Product category:
Alarms, annunciators and safety interlocks
News Release from: Comitronic | Subject: AMX5 CK
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 October 2004
New safety switch with a coded-key
locking device
Comitronic, a specialised distributor of safety equipment, is launching a new stand-alone safety switch with a coded-key locking device to monitor dangerous zones, and seeks distributors
Comitronic introduces a new safety switch with locking device to monitor dangerous zones The French company Comitronic, a specialised distributor of safety equipment, is launching a new stand-alone safety switch with internal control
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Jan 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Designed to replace interlocking systems, the system has a wide range of applications, from the monitoring of machinery doors to the electrical control of entire dangerous zones.
The switch uses a unique, completely electronic process - the magnet-based Acotom3 decoding system, which, unlike competing reed switch-based systems, is completely tamper-proof.
While the AMX5 CK primary function is to monitor the opening of doors of dangerous machines, it also includes an electrical coded key locking mechanism intended to monitor dangerous zones.
The coded key located on the receiver can inhibit the switch function if necessary.
This enables the AMX5 CK to prevent a machine from restarting if an access door accidentally closes while the operator is inside.
Classified as Category 3 under the European EN954-1 Safety of Machinery Standard, the AMX5 CK switch includes a transmitter and a receiver equipped with a M12 connector.
It is available with a protective polycarbonate housing.
In addition the AMX5 CK has two NO (Normally Open) safety lines and an auxiliary NC (Normally Closed) line.
It can also be used with the Comitronic BLOC C4CK key-protected module.
Comitronic is currently looking for distributors.
Comitronic markets a large number of innovative high-performance safety systems under its own BTI brand, such as stainless steel switches with incorporated magnetic latch.
Equipment has a two-year guarantee against manufacturing defects.
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