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Shows what’s possible: Schmersal’s IIoT demonstrator at SPS 2023 Innovations and hands-on examples of the implementation of the Industrial Internet of Things
emitted light pulses in the infrared range (850 nm), that for creating a 3D image of the scene at high speed that is accurate to the millimetre and that is available as a point cloud. In this way, the camera can determine the
High-performance fault diagnosis Schmersal will also present a new gateway for the acquisition of diagnostic data at the SPS, which is equipped with a web server and a microSD memory card. This allows users to analyse event logs live via the web interface and read out the entire diagnostic data from all connected safety switches in plain text in the browser. The diagnostic data can be transmitted to the to users in terms of high performance fault diagnosis.
A
t SPS – Smart Production Solutions – 2023, the Schmersal Group will demonstrate how the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can
of new developments in automation technology and machine safety. The innovative components and systems from Schmersal enable a comprehensive machine communication and a holistic integration ranging from To make this evident, Schmersal will be exhibiting an IIoT demonstrator in hall 9, stand 460: The demonstrator features a conveyor belt with two
compact 3D ToF cameras installed above it. The IIoT demonstrator from Schmersal is used to illustrate how the data and information collected by the cameras, be forwarded to an edge gateway via OPC UA and, if needed, to a cloud infrastructure – for instance, as performance indicators.
Novelty at SPS: AM-T100 ToF camera T100 3D camera, which Schmersal presented for
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Safety Fieldbox – now also compatible with EtherNet/IP CIP Safety and EtherCAT/FSoE Safety Fieldbox ensures uncomplicated data transfer connection of up to eight safety switching devices of different types. At SPS, Schmersal will be showcasing two new variants of the product: As of now, the box can not only be integrated into systems with PROFINET/PROFIsafe as before, but will also be available for the EtherNet/IP with CIP Safety and EtherCAT with FSoE bus systems.
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