Schneider Electric Tricon CX compact safety system

The Schneider Electric Tricon CX is a compact system for safety and critical control applications in the oil and gas, power, refining, chemicals, pharmaceutical and biotech industries, where safe operations are critical.

A certified ISA Secure EDSA level 1 system, the product ensures operational integrity, protecting against inherent risk and hazards, as well as external threats such as cyber attack. It is designed to help maximise productivity, reliability and security while minimising risks and the likelihood of business interruption.

The system functionality enables online upgrades without operational interruption. With a smaller and more compact design than its predecessors, the product has a reduced form factor (50%) and lower power consumption. It comes with a 300% increase in controller tag capacity and five times increase in peer-to-peer performance.

Other features include: a supervised DI/DO with line-performance diagnostics; fast analog inputs with integrated HART; 1 ms SOE digital input; a choice of direct termination or external termination panel; and an automated test and verification of safety logic.