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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Pilz Gmbh & Co. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Richard Veil, Ostfildern, DE;
Udo Mueller, Ostfildern, DE;
PILZ GMBH & CO. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Abstract
A safety switching device for switching on or off a hazardous installation in a failsafe manner has a failsafe control/evaluating unit and a power supply for providing at least one operating voltage for the control/evaluating unit. The power supply has a voltage converter for converting an input voltage into an output voltage of a defined output voltage value. The output voltage corresponds to the operating voltage. The power supply has a fault detector for detecting a fault condition of the voltage converter. The fault detector has a comparator for comparing a currently existent output voltage with a defined reference voltage. The fault detector provides a fault condition signal upon detection of a predetermined deviation from the reference voltage. The power supply also has a switch which disconnects the input voltage of the voltage converter when the fault condition signal is present.