How to Choose a Safety Switch?
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- Sep 30,2024
Summary
DADISICK's blog on choosing safety switches emphasizes evaluating safety requirements and compatibility with industrial applications. It advises selecting interlocking switches with appropriate safety ratings, durable construction, and reliable performance. Considering factors like environmental conditions and integration capabilities is also crucial. The blog guides readers in picking the right safety switches to enhance workplace safety and efficiency across various industries.
First, a thorough understanding of the application scenarios is a prerequisite for selecting a safety switch. This includes, but is not limited to
Equipment type: Different equipment (such as machine tools, electrical cabinets, control boxes, etc.) have different requirements for the interlock switch's protection level, opening mode (such as rotary handle, push-pull, key lock, etc.).
Environmental conditions: Consider the temperature, humidity, corrosive gases and other factors of the working environment, choose weather-resistant, corrosion-resistant materials.
Safety level: According to the hazard level of the equipment, choose the safety locking devices that meets the corresponding safety standards, such as IP grade, explosion-proof grade, etc.
Ease of use: Consider the operator's usage habits, choose easy to operate, not easy to accidentally touch the safety switch devices design.
Level of protection: Check the safety lock switch's dust and waterproof rating (IP rating) to ensure it will function properly in harsh environments.
Material quality: Choose high-strength, corrosion-resistant materials, such as stainless steel and aluminum alloy, to improve the safety interlock switches's durability and security.
Cylinder Type: Select the appropriate cylinder type according to security requirements, such as mechanical lock cylinder, electronic lock cylinder (including combination safety door switches, fingerprint recognition, etc.), and whether it needs anti-prying, anti-drilling design.
Alarm function: For scenes with high security requirements, consider selecting safety switches with intrusion alarm function so that security incidents can be detected and handled in a timely manner.
Compatibility: Ensure that safety locking devices are compatible with existing equipment or systems (e.g., access control systems, surveillance systems) for easy integration and management.
Cost Effectiveness: Under the premise of ensuring security performance, take a comprehensive look at safety switch devices procurement costs, installation costs and maintenance costs, and select cost-effective products.
Ease of maintenance: Select interlocking switches with reasonable structural design, easy to clean and maintain, and reduce long-term operating costs.
When selecting safety interlock switches, must strictly comply with relevant national and industry regulations, standards, such as GB/T 20238 "Mechanical safety control systems related to safety components", IEC 60204-1 "Mechanical and electrical equipment Part 1: General technical conditions," etc., to ensure that the safety locking switches comply.
Factory packaging: 1 Safety Locking and 2 Keys accessories, cable
Lock material: PA66 flame retardant, metal
Outputs: 4 sets of gold plated contacts
Tensile strength when locked: locking force 1300N
Contact type: 14 contact combinations
Optional back unlocking function: indicator light+emergency unlocking
The safety door switches with locking function can ensure that the safety protection device door and other protective covers remain in a safe state even if the dangerous state is not eliminated. High strength wear-resistant engineering plastic with built-in 304 stainless steel components. Forced mechanical interlocking self detection structure with extremely high reliability.
In summary, the selection of suitable safety interlock switches according to the actual application scenarios is a comprehensive consideration process, which requires in-depth analysis of the application scenarios, evaluation of the performance of the safety switches, consideration of cost and maintenance, and compliance with relevant regulations and standards. Through scientific and reasonable selection, it can not only effectively improve the safety protection level of industrial equipment, but also create a safer and more efficient production environment for the enterprise.
Used for monitoring places such as safety doors and windows.
Used for monitoring places such as safety doors and windows.
Safety door switch providing robust security and reliable access control.
Protecting your facility and employees.
Used for monitoring places such as safety doors and windows.