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Machine Safety Monitoring and Control
News Release from: SICK (UK) | Subject: UE-EFI gateways
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 March 2008
Gateways connect safety equipment
Users connecting a S3000 safety laser scanner or C4000/M4000 safety light curtain can have access to many more diagnostic and configuration options than they have with a standard safety relay.
SICK UK has released new gateways for the integration of equipment in Profisafe, Profibus DP, Ethernet TCP/IP and CANopen bus systems The UE-EFI gateways feature bi-directional data exchange to permit the use of the enhanced sensor functions in Sick equipment, for example the switching of monitored fields in safety laser scanners
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The gateways are connected via Sick's Enhanced Function Interface (EFI) and are suitable for both standard and safe PLCs.
Equipment configuration, status and diagnostic information are instantly available from a human-machine interface (HMI) and remote maintenance of the safety systems leads to a considerable increase in plant availability.
A variety of devices can be connected, including the S300 and S3000 safety laser scanners, the C4000 safety light curtain, the M4000 multiple light beam safety device and UE440/UE470 compact safety controllers.
Users connecting a S3000 safety laser scanner or C4000/M4000 safety light curtain can have access to many more diagnostic and configuration options than they have with a standard safety relay.
If there is an existing Profibus, Ethernet or CANopen network, the diagnostics can be transmitted to the network via the gateway.
Diagnostic data and setup parameters may be viewed on a standard control network using Sick CDS software, which tracks data faults quicker and more efficiently, resulting in less machine down time and therefore saving money.
Sick has also released the Profisafe gateway.
which allows the S3000 and C/M4000 devices to be directly integrated to the safe network.
This saves the cost of a remote node.
All gateways come with a GSD file, which allows customers to easily integrate the unit into their network architecture.
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