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News Release from: Safety Network International eV
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 14 July 2005
The SafetyBUS p Club International at
Hanover 2005
On the SafetyBUS p stand in hall 9 of the 2005 Hanover Fair, international visitors were able to see new developments and member companies' expertise relating to the SafetyBUS p safe fieldbus system.
This year's Hanover Industry Fair was held from 11 to 15 April 2005, the sixth year in which SafetyBUS p Club International has exhibited at the world's most important industrial fair On the SafetyBUS p stand in hall 9 international visitors were able to see new developments and member companies' expertise relating to the SafetyBUS p safe fieldbus system
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The main focus of this year's fair was a complete system wall designed to illustrate system variety and the availability of components for directly integrated SafetyBUS p devices.
Visitors were able to examine individual devices in action on this corporate wall.
Another highlight of this year's presentation at the fair were individual panels from members and each set of panels provided information about the companies and their respective products and services.
The following member companies were represented at this year's fair: Autec; BBH Systems; Danfoss Drives; Datasensor; EMS Dr Thomas Wunsche; Ernst and Engbring; FCT Elektronic; Harting Deutschland; Kuka Controls; Leoni Special Cables; Pilz; Sick.
As well as the new PSSuniversal system platform from Pilz, there was special interest in the inclusion of Danfoss Drives, which demonstrated the integration of a SafetyBUS p interface into its FC300 series of frequency converters to effectively create a networkable fail-safe industrial drive.
A great interest in networked safety engineering was noticeable and this most likely will continue to increase with the introduction of Ethernet-based technologies into factory automation.
During the fair another internationally active company, Italy-based Comau Robotics, applied for membership to SafetyBUS p Club International.
Further details will be announced shortly.
Participation in the fair by SafetyBUS p Club International was not only important in the context of gaining new members, but once again was an opportunity to demonstrate the entire range of technologies and the next development steps for the SafetyBUS p system.
The SafetyBUS p club is likely to be exhibiting in Hanover in 2006 and looks forward to meeting you there.
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