New Approach: Remote I/O Valve Terminals for Zone 1/21

A new concept for zoned areas is proposed: Place small remote I/O valve terminals instead of building central or large decentralized solutions. Collect the intrinsically safe signals on-site and supply the pneumatic drives via short pneumatic lines. Communication takes place directly via PROFINET to the controller.

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New Products 1/2 – July 2022

New products to announce this month include: Remote I/O with PROFINET for Zone 1 installations from R. STAHL; motor controller MPUs with PROFINET IRT and TSN from Renesas; compact motors from Moog Animatics with PROFINET; and INTRANAV has extended their offerings with chirp technology in the omlox community.

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New Products – May 2022

There are three new IO-Link products to announce this month: di-soric has released a new machine vision profile sensor with IO-Link; Hilscher has released its new netFIELD Device IO-Link Wireless Bridge; and Siogeen has released a generic platform-independent interface for IO-Link devices intended for software developers.

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New Products – April 2022

New products this month include: PROFINET switches from eks Engel; safe PROFINET drives from KEB Automation; PROFIBUS and PROFIsafe PLC modules from Phoenix Contact; PROFINET peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow; PROFINET I/O modules and IO-Link power supplies from Turck; IO-Link function blocks from Leuze; and M12 D-coded connectors from Telegärtner.

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