{"id":56229,"date":"2025-04-22T06:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=56229"},"modified":"2025-04-22T06:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:22:04","slug":"extension-module-for-functional-safety-up-to-sil-3-pl-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/extension-module-for-functional-safety-up-to-sil-3-pl-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension module for Functional Safety up to SIL 3 \/ PL e"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dold.com\/media\/image\/c1\/3c\/0d\/Pressefoto_RK6929.jpg\"><\/a>If control systems with integrated switching outputs reach their limits in the application, coupling relays and contact extension modules are used. Their task is contact amplification, contact multiplication and, due to the galvanic isolation between input and output, decoupling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/sensor\/sensor_quality_control.htm\">control<\/a> and power levels.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/dold-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/dold-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/dold-4-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/dold-4-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/dold-4-104x104.jpg 104w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/dold-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/dold-4-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/dold-4-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by DOLD<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The centrepiece of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dold.com\/en\/products\/relay-modules\/safety-technology\/extension-delay-time-interface-modules\/extension-modules\/rk-6929?number=0069176\">extension module RK 6929<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0SAFEMASTER\u00a0series, which is only 17.5 mm narrow, is the\u00a0safety relay OA 5642\u00a0from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/renewable_energy\/14569_st3_wiring_connector\/\">Dold<\/a>, which also opens up fields of application in the area of functional safety due to its forcibly guided contacts in accordance with IEC 61810-3, for example in mechanical and plant engineering as well as in applications for firing systems in accordance with EN 50156-1. For use within the scope of EN 61010-1, the clearances and creepage distances of the extension module RK 6929 between mains circuits and touchable voltages as well as between mains circuits are dimensioned according to double insulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the current consumption of downstream actuators exceeds the power of the output of a safety controller or light grid, the extension module switches these actuators reliably and potential-free via its relay contacts. The input of the extension module RK 6929 corresponds to the interface type C class 1 in accordance with the ZVEI position paper CB24I and can therefore also be controlled by safety-related semiconductor outputs with testing (OSSD). Single and dual-channel versions of the extension module are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conjunction with a suitable higher-level safety device, which diagnoses the switching status via the forcibly guided NC contacts, the extension module RK 6929 can therefore be used in applications up to Cat. 4 \/ PL e or SIL 3 and also has UL approval. Removable terminals, in screw and cage clamp technology, complete the advantages of the extension module by enabling convenient installation and simple device replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dold.com\/\">dold.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If control systems with integrated switching outputs reach their limits in the application, coupling relays and contact extension modules are used. Their task is contact amplification, contact multiplication and, due to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2578,2576,2577,2575,233],"class_list":["post-56229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automation-robotics","tag-control-devices","tag-monitoring-devices","tag-power-electronics","tag-safety-relay-modules","tag-safety-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extension module for Functional Safety up to SIL 3 \/ PL e - EXPO21XX.com NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/extension-module-for-functional-safety-up-to-sil-3-pl-e\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fabian Becker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/extension-module-for-functional-safety-up-to-sil-3-pl-e\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/extension-module-for-functional-safety-up-to-sil-3-pl-e\/\",\"name\":\"Extension module for Functional Safety up to SIL 3 \/ PL e - 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