Why Choose the ABB Orion1-4-30-135-E Safety Light Curtain?
The ABB Orion1-4-30-135-E (2TLA022303R0800) is a high-performance Type 4 safety light curtain designed for hand detection and contact-free safeguarding around hazardous industrial machinery. As part of the advanced ABB Orion1 Extended range, it is supplied as a transmitter and receiver pair and combines reliable optical protection with additional functionality for demanding machine safety applications.
With a 30 mm resolution, substantial 1350 mm protected height and operating range of 0.2–20 m, the Orion1-4-30-135-E provides flexible hand protection across large machine openings and production areas. Its optical system incorporates 72 beams and provides a response time of 19 ms without beam coding or 32 ms with beam coding.
The Orion1 Extended platform offers advanced safeguarding functions including cascading, muting, blanking, reduced resolution and beam coding. These capabilities make the Orion1-4-30-135-E particularly suitable for automated machinery, material-handling systems and production lines requiring configurable access protection or controlled passage of materials through the protected field.
Key Advantages
- High-performance Type 4 safety light curtain for hand protection.
- 30 mm resolution designed for reliable hand detection.
- Large 1350 mm protected height for substantial machine openings.
- Long 0.2–20 m operating range provides considerable installation flexibility.
- 72 optical beams create the protective detection field.
- 19 ms response time without beam coding supports responsive safety-system operation.
- Advanced cascading, muting, blanking and beam coding functions increase application flexibility.
- Transmitter and receiver supplied together as a complete safeguarding solution.
Key Features
- ABB Orion1 Extended safety light curtain.
- Type 4 electro-sensitive protective equipment.
- 30 mm detection resolution for hand protection.
- 1350 mm protected field height.
- 0.2–20 m operating range.
- 72 optical beams.
- 19 ms response time without beam coding.
- 32 ms response time with beam coding.
- 2 protected semiconductor safety outputs.
- PNP OSSD switching outputs.
- M12 electrical connection.
- Cascading capability for extended safeguarding arrangements.
- Muting functionality for controlled material passage.
- Blanking and reduced-resolution functionality.
- Beam coding for installations with multiple optical safety devices.
- Restart interlock and external device monitoring functionality.
Advanced Hand Detection and Machine Safeguarding
The ABB Orion1-4-30-135-E creates an optical protective field between its transmitter and receiver. When a hand or another sufficiently large object interrupts this field, the OSSD safety outputs change state so that a correctly designed machine safety system can initiate the required safe response without relying solely on a physical guard to prevent access.
The Orion1 Extended platform adds muting, blanking, cascading, reduced resolution and beam coding to conventional optical safeguarding. These capabilities allow machine builders and safety engineers to create more sophisticated protection arrangements while the 30 mm resolution provides hand detection across a substantial 1350 mm protected height.
Typical Applications
- Hand protection around hazardous machine areas.
- Large machine loading and unloading points.
- Production lines requiring muting functionality.
- Applications requiring cascaded safety light curtains.
- Packaging and processing machinery.
- Robotic and automated manufacturing cells.
- Material handling and conveyor systems.
- Industrial access and work-zone safeguarding.
