Numeric functions added to automation safety design tool

Safety applications increasingly require numeric functions to manage values for pressure, temperature and speed. Since its introduction in 2008, SafeDESIGNER from B&R has provided support for safe INT data types and associated arithmetic operations and comparison functions. 

Safety-oriented function blocks are also available for converting INT and DINT values in either direction. This expansion now rounds off the full numeric range of functions for the Automation Studio 4 development and configuration tool.

Users of Smart Safe Reaction technology from B&R are now able to process safety-related speed and position values and use them to initiate safe machine states. These functions are suitable for applications where requirements go above and beyond the possibilities provided by pre-packaged safe motion functions. Possible scenarios include integrating additional safe rotary encoders in a safety application or monitoring several power transmission systems for synchronism.