Pepperl+Fuchs is expanding its factory automation portfolio and has acquired the USi ultrasonic safety sensor from Mayser GmbH & Co. KG, a renowned supplier of products and system solutions, many of which are relevant to safety engineering.
With the UC18GS series with IO-Link, Pepperl+Fuchs now presents a series that combines all the features and advantages of advanced ultrasonic technology in a compact housing. The individually-adjustable sound beam width, the extra-small dead band and the integrated interference target suppression allow the sensors to be optimally adapted to a wide range of applications.
The MiniLine family covers DIN-rail power supplies for low and medium power range from 15W to 100W. The units, in their rugged plastic housing are highly efficient, compact, reliable and can be installed in seconds. MiniLine users are convinced by an excellent cost-benefit ratio and a high power density. So a 30W device requires a space of only 22.5mm on the DIN-rail.
The Dimension C-Series are cost optimized power supplies without compromising quality, reliability and performance. The C-Series is part of the DIMENSION power supply family. The most outstanding features of CT5.121 are the high efficiency, electronic inrush current limitation, active input transient filter and wide operational temperature range, the small size and other technological design concepts.
In early June of 2020, Cognex Corporation introduced the AlignSight Alignment Sensor Series as an affordable self-contained solution for vision-guided motion. AlignSight is designed for fast and easy set-up of robot pick and place, machine tending, and stage motion alignment applications in the consumer electronics and electronics hardware industries.
In early August of 2020, Cognex Corporation introduced the 3D-A1000 Item Detection System. A motion-capable smart camera, the 3D-A1000 can identify the presence or absence of objects with unmatched accuracy on all types of sorters traveling at production line speeds.
Cognex Corporation recently introduced the In-Sight D900 Color. Featuring Cognex’s deep learning software inside an In-Sight industrial-grade smart camera, the D900C solves a broad range of complex in-line inspection applications where color imaging is an essential component.
Banner Engineering’s VE Series Smart Camera now comes equipped with barcode identification capabilities, in addition to the original vision functionality. For applications where both vision and identification are required, reduce the number of deployed units by installing a single VE device.
The LC15T In-Line Touch Switch is a sealed, capacitive touch switch that can be connected in-line with many types of DC devices for on/off and PWM control. With a 4-amp output capacity, it can even control the largest of Banner’s DC lights. Its touch device interface and visual status indication make the LC15T an easy-to-use, operator-centric controller.
Converting condition monitoring and process sensors to enable OEE initiatives just got easier with the new S15C Series In-Line Converters from Banner. The S15C converters are small, plug-on modules that seamlessly fit into your factory applications to convert Modbus sensor data and analog sensor signals into digital IO-Link data.
Experience the benefits of In-Series Diagnostics (ISD) on standard safety devices with two normally closed set of contacts—such as mechanical safety switches and panel-mounted E-stops—with the new ISD Connect. A compact T-connector that fits in-line with other ISD devices, the ISD Connect links a non-ISD device to a daisy chain of up to 32 devices.
In mid-August of 2020, Schmalz introduced a new generation of area grippers for its vacuum tube lifters in the JumboErgo series. The FMP is hugely versatile and reliably grips heavy workpieces weighing up to 140 kilograms even when only part of the suction area is covered.
With “Control Panel Design” Siemens Smart Infrastructure has integrated new electrical planning features into TIA Selection Tool, the Siemens configuration and ordering software. This makes electrical pre-planning completely digital. Now, electrical planners can design and dimension the main electrical components of a machine quickly, easily, and in accordance with IEC and UL standards.
Murrelektronik optocouplers, slim interface relays and multi-mode relay timers are now available from AutomationDirect. Murrelektronik optocouplers (from $16.50) are used to combine different signal levels or to isolate one signal from another. Optocouplers are similar to relay interfaces, providing an optoelectronic signal transfer between input and output.
Balluff’s new CC-Link IE Field Basic network block with IO-Link makes it easy to connect Ethernet devices while providing the benefits of IO-Link. With 100 Megabit Ethernet, it delivers optimal performance in applications with low automation levels, where the gigabit speed of the CC-Link IE Field Master is not needed, such as bar loading magazines.
The Mach 3 is designed for digitally sensitive applications and comes with added feature ‘Active SineWave Tracking’. It is used on MRI’s, dentist offices, large LED Jumbotrons, computer rooms and truck scales.
