ABB Ability™ Safety Plus for hoists

First fully SIL 3 certified mine hoist solutions with highest level of safety on the market

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At ABB we do not compromise on safety. Our ambition is to create and continuously enhance mining environments, so they are safe for workers and equipment.

Whether you are required to comply with local regulations or simply want to improve your standards, we have designed ABB Ability™ Safety Plus for hoists. It is the first fully SIL 3 (Safety Integrity Level) certified suite of solutions for hoists, rigorously examined and certified by an independent global functional safety certifying body, and strictly developed in accordance with the International “Safety of Machinery” standard IEC62061.

It is composed of three solutions offering the highest level of safety available on the market: Safety Plus Hoist Monitor, Safety Plus Brake System, Safety Plus Hoist Protector.

Protect personnel, equipment and infrastructure

Completely adaptable and designed to fit your mine hoist installation and requirements, these solutions provide you peace of mind for the people and materials that travel on your hoist installation, as well as those who operate and maintain it.

You are required to comply with local safety regulations or simply improve your standards? We design our solutions to your safety requirements

Take safety to the next level

ABB’s approach to mine hoist safety

ABB Ability™ Safety Plus for hoists portfolio

Safety Plus Hoist Monitor

Safety Plus Brake System

Safety Plus Hoist Protector

Safety Plus Hoist Monitor (SPHM) is the world’s first mine hoist safety monitor designed in accordance with IEC62061 international functional safety standards (Safety of Machinery) and achieving Safety Integrity Level 3 for the majority of its safety protections (SRCFs).

Safety Plus Hoist Monitor can be easily installed on any mine hoist with any type of control system. It connects into the existing hoist control “safety circuit” and trips the existing “safety circuit” in case it detects a safety hazard.

In addition to the critical “overspeed", overwind / underwind, SPHM also includes the following additional safety protections:

Roll-Back, incorrect direction
Encoder drive failure
Protection bypass
Worn friction linings
Rope Slip
Rope Miscoiling
Slack Rope
Unclutched Drum Movement

Safety Plus Brake System (SPBS) provides the highest level of safety available to the critically important mine hoist brake system. It is the world’s first mine hoist brake system designed in accordance with IEC62061 functional safety standards (machinery) and achieving independent certification by an outside 3rd party organization.

Integrated Electrical and Hydraulic Design ensures fast and reliable brake operation providing ease of mind to you and your employees.

SPBS provides the following SIL 3 based protective functions:

Bringing the hoist to a safe state (Stop) after a safety circuit trip and maintaining the safe state (emergency braking)
Holding the hoist unbalance when stopped (service braking)
Prevention of unexpected brake release when mine personnel are embarking/ disembarking the cage (brake channel isolation)
Holding the unclutched drum unbalance (brake channel disabling)
Control of hazardous energy during maintenance (brake channel disabling)
Lowering the hoist unbalance under gravity force in case of extended power outage or failure of the drive system (gravity winding).

Safety Plus Hoist Protector (SPHP) includes all the safety functionality of Safety Plus Hoist Monitor, interfaces with Safety Plus Brake System, with additional SIL based protective functionality to not only the mine hoist itself but as well to the rest of the mine hoist infrastructure including:

Remote emergency stops in hoist house, headframe, shaft locations, etc.

Maintenance lock-outs in hoist house, headframe, shaft locations, etc.

Shaft gate interlock
Cage door interlock
Tail rope loop
Inspection platform monitoring
Shaft obstruction monitoring

Best in Class safety for highest reliability

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Rugged solutions specifically designed for tough mine environment

What is Safety Integrity Level or SIL?

It is a term used by International Functional Safety Standards including IEC61508 and IEC62061. SIL levels range from 1 to 4.

The higher the number, the higher the level of safety and the lower the probability that the safety-related system will fail to carry out the required safety functions. While there are four SIL levels, IEC62061 does not recognize SIL 4 as if the process requires SIL 4, it’s sometimes said that the process needs to be reconsidered.

Safety Integrity Level in mine hoists

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ABB Ability™ Safety Plus for hoists​

First fully SIL 3 certified mine hoist solutions with highest level of safety on the market​