Hi guys
I have a project coming up which involves installing 22 door safeties on a machine. The machine doors are all mild steel and i will be installing the following safety switches from the link below. The problem if you could call it that is that the mains electrical panel for the unit is jam packed and hasnt got much more room for expansion so i plan to put these in series with the emergency stop buttons that are on the machine. There are 2 e stops which are running back to a safety relay which in turn is also connected to the machine PLC and once activated need to be manually reset through a reset button. As i do not have access or software for the PLC or drawings for the machine i thought it best to do it the way described unless anyone has an alternative idea as to what will work as well but be slightly different? I also plan to have each door connected to a LED lamp which is to be connected to the aux on the safety switch because the doors are solid all round and the switches will be going inside the machine it gives an indication of which door is open etc. I am just looking for a little advice i suppose is there anything generally wrong with my plan?
Link to switches to be used
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/safety-rated-interlock-switches/6233054/
Thanks guys
I have a project coming up which involves installing 22 door safeties on a machine. The machine doors are all mild steel and i will be installing the following safety switches from the link below. The problem if you could call it that is that the mains electrical panel for the unit is jam packed and hasnt got much more room for expansion so i plan to put these in series with the emergency stop buttons that are on the machine. There are 2 e stops which are running back to a safety relay which in turn is also connected to the machine PLC and once activated need to be manually reset through a reset button. As i do not have access or software for the PLC or drawings for the machine i thought it best to do it the way described unless anyone has an alternative idea as to what will work as well but be slightly different? I also plan to have each door connected to a LED lamp which is to be connected to the aux on the safety switch because the doors are solid all round and the switches will be going inside the machine it gives an indication of which door is open etc. I am just looking for a little advice i suppose is there anything generally wrong with my plan?
Link to switches to be used
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/safety-rated-interlock-switches/6233054/
Thanks guys