller.

How you benefit from Safety Integrated

Maximum safety and flexibility

The scalable safety portfolio uses a comprehensive approach and covers all requirements, from a single solution to fully integrated system solutions.

Efficient and space-saving

The integration of safety components into the hard- and software significantly reduces engineering times and the amount of wiring involved – the following applies: one control system, one engineering, one communication for standard and failsafe automation.

Reliable and always available

Around the world, we are always close by with our certified products and solutions as well as a full range of support, years of experience, and industry expertise.

Standards and regulations for machine safety

The easy, reliable path to a compliant solution: standards and regulations

Mechanical engineers and plant operators must ensure that international and regional standards and regulations for machine safety are observed.

Training portfolio on functional safety

Trainings

Siemens offers a comprehensive range of training classes – from basic to expert knowledge of functional safety, including in the form of web-based training.

Safety Evaluation Tool

Safety Evaluation Tool (SET)

The free Safety Evaluation Tool (SET) for the IEC 62061 and ISO 13849-1 standards gets you directly to your goal. This TÜV-tested online tool supports the fast and reliable assessment of your machine’s safety functions. As a result, you are provided with a standard-compliant report that can be integrated in the machine documentation as a proof of safety.

References

Menz & Gasser
Italy

Keeping a tight lid on food safety

  • In the Italian city of Parma, a company with a long tradition invests in safety technology from Siemens and sees work time savings of 30% in development and commissioning!

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Stubai Glacier lift
Leitner ropeways
Austria

Safely through snow and ice

  • Leitner ropeways relies on Safety Integrated

  • In Austria's largest glacier ski area, the Stubai Glacier lift takes up to 3,000 passengers an hour safely and comfortably to the summit. Leitner, one of the world's leading manufacturers of ropeways, relies on safe control technology. 

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Rosendahl Nextrom
Austria

Safety in every line

  • Machine builder Rosendahl Nextrom equipped its machines and plants with an integrated, modular, and versatile safety solution.

  • Benefits: less wiring, simpler implementation even of complex safe-stop functions, and a uniform engineering tool

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Playing it safe

Safety – easy and reliable

With Safety Integrated, you can always rest assured that optimal machine safety is guaranteed. Our certified products and solutions are always being refined and adapted to changing standards and conditions. This ensures consistent, end-to-end safety along the entire value chain.

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