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Fletcher Moorland appointed ABB Value Provider for LV IEC motors
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Brammer Buck & Hickman upgrades Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems for improved reliability”
Centre, Brammer Buck & Hickman has recently completed a successful communication upgrade to its Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, to ensure customers receive the goods they need when they need them. This new upgrade completes a series of performance
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improvements to the cranes and how they transmit and receive data from Brammer Buck & Hickman’s warehouse management system. The upgrades also enable the system to self-diagnose problems and resolve them automatically ahead of a fully automatic restart. The upgrade project will now move into its final phase
to replace most of the crane’s major mechanical (gearboxes and motors) and electrical control systems. By using the latest components available, any future
breakdowns will be resolved quickly and enable to change failed programmable logic controllers and other control modules much faster.
Brammer Buck & Hickman u 0870 240 2100 u
www.bbh-rubix.com
ifm electronic Ltd
s part of an investment project to improve the automation at its Wolverhampton National Distribution
letcher Moorland is the latest addition to the ABB Value Provider network as a technical distributor for motors and generators.
The company’s formidable expertise in motor repairs and services is bolstered by ABB accreditation. This allows Fletcher Moorland to provide more services for customers while providing opportunities to introduce customers to the benefits of ABB motors. Based in Stoke-on-Trent, Fletcher Moorland is an independent,
family-owned business specialising in electro-mechanical repair, servo and spindle repair, automation repair and specialist manufacturing. Matt Fletcher, Managing Director, describes the company’s well-equipped repair facilities as being “like an A&E department for industry”. “Our door is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so customers can get their motors repaired at any time. We carry out both planned field maintenance and breakdown maintenance. We have recently invested in several CNC machines for fabricating parts on-site, which helps to get our customers back up and running in even less time.”
ABB Ltd u 01925 741517 u
www.abb.com
Fieldbus modules with IO-Link master functionality for todays automation and IT systems
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he new range of Fieldbus modules with IO-Link master functionality from ifm electronic, are designed to meet the demands for ever-increasing levels
of intelligent sensing and control to facilitate the drive toward increasingly sophisticated automation and IT. These robust, decentralised modules are Industry 4.0 ready and enable
connectivity of sensors to PLC’s via the fieldbus and securely to the IT infrastructure via a separate IoT port. These modules serve as a gateway between intelligent IO-Link sensors and
the field bus as well as allowing important information from intelligent sensors to be sent simultaneously into the IT world. With a separate IoT Ethernet socket the IT network can be set-up completely
separate from the automation network. Sensor information is transferred into the IT world via the established TCP/IP JSON interface.
u 020 8213 2222 u
www.ifm.com/uk
High range - global application - secure data transfer Schmersal launches new safety light grids with Bluetooth interface
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or the first time, the Schmersal Group is launching a safety light grid with a built-in Bluetooth interface. The SLC440/COM with Bluetooth BLE is an active optoelectronic protective device that makes all status and
diagnostic data on the operating status of the device available on smartphones or tablets via a Bluetooth interface on a real-time basis. The Bluetooth interface also supports easy start-up using a smartphone or tablet with the integrated setup aid. There is also the excellent option of saving the data, which can then be used, for example, to document a repeat test or for predictive maintenance purposes.
The transmission of data to smartphones / tablets (Android, IOS) is facilitated by an app developed by
Schmersal. BLE stands for Bluetooth Low Energy, a radio system for near-field data transmission with secure transmission.
Uniquely wide range This innovative technology for optoelectronic safety systems is unique with respect to the range over which the data can be communicated. Until now only diagnostic tools based on NFC technology have been available on the market. While NFC tools only offer a range of a few centimetres, the Bluetooth BLE interface can achieve a range of 100 times more at up to 5 metres. This means the BLE interface is perfect when the opto- electronic safety system is in a relatively inaccessible position. Bluetooth BLE also offers a greater range of applications because not all smartphones or tablets are equipped with NFC, but most have Bluetooth. As Bluetooth is an international industrial standard, the 440/COM range of light grids with Bluetooth BLE interface can be used all over the world.
Increased efficiency: Status data can be accessed in real-time “The SLC440/COM with Bluetooth BLE enable significantly improved efficiency in production processes. As the status data of the light grids can be accessed easily and in real-time, errors can be resolved more quickly to achieve increased machine availability,” explains Klaus Schuster, Managing Director of Safety Control GmbH, a centre of excellence for opto-electronics and part of the Schmersal Group. This status information and diagnostic data enables processes to be reactivated more quickly, particularly in the event of a system shutdown if a hazard is detected.
It also represents a really economical innovation as, compared to classic Bluetooth, BLE is characterised by considerably lower energy consumption and reduced costs at a similarly high communication range.
Schmersal u 01684 571980 u
www.schmersal.co.uk
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