Electricity + Control June 2017

ROUND UP

EARTHING + LIGHTNING PROTECTION CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUT MATIO

Sysmac motion solutions fly at KITE 2017

Omron will showcase its flagship Sysmac motion solutions, incor- porating robotic and visual inspection control, at the Kwazulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE) from 26 to 28 July 2017 at the Durban Exhibition Centre. The exhibition is perceived as a major platform for Omron’s product offerings and solutions, Victor Marques, Country Gen- eral Manager, comments. “We believe there is a lot of potential in KwaZulu-Natal. KITE has a good track record of attracting the relevant stakeholders in most of our target industries, creating an ideal opportunity for us to highlight our presence in, and offerings to, the region.” Omron products to be exhibited are Sysmac motion and PLC control, NX remote I/O, vision systems, safety products, servos and Variable Speed Drives, Human-Machine Interface and various general control components. The main target for Omron at KITE 2017 is OEMs and food and beverage end-user customers, agro-processing stakeholders, and the automotive industry. “Essentially, we are focusing on any customer looking for cost-effective and highly-innovative automa- The connectivity specialist ESCHA, supplied locally by RET Automation , introduced 4-pole M12x1-Power products with S- andT-coding types. As of now, the company offers variants with L- and K-coding types. Due to their compact housing style, these products are especially adapted for power supply in the automa- tion field. Fieldbus controlled I/O-boxes, power supply devices or small servo motors are among the classical applications. As electronic devices increasingly getting more compact, demand for a similarly compact power supply via the standardized- and industrially proven M12x1-interface (according to IEC 61076-2-111) has risen continuously.To this effect, ESCHA has extended its exist- ing product portfolio ‘M12x1 Power‘by two new coding types. In addition to the available 4-pole components with S-coding (630 V, 12 A) andT-coding (63V, 12A), components with L-coding (63V, 16A, 4-pole without FE conform to PNO-guidelines) and K-coding (630 V, 12 A, 4+PE) are immediately available. Besides the obligatory connection- and junction cables, relevant T-junctions, H-junctions and h-junctions with L- and K-coding types are available at market launch as well. The junctions facilitate a decentralised- and structured wiring of energy supply similar to

tion and motion and control solutions that meet, and even exceed, their requirements,” Marques highlights. This is specifically because Omron has strong experience and references in areas such as motion and drive control, PLC and HMI, automation networks, visual inspection control, and robotics. Field sales engineers will be on the stand to interact with custom- ers personally, while application engineers will be available to field high-end technical queries, and to share their wealth of product and application experience. “Management will also be on hand to demonstrate our total commitment to our

customers, from the top down,” Marques adds. KITE 2017 will provide an informal, yet professional, platform for customers to approach Omron concerning specific solution enquiries. Enquiries: Omron Electronics.Tel. +27 (0) 11 579 2600 or email info.sa@eu.omron.com

New coding types for M12x1 power

bus wiring. ESCHA designates this approach as ‘Power follows Bus’. All components have been thoroughly redesigned and are dust- as well as water-proof according to protection classes IP65, IP67, and IP68. They have been designed in such a way as to meet the requirements according to UL 2337.The products en- able a large extension of power distribution due to a connection cross-section up to 2,5 mm². The slight voltage drop in contrast to small cross-sections is a big advantage particularly in case of direct current voltage. Enquiries: BrandonTopham. Email brandon.topham@retautomation.com

Positioning drives with RTE

axis may be heavily contaminated by pollut- ants and has to be cleaned during the next maintenance service. With the new AG24, SIKO expanded its portfolio of positioning drives with intelli- gent RTE (RealTime Ethernet). In addition to the tried and tested SIKO positioning drives AG25 and AG26, which are characterised by their ultra compact design, the AG24 has now been released to expand the portfolio of actuators. Despite the considerable output power and speed of the AG24, all the com- ponents are still integrated into one housing.

No external components or junction boxes are needed to connect to your higher-level controller. This means that the drive is connected only to the supply voltage and the port for data exchange has to be connected directly to the controller or the next drive in the network. A simpler network connection is hard to imagine. Enquiries: Instrotech.Tel. +27 (0) 10 595 1831 or email sales@instrotech.co.za

Intelligent networks, such as Industrial Ether- net, also require a high degree of diagnostic capability for fault analysis, as well as an efficient and fast exchange of process data. For the smart size changeover, actuating drives are therefore necessary. In addition to the purely motorised changeover, these drives permit a complex data exchange with your control systems, reliably detect operating states outside the fixed range, and communicate status or error messages, for example. As a result, a constantly increasing load current could signal that the adjustment

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