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AFS Safety Contactors

AFS contactors for safety applications - Help make your system safer
Designed for machine safety applications, AFS Contactors come with factory mounted contact blocks (mechanically linked and mirror contacts) making them ideal for monitoring and controlling circuits. ABB’s complete range of safety components make protection systems easier to build. 

Benefits

  • Complies with main safety standards EN ISO 13849 and EN 62061 guaranteeing the safe use of machinery and equipment
  • Contactors status is guaranteed with factory-mounted auxiliary contact blocks
  • Easy safety chain identification with the yellow housing
  • Simplify the calculation of installation safety level with safety values available in FSDT and Sistema tools
     

Features

  • Up to 400 kW - 400 V AC-3, 600 hp - 480 V and 1050 A - 690 V AC-1, 900 A - general use
  • B10d values available for the entire range
  • Fast opening times as low as 20 ms for certain AFS contactors with PLC interface
  • Mirror and mechanically linked contacts with 3rd party certificate 
  • Low energy auxiliary contacts feature a minimum switching capacity of 12V, 3 mA 10-7
  • Built-in surge suppression