Kyoto, Japan -- OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645, ADR: OMRNY) today announced the release in June of its new NX series safety control units.

EtherCAT slave terminal NX series safety control units
   Safety CPU unit        NX-SL3300
   Safety input units      NX-SIH400 / NX-SID800
   Safety output units    NX-SOH200 / NX-SOD400

The products are integrated in the Sysmac automation platform, launched in July 2011. This is a new EtherCAT-compatible modular I/O system that allows motion, standard I/O, and safety control to be integrated into machine control systems using NJ series machine automation controller.
The NX series safety control units offer simple and flexible design for high-speed, high-precision motion control and safety control in an integrated engineering environment when used in conjunction with the NJ series machine automation controller and the automation software Sysmac Studio. This functionality contributes to productivity improvements and assurance of safety conforming to international standards and rules.

Machine designers are now required to design globally competitive production machinery, so they must design motion and safety control simultaneously, while increasing their knowledge of machine design in order to conform to international safety standards, resulting in a heavy workload. Moreover, it is expected that machine downtime can be minimized by reducing the amount of machine design work, safety verification work, and maintenance work.
OMRON's new NX series safety control units were designed to meet these needs.

*1. Sysmac automation platform
Complete machine control through one software and one seamless connection with a variety of I/O devices. Machine and motion programming is fully compliant with IEC 61131-3, and the dedicated software suite features functions such as programming, motion designing, and network setting allowing easy control of all connected devices and freeing users to engage in further production innovation.

OMRON Releases New NX Series Safety Control Units with Integrated Safety