The July 2009 issue of B&R’s automotion magazine is available here. Automotion always has lots of great stories on B&R’s latest applications. In this quarter’s issue:
- Standardization of network technologies
- Shrimp: more popular than ever
- Cutting edge computing
- Entering new markets with Fortuna
- Frequency inverters for all performance ranges
- One tool maximum
- Welding with reduced power consumption
- Molded into shape
- Overhead lifting solutions
- Intel® Atom™ processors for increased cost-effectiveness
- Increased efficiency with integrated safety technology
- Integrated safety doesn’t need to be expensive
- Outstanding packaging
- CNC with the highest precision
- From the mountain to your roads and tables
- Cool solutions
- All-terrain concrete mixers
- Taking a powerful position
- Innovative sputter process
- Grabbing the bottle by the neck
- Straight from the lab to the plant through simulation
- Reel changes with real advantages
B&R’s X20 system is a flexible slice-based I/O system. It supports a number of fieldbus standards, including CANopen, Ethernet Powerlink, Profibus, Modbus/TCP, and others. The new fiber-optic modules are great for widely distributed systems, as they allow for distances of up to 2000 m between nodes. The use of fiber optics is also perfect for machines such as ion implanters that require complete electrical isolation of high voltage sections of the machine.
Read the press release here.
Read more about the X20 system.
Galil’s new RIO-471×0 series are intelligent input and output controllers designed for Ethernet. The controllers take advantage of the industry standard Modbus protocol to communicate with multiple devices including PLCs and Galil’s Ethernet motion controllers. Its fast RISC processor allows programming with Galil’s easy-to-use, two-letter command language or Galil’s ladder language software.
Each compact RIO-471×0 is self contained with numerous analog and digital I/O points. Multiple RIO-471×0 units can be distributed on an Ethernet network, allowing I/O expansion.
The RIO-471×0 is fully programmable, making it much more than a remote I/O slave. With concurrent execution of up to four application programs, closed-loop PID control of analog process control loops, and the capability to control other devices as a Modbus master, the RIO-471×0 series brings Galil’s expertise in rapid and cost-effective development of motion control systems to the machine control world.
Standard features include:
- 10/100 Base-T Ethernet port
- RS232 port configurable for 115 or 19.2 kbaud
- 8 analog inputs and 8 analog outputs
- 16 optically isolated inputs
- 8 high-power, isolated outputs rated at 500 mA per output
- 8 isolated outputs rated at 25 mA max per output
- 2 analog process control loops controlled by Galil PID filter
- Concurrent execution of up to four application programs
- LED indicators for all digital I/O points
- Easy-to-use, 2-letter Galil programming language
