Why Choose the ABB Orion3-4-M2C-090-B 2TLA022306R1300 Passive Safety Light Grid Unit?
The ABB Orion3-4-M2C-090-B 2TLA022306R1300 is a passive safety light grid unit designed for body detection and access protection around hazardous industrial machinery. Part of the ABB Orion3 family, this passive unit uses integrated mirrors to reflect the optical beams back to a compatible active Orion3 unit, allowing both the transmitter and receiver functions to be located on the powered side of the installation.
This Orion3 passive unit provides a 900 mm protected height with 4 optical beams and supports Orion3 installations with an operating range of up to 8 m. The arrangement is intended for body detection, making it particularly suitable for machine entrances, automated cells and perimeter access points where personnel must be detected before entering a hazardous area.
A major advantage of the Orion3 concept is simplified installation. The passive unit requires no electrical power or control cabling, as its mirrors return the beams to the compatible active unit. This reduces wiring across the protected opening and makes the Orion3-4-M2C-090 a practical solution where running cables to both sides of an access point would be inconvenient.
Key Advantages
- 4-beam passive safety light grid unit designed for body detection.
- 900 mm protected height for industrial access protection.
- Supports Orion3 systems with an operating range of up to 8 m.
- No power supply required for the passive unit, helping reduce installation wiring.
- Integrated mirror arrangement reflects the optical beams back to the active Orion3 unit.
- Suitable for both Orion3 Base and Orion3 Extended safety light grid systems.
Key Features
- ABB Orion3 passive safety light grid unit.
- Designed for body detection and access protection.
- 4 optical beams.
- 900 mm protected height.
- Operating range of up to 8 m when used within a compatible Orion3 system.
- Passive mirror-based design requires no electrical power connection.
- Transmitter and receiver functions are combined in the corresponding active Orion3 unit.
- Helps reduce cabling across machine entrances and safeguarded openings.
- Sturdy profile designed for industrial access protection.
- Compatible with Orion3 Base and Orion3 Extended systems.
- Compact 52 mm wide profile.
- Designed as part of an ABB Type 4 optical safeguarding system when paired with the appropriate active unit.
Simplified Body Detection with a Passive Light Grid
Unlike conventional safety light grids that require powered transmitter and receiver units on opposite sides of the protected opening, the ABB Orion3 places both optical functions in the active unit. The beams travel across the safeguarded area to the passive Orion3 unit, where integrated mirrors reflect them back to the active side. Interrupting these beams allows the active safety system to detect personnel entering the protected area.
This arrangement can significantly simplify machine wiring because the Orion3-4-M2C-090 passive unit requires no power supply. With four beams, a 900 mm protected height and support for operating distances up to 8 m, it is particularly useful for body detection at machine entrances, automated production cells and other industrial access points.
Typical Applications
- Body detection at hazardous machinery access points.
- Perimeter protection around automated machinery.
- Robotic and automated manufacturing cells.
- Production-line access protection.
- Machine loading and unloading areas.
- Packaging and material handling installations.
- Applications where cabling to both sides of an opening is undesirable.
- OEM machinery and industrial automation safety systems.
