Digital transformation demands a review of the safety of plant and machinery. The issue of Security is increasingly becoming a critical success factor. How can we overcome the challenges of digital transformation? We can provide comprehensive support during this process, and in Hannover we will be presenting technologies and solutions that make your plant and machinery Safe and Secure. This year’s partner country, Norway, covers almost half of its total final energy consumption from hydroelectric power. The country wants to accelerate the development of this electrification, and thus also the decarbonisation of industry. Pilz creates safety and therefore sustainability for human, machine and the environment worldwide, and is supporting this change: since 1996, the automation company has had a local presence via Pilz Scandinavia, providing products and solutions for automation, and for safety in the field of sustainable power generation. http://www.pilz.com
We offer a versatile portfolio of safety locking devices to safeguard movable guards. Whether process guarding or safe guard locking for personnel protection, an accessible safety gate or a small cover – our safety switches with guard locking can be used for every application: cost-optimised and flexible. Two new sensors provide even more options. IO-Link Safety communication technology opens up new possibilities in sensor integration. Point-to-point communication enables fast, simple and safe integration of safety sensors up to field level, plus the opportunity to optimise self diagnostics and data evaluation. At the Hannover Messe we will be showing our IO-Link Safety solution consisting of Master and sensors – on an interlinked automation plant with integrated robotics. You can see access protection with safety light curtains and safeguarding of safety gates with a control unit and safety locking device – all integrated via IO-Link Safety. http://www.pilz.com
Pilz also uses an automation solution with the Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) protocol. The safe small controller PNOZmulti 2 is used as the FSoE-MainInstance (Master). Up to 4 MainInstance-MainInstance connections and up to 60 MainInstance-SubInstance connections (Master-Slave) are possible with the EtherCAT FSoE communication module, in conjunction with the base unit PNOZ m B1. In the PNOZmulti Configurator software tool, the fieldbus is configured via ESI files. Visitors to the Hannover Messe can obtain information about practical automation solutions, which combine with proven Pilz Safety to form an overall solution. The packages are designed for applications of varying complexity – to control a conveyor or a gripper arm with several synchronous axes, for example – and offer greater flexibility, continuity and efficiency. http://www.pilz.com