Why Choose the ABB Orion2-4-K4-120-B Safety Light Grid?
The ABB Orion2-4-K4-120-B is a Type 4 safety light grid designed for reliable body detection and access protection around hazardous industrial machinery and automated production areas. Part of the ABB Orion2 Base series, it is supplied as a transmitter and receiver pair and uses four optical beams to monitor access to hazardous zones.
With a 1200 mm protected height and 415 mm beam spacing, the Orion2-4-K4-120-B is specifically designed for body detection rather than fine hand or finger detection. Its extensive 0.5–50 m operating range provides considerable flexibility when protecting wide machine entrances, robot cells and large industrial access points.
The Orion2 Base platform is designed for straightforward machine safety integration while providing the long sensing range required for demanding perimeter-protection applications. Its four-beam configuration, Type 4 classification and two-side connection arrangement make the Orion2-4-K4-120-B a practical solution for machine builders and system integrators requiring dependable access detection.
Key Advantages
- Type 4 safety light grid designed for high-level industrial access protection.
- 4-beam configuration provides reliable body detection.
- Large 1200 mm protected height provides extensive coverage across hazardous access points.
- 415 mm beam spacing is optimised for body detection applications.
- Long 0.5–50 m operating range supports wide machinery and large access areas.
- Suitable for perimeter safeguarding where physical barriers would restrict regular access.
- Transmitter and receiver are supplied together for convenient safety-system integration.
Key Features
- ABB Orion2 Base safety light grid series.
- Type 4 electro-sensitive protective equipment.
- Designed for body detection and access protection.
- 4 optical beams.
- 1200 mm protected height.
- 415 mm beam spacing.
- 0.5–50 m sensing range.
- Supplied as a transmitter and receiver pair.
- Two-side connection arrangement.
- Suitable for large machine entrances and hazardous-area access points.
- Long operating range supports flexible industrial safeguarding layouts.
- Suitable for applications incorporating deviating mirrors for multi-sided protection.
Reliable Access and Perimeter Protection
The ABB Orion2-4-K4-120-B creates an electro-sensitive protective field between its transmitter and receiver using four optical beams. If a person enters through the protected field and interrupts the beams, the light grid can signal the associated machine safety system so that hazardous movement is stopped or prevented from starting.
Unlike fine-resolution safety light curtains intended for finger or hand detection, the Orion2 Base is designed specifically for body detection and access protection. The 1200 mm protected height and 50 m maximum operating distance make this model particularly well suited to wide entrances, robot cells and perimeter guarding applications, including configurations where deviating mirrors are used to extend protection around multiple sides of a hazardous area.
Typical Applications
- Industrial machine access protection.
- Hazardous-area perimeter safeguarding.
- Robot cells and automated manufacturing areas.
- Large machine entrances and access points.
- Conveyor and material handling installations.
- Automated production and assembly systems.
- Multi-sided safeguarding installations using deviating mirrors.
