New Guardmaster SafeZone Mini Safety Laser Scanner

Rockwell Automation has expanded the Guardmaster® SafeZone™ family of safety laser scanners with the release of the new 3m SafeZone Mini Safety Laser Scanner. These compact devices are designed for stationary and mobile applications and feature a scanning angle of 270°.

The SafeZone Mini Safety Laser Scanners have a single configurable safety field and one or two configurable warning fields. The second warning field can be configured through one of the configurable I/O.

SafeZone Mini Laser Scanner uses the same recently upgraded Windows based SCD programming software as the larger SafeZone laser scanners and shares the same functionality as the other SafeZone safety laser scanners in terms of configurable resolutions and response times, multiple samplings, restart delay up to 60 seconds, and restart interlock.

Designed to meet international safety standards, such as EN ISO 13849-1, EN 62061 and EN IEC 61496, the SafeZone Mini Laser Scanner features an eight-pin integrated M12 QD connector which makes for a simple connection of the device.

The SafeZone Mini safety scanner is a flexible, rugged, cost-effective solution suited for a wide range of industrial safety applications. Common uses for this safety scanner include personnel detection in front of a machine or equipment hazards, particularly when a safety mat solution would require a non-standard or irregularly shaped configuration.

The full range of the 442L products are available for purchase on our website here

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New! Connected Components Workbench Software 8.0 ready to download!

Connected Components Workbench (CCW) Software helps simplify stand-alone machine development by programming all your Allen-Bradley Micro800 and CR30 Configurable Safety Relay products using a single software platform. The new release 8.0 software is now available to download.

Rockwell Automation’s Connected Components Workbench, design and configuration software, offers controller programming, device configuration and integration with HMI editor. Connected Components Workbench software is developed based on proven Rockwell Automation and Microsoft Visual Studio technology, it can help to minimize your initial machine development time and cost.

The standard software is available as a free web download or free DVD and this includes free support and software updates.

Advantages

• Easy to Configure – Single software package reduces initial time to set-up controls
• Easy to Programme – User-defined function blocks speed machine development
• Easy to Visualize – Tag configuration and screen design eases operator interface configuration

Features

• Provides common, easy-to-use configuration and programming tool for all devices
• Lets you create and deploy user-defined function blocks
• Provides offline and online capability
• Offers a variety of serial and network connectivity options
• Offers choice of programming languages with user-defined function block support (ladder diagram, function block diagram, structured text)
• Uses the same wizards that are used in DriveTools™ SP and drives add-on profiles
• Includes the DeviceLogix™ Editor

Our product specialists are on hand to assist so please contact your local Routeco branch for further information.

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Down to the wire - building a resilient network infrastructure

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a trending topic in the technology world. The Internet of Things can be defined as the connection and interaction of objects to the Internet or networks. 

With the Internet of Things increasingly broadening the production space to connect Operations Technology (OT) with Information Technology (IT), it's never been more important to build a highly resilient network infrastructure, as this article from Panduit outlines.

The article also includes tips on how to begin implementing the Internet of Things including assessment steps for manufacturers to undertake to understand their bandwidth and cable requirements. 

To read more, please click the link:

http://www.controlsdrivesautomation.com/page_568773.asp? 

How do you think IoT will affect you? Do you think it will create the business opportunities (to the value of $3.8 trillion for the manufacturing industry) Panduit expect? Let us know your thoughts below. 

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