Certified press safety library in the TIA Portal

Stay flexible and comply with all standards for functional safety

Make automating your press safety functions as easy and cost-effective as possible. Use the certified press safety modules and benefit from considerably reduced engineering overhead. With the press safety library for the SIMATIC S7-F/P safety controller, you rely on functional and certified modules and proven expertise, perfectly documented and pretested.

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Significantly faster results with the press safety library

The press safety library for all failsafe controllers of the SIMATIC controller family from Basic to Advanced provides you with certified function blocks and proven expertise – perfectly documented and field-tested.

The library of press safety functions can be used for automating servo presses, mechanical flywheel presses (SimaPress), and hydraulic presses. It is certified by the German Employers' Liability Insurance Association for Wood and Metal (BGHM) and complies with relevant international standards.

Efficient engineering with a fail-safe module library

  • Reduced costs and time savings from the design phase to the prototype test 
  • Certified and safe electronic software cam switchgear included in the scope of the library
  • Certified, detailed example projects for servo presses as well as for mechanical and hydraulic presses, including online help for all function blocks

Scalable hardware, consistency from the controller to the drive

  • End-to-end solution throughout all failsafe SIMATIC controllers – from Basic Controllers (S7-1200F) to Advanced Controllers (S7-1500F, S7-300F, S7-400F) and Distributed Controllers (ET 200 CPU, ET 200SP Open Controller) to Software Controllers
  • Fail-safe communication with the SINAMICS S120 drive via PROFIsafe. Safety functions in the drive (e.g. STO, SOS, SLS) can be accessed directly
  • Flexibility when implementing safety concepts with central and distributed safety concepts

Certified by the German Employers' Liability Insurance Association for Wood and Metal

  • Meets the general standards
    - DIN EN 62061 (up to SIL3)
    - EN ISO 13849-1 (up to PLe)
  • Complies with press-specific standards
    - DIN EN 692
    - DIN EN 693
    - DIN EN 12622
    - DIN EN 13736
  • Shorter acceptance and commissioning times thanks to technical assistance from Siemens application engineers

The tried and tested safety library in detail

This software library, which is based on more than ten years of experience and has been successively expanded, facilitates the configuration of press safety functions through pre-assembled function blocks, such as innovated brake test incl. travel measuring, safe software cam switchgear, and overtravel monitoring.

          

          

The S7-F/P press safety library includes the following:

  • Two-hand operation console (pluggable including higher-level enable)
  • Foot switch (pluggable including higher-level enable)
  • Light curtain (safety and clock modes)
  • Mode selection (one out of eight/two out of six)
  • Approved for single-person and multi-person operation
  • Emergency stop with and without restart interlock
  • Dynamic valve control
  • Safety door (with lock/acknowledge signal)
  • Innovated brake test incl. travel measuring
  • Monitoring of cartridge valves
  • Valve control of mechanical and hydraulic presses
  • Damping of brake on mechanical presses
Further components and information on the press safety library can be found in our flyer

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Safety integrity level SIL3/PLe

This is how you get a SIL3/PLe certificate for your press

In order to enable consistently high machine safety, Siemens developed a particular safety concept: Safety Integrated. It’s based on collecting signals with sensors and control devices, evaluating data with safety controls, and reacting through actuators like frequency converters and servo drives. With Safety Integrated, you don’t require additional hardware because all safety functions are already integrated into the automation components. Our experts are looking forward to supporting you with taking your presses to safety integrity level SIL3/PLe.

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