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News Release from: Hayes Control Systems | Subject: 6200 range industrial PCs
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 06 December 2001

Easy access feature in compact
industrial PCs

Industrial PCs in the new 6200 range from Hayes Control Systems have been designed to take up the minimum possible amount of valuable control panel space

Industrial PCs in the new 6200 range from Hayes Control Systems have been designed not only to take up the minimum possible amount of valuable control panel space, but also to provide fast and easy access to expansion cards, disk drives and other key components All models incorporate a draw-out rack on telescopic rails, to accommodate expansion cards, and the rack is arranged so that connections to the cards are made from the front of the PC

In addition, the configuration of the PC is clearly visible from the front, and the front panel also houses status indicator LEDs, along with the protected reset button.

This arrangement means that no rear access to the PC is necessary, eliminating the need for swing frames and other costly special mounting arrangements.

PCs in the 6200 range are designed and manufactured in Germany by Beckhoff, for whom Hayes Control Systems is the exclusive UK distributor.

The range currently includes three models.

The 6220 is the smallest, measuring just 295mm x 202mm x 270mm.

Within these diminutive dimensions, however, it offers a Celeron or Pentium III processor running at up to 850MHz, a floppy disk or CD-ROM drive, and four slots to accept expansion cards up to 19cm long.

For applications demanding even more power and flexibility, the 6240 uses a standard ATX-format motherboard, and can accommodate up to 4 ISA and up to 5 PCI cards, together with an AGP graphics card.

At the top of the range is the 6250, which can be mounted either horizontally or vertically.

This model provides facilities similar to those of the 6240, but allows the installation of additional hard-disk, floppy-disk and CD-ROM drives.

All 6200-series industrial PCs from Hayes Control Systems are ideal for use in conjunction with Beckhoff TwinCAT software.

This innovative package allows the PCs to function as powerful programmable controllers which support IEC 61131 programming languages, and as versatile motion controllers for multi-axis systems.

Hayes Control Systems is the leading UK expert in the design and supply of complete automation solutions based on open-architecture PC technology.

The company is the exclusive UK distributor for Beckhoff in Germany, whose products include fieldbus-independent input/output systems, industrial PCs, and soft programmable controllers which use standard PC hardware, and which can also provide sophisticated motion control functions.

In all of its product areas, Hayes Control Systems champions an open-systems approach, which avoids the technical limitations, high costs and restricted availability associated with proprietary equipment.

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