Pilz launches SW Tool–Safety Calculator

Pilz launches a software tool called PAScal, which verifies the functional safety of protection devices on machinery in light of current standards. The Safety Calculator supports manufacturers in the calculation of failure limit values, as required by standards IEC 62061 and prEN ISO 13849-1. The software tool enables a reduction in costs and the amount of time spent on the task, particularly as figures need to be recalculated each time the safety functions are modified.

Supporting manufacturers in calculation of failure limit values, as required by standards IEC 62061 and pr EN ISO 13849-1, the PAScal Safety Calculator separates safety functions into their component parts, calculates overall probability of dangerous failure per hour, and verifies data with prescribed performance level of safety integrity level. Software also takes into account potential architectures and variations if subcomponents are connected together and parameterized.