CPC H02P 29/024 (2013.01) [H02K 11/30 (2016.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A motor control center (MCC) for an industrial system, the MCC comprising:
a housing comprising:
a section comprising one or more units, wherein each of the one or more units comprises one or more industrial automation devices;
a safety distribution unit configured to:
communicatively couple to a safety device external to the MCC, wherein the safety device is configured to detect a safety hazard and output one or more safety signals indicative of the safety hazard being present and
receive the one or more safety signals from the safety device; and
a safety bus comprising:
a first terminal block communicatively coupled to the safety distribution unit and configured to receive the one or more safety signals from the safety distribution unit and
a second terminal block communicatively coupled to the first terminal block and included in the section, wherein the second terminal block is configured to:
receive the one or more safety signals from the first terminal block; and
deliver the one or more safety signals to each unit of the one or more units.
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