The goal was to bridge the gaps between hard-wired safety relays and freely pro\u00adgram\u00admable safety sys\u00adtems. A global stan\u00addard for safety was born \u2013 PNOZ\u00admulti! The product \u2013 inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive at the time \u2013 took its place in the Pilz port\u00adfolio between the safety relays PNOZ and the safety sys\u00adtems PSS. 20 years after its market launch, hun\u00addreds of thou\u00adsands of PNOZ\u00admulti devices are being used around the world, in all indus\u00adtries \u2013 as the market leader in the con\u00adfig\u00adurable safety system sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The soft\u00adware tool PNOZ\u00admulti Con\u00adfig\u00adu\u00adrator has played a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant role in this suc\u00adcess. Con\u00adfig\u00adu\u00adra\u00adtion is extremely easy: All safety func\u00adtions can easily be \u201cwired by mouse\u201d using drag-and-drop. The base ver\u00adsion 11 is cur\u00adrently avail\u00adable, free of licensing costs and with a number of cer\u00adti\u00adfied soft\u00adware blocks for safety and secu\u00adrity appli\u00adca\u00adtions for safe inter\u00adac\u00adtion between human and machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion was fol\u00adlowed by the second, \u201cleaner\u201d gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of PNOZ\u00admulti in 2009: the \u201cclassic\u201d PNOZ\u00admulti base unit with 135 mil\u00adlime\u00adtres was con\u00addensed to a narrow 45 mil\u00adlimetre width \u2013 with full func\u00adtion range and a dis\u00adplay. The diag\u00adnos\u00adtics for short machine down\u00adtimes was and still remains one of the most impor\u00adtant ele\u00adments for users, as is the case for the con\u00adnec\u00adtion to var\u00adious automa\u00adtion envi\u00adron\u00adments and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion sys\u00adtems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fact that you only needed to use one system from plan\u00adning to main\u00adte\u00adnance also helped to spur on the suc\u00adcess of PNOZ\u00admulti. The newest stand\u00adalone base unit PNOZ m C0 is now only 22.5 mil\u00adlime\u00adtres wide \u2013 ideal for small machinery because it still has eight safe inputs and four safe semi\u00adcon\u00adductor out\u00adputs with which up to four safety func\u00adtions can be mon\u00adi\u00adtored up to the highest level \u2013 a truly safe \u00adlittle package of power. This gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion can do even more, how\u00adever \u2013 it can grow along with the safety require\u00adments. This is pos\u00adsible through a migra\u00adtion to the mod\u00adular expand\u00adable base units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the suc\u00adcessor to the Machinery Direc\u00adtive, the planned Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion also makes demands for the secu\u00adrity of devices. This is not a chal\u00adlenge, how\u00adever: PNOZ\u00admulti 2 is already secure. The data on the PNOZ m C0, for example, are pro\u00adtected against unwanted access by means of a so-called secu\u00adrity key. The \u00adPNOZ\u00admulti 2 is also secure when acting as the \u201cdoor guard\u201d for access man\u00adage\u00adment: in com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion with the reading units PITreader with RFID tech\u00adnology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suc\u00adcess story con\u00adtinues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n