Nexen offers Functional Safety Certified Brakes that comply with ISO 13849-1
Vadnais Heights, USA, June 2025 – Nexen Group, Inc. offers an extensive line of NexSafe rod locks, servomotor brakes and rail brakes that are Safety Certified to the international safety standard ISO 13849-1.
NexSafe Functional Safety Certified rod locks, servomotor brakes and rail brakes provide machine builders with a verified solution for designs when safety-certified products are required. With an ISO 13849-1 Functional Safety Certification from Intertek, NexSafe products can be used on machines for operations such as holding, emergency stopping, or positioning.
NexSafe spring-engaged, air-release brakes are designed for applications that require low to zero backlash. Optional operating mode sensors further ensure NexSafe products are an ideal fit for safety channels designed for ISO 13849-1 Categories B through 4 and Performance Levels PLa through PLe.
ISO 13849-1 is a safety of machinery standard that assists in the design and integration of safety-related parts of control systems or machines. This safety standard includes a system of categorizing the risk a machine poses and the safety functions to mitigate that risk. By using NexSafe brakes in the recommended configuration, end-users can achieve the safety standard they require.
Key safety features:
- Spring-engaged, air-released
- Multiple springs
- Engagement and disengagement sensors are available
- Low to zero backlash options
- ISO 13849-1
Link to more information:
www.nexengroup.com/nexsafe-safety-certified
About Nexen Group, Inc.:
Nexen Group, Inc. engineers and manufactures advanced motion control components for a variety of industrial and OEM applications. Headquartered in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, USA, and manufactured in Webster, Wisconsin, Nexen Group supplies products to customers through a global network of local distributors and representatives since 1999. Nexen’s European office is based in Wemmel, Belgium, and supports a local distributors and representatives network across Europe. To locate the nearest Nexen supplier, please visit
www.nexengroup.com/locator/distributors.
Contact:
Nexen Europe Group bv
Koningin Astridlaan 59B Box 6
1780 Wemmel, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 461 02 60
E-Mail: europe@nexengroup.com
Internet: www.nexengroup.com
Contact in the USA:
Nexen Group, Inc.
Mike Howell
560 Oak Grove Parkway
Vadnais Heights, MN, USA
Phone: +1 651 484 5900
PR Contact:
TPR International
Christiane Tupac-Yupanqui
PO Box 11 40
82133 Olching, Germany
Phone: +49 8142 44 82 301
E-Mail: c.tupac@tradepressrelations.com
Internet: www.tradepressrelations.com