Schmersal 101212605 AZM 161CC-12/12RKATD-024 – Solenoid Interlock with Escape Release, 24 V AC/DC
The Schmersal 101212605 (AZM 161CC-12/12RKATD-024) is an electromechanical solenoid interlock from the Schmersal AZM 161 series. It keeps hinged, sliding and removable guards locked during critical machine or process steps.
- Locking principle: power to lock. The guard is locked only while the solenoid is energised.
- Escape release: a red push button on the cover side lets anyone trapped inside the hazardous area open the guard.
- Holding force: 2,000 N.
- Latching force: 30 N (increased latching force).
- Contacts: six in total, four safety contacts and two auxiliary contacts.
- Enclosure: double-insulated IP67 thermoplastic.
What the Part Number Means
- 101212605 – Schmersal item (order) number
- AZM 161 – AZM 161 series solenoid interlock
- CC – Cage clamp terminals
- 12/12 – Contact configuration: solenoid monitoring 1 NO + 2 NC, actuator monitoring 1 NO + 2 NC
- R – Increased latching force (30 N)
- K – Version code
- A – Power-to-lock principle
- TD – Version with escape release (emergency exit) on the cover side
- 024 – 24 V AC/DC solenoid control voltage
Key Features
- Escape release: red push button on the cover side, operated from inside the hazardous area. To reset it, pull the latched button.
- Lateral manual release: M5 triangular key (accessory), plus a rotating unlatcher.
- Power to lock: the guard locks only while the solenoid is energised.
- Holding force: FZh 2,000 N (Fmax 2,600 N).
- Increased latching force: 30 N.
- Six contacts: four positive-break safety contacts and two auxiliary contacts.
- Protection against incorrect locking.
- Long life: minimum 1,000,000 mechanical operations.
Key Specifications (Schmersal 101212605 Data)
Mechanical Data
- Interlocking principle: power to lock
- Unlocking:
- Pressing unlatcher (escape release): red push button on the cover side
- Rotating unlatcher (auxiliary release)
- Lateral manual release with M5 triangular key (accessory)
- Escape release reset: pull the latched button
- Holding force FZh (EN ISO 14119): 2,000 N
- Holding force Fmax: 2,600 N
- Latching force: 30 N (increased latching force)
- Actuating play in direction of actuation: 5.5 mm
- Positive break travel: 10 mm
- Positive break force: min. 20 N (min. 10 N per NC contact)
- Max. actuating speed: 2 m/s
- Actuating directions: 3
- Mechanical life: min. 1,000,000 operations
- Coding level (EN ISO 14119): low
- Mounting: 3 × M5 flat head screws
Electrical Data
- Solenoid rated control voltage: 24 V AC/DC
- Max. power consumption: 10 W
- Solenoid duty cycle: 100%
- Contacts: solenoid 1 NO + 2 NC, actuator 1 NO + 2 NC
- Safety contacts: 4
- Auxiliary contacts: 2
- Switching principle: slow action, positive break NC contacts
- Utilisation category (safety and auxiliary contacts): AC-15 230 V AC / 4 A; DC-13 24 V DC / 2.5 A
- Thermal test current: 6 A
- Required rated short-circuit current: 1,000 A
- Rated insulation voltage Ui: 250 V AC
- Rated impulse withstand voltage Uimp: 4 kV
- Max. switching frequency: 1,000/h
- Contact material: silver
Safety Classification
- Standard: EN ISO 13849-1
- NC contacts: up to PL c, Category 1
- With fault exclusion for the mechanism: up to PL d, Category 3 (two-channel use with a suitable logic unit)
- B10D (NC contact): 2,000,000 operations
- B10D (NO contact, at 10% Ie and ohmic load): 1,000,000 operations
- Mission time: 20 years
Connection
- Cable entries: 4 × M16 × 1.5
- Terminals: cage clamps, 0.25–1.5 mm² (including ferrules)
- Strip length: 6 mm
General Data
- Enclosure: glass-fibre reinforced thermoplastic, self-extinguishing, black
- Degree of protection: IP67
- Protection class: II (double-insulated)
- Ambient temperature: -30 °C to +60 °C
- Storage temperature: -40 °C to +85 °C
- Max. installation altitude: 2,000 m
- Dimensions: 130 × 90 × 57.5 mm (including escape release)
- Weight: approx. 490 g (gross)
Approvals and Standards
- cULus, CCC
- EN IEC 60947-5-1, EN ISO 13849-1, EN ISO 14119
Typical Applications
- Walk-in guarded areas where operators could be trapped inside
- Process protection, where a door must stay closed during a process step
- Robot cells, palletisers and production cells
- Direct replacement of AZM 161CC-12/12RKATD-024 units in existing machines
Note: the actuator is ordered separately. With the power-to-lock principle, the guard can be opened immediately after a power failure. Schmersal states that these interlocks may only be used for personnel protection in special cases, after a thorough evaluation of the accident risk.
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