Sensor systems 2 AS-Interface

AS-Interface - References
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AS-Interface has made a breakthrough on a wide front in automotive technology.
And the examples given below of typical applications illustrate how
AS-Interface is also employed by well-known manufacturers in many other
branches of industry.
Automotive industry:
The floor and overhead suspended conveyor system in the new Rüsselsheim
plant of OPEL AG has been completely automated using AS-Interface.
Over one hundred AS-Interface gateways and over one thousand AS-
Interface modules are used to process the signals from several thousand
sensors and encoders. A remarkable feature of this plant is the throughgoing
production line without buffer systems, requiring the AS-Interface network
to be constructed in segments, using sliding contacts. The overall
length of this system is well over one kilometre. The transfer and assignment
functions via the sliding contacts demonstrate once again the robustness
and reliability of AS-Interface.
Chemical and process technology:
Paint manufacture and the subsequent filling of the products is the core
business of the Herberts Lacke Company. The demands of the automated
production plant concept include the provision of safeguards in the potentially
explosive areas. AS-Interface modules with ATEX approval for Zone 1
are daily proving their value in these critical applications.
Storage and mechanical handling:
Plant sections involving logic networks are simply controlled via AS-Interface.
Thanks to the comprehensive diagnostic functions, problems can be
quickly and precisely located, even in extensive systems, leading to the reduction
of downtime and rationalisation of plant servicing.
These attributes prompted Viastore Systems GmbH to select AS-Interface
in numerous high-bay racking stores projects. In another application in
2003, Roche Diagnostik collaborated with Aberle Steuerungstechnik GmbH
in pallet and container handling technology featuring AS-Interface.
Plant construction:
As a renowned constructor of filling plant, Krones has for some time successfully
incorporated the AS-Interface concept into its projects. This has
allowed decentralised plant components to be controlled on a modular basis
and networked together with ease. Here, high quality, long life and great
flexibility are the attractive AS-Interface features.
Food and beverage industry:
In breweries - and as here, in the dispensing of drinks - Feige GmbH uses
AS-Interface to control flows via the open/close operation of valves. Wellproven
solutions are available for the open structure, as are pcb solutions
for box installation and also integrated solutions for solenoid valves.
Component manufacture:
In order to reduce the amount of cabling required and to provide adequate
flexibility for alternating production lines, AS-Interface is frequently employed
to control the handling sequences, as illustrated here on an SMD assembly
plant. As a rule the Emergency-Stop buttons are also integrated into
the AS-Interface Safety at Work concept, so as to avoid dual cabling.
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Issue date 2004-11-19 - Catalogue AS-Interface 2004/2005