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Rockwell Automation released its new Allen-Bradley Compact GuardLogix 5370 controller, which enables companies to use common networks and controllers for safety and motion in applications with up to 16 axes. This makes it easier for manufacturers and equipment builders to simplify and standardize safety across their machines and systems, design safety into a range of standard and custom machines, and provide simpler system architectures.
The Compact GuardLogix 5370 controller also helps users meet global safety standards, achieving Safety Integrity Level 3, Performance Level e and Category 4 for machine safety. When used in combination with the Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5500 servo drive, or the Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 527 AC drive, users have integrated safe torque off on EtherNet/IP.
As with other Logix controllers, Rockwell Software's Studio 5000 software is used to configure the Compact GuardLogix 5370 controller and develop multiple elements of their control system. Data can be defined once, and then accessed and re-used across different machine types to help speed system development and commissioning. In addition, a single programming environment for both safety and standard control helps to eliminate the need to manually manage separate standard and safety memory, or partition logic to isolate safety.
The Compact GuardLogix 5370 controller, being manufactured in Singapore, also includes dual Ethernet ports to support both linear and device-level-ring (DLR) network topologies. Built-in energy storage eliminates the need for batteries, and a removable 1-GB Secure Digital (SD) card helps to improve data integrity.
Rockwell Automation also will be releasing an on-machine option later this year, the Allen-Bradley Armor Compact GuardLogix 5370 controller. This option allows users to place the controller closer to the application or onto the machine, which helps to ease installation, commissioning and troubleshooting. The on-machine controller is IP67-rated for wash-down protection and includes quick-connect cabling to to help ease system wiring.
Keywords: Integrated Safety and Motion, Manufacturers, Equipment Builders, Device-Level-Ring (DLR), Machine Safety, ARC Advisory Group.