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Agile processes and flexibility for efficient production

Industrial production is changing. Digital processes, agile production and modular machines are the answer to the trend toward greater flexibility. IO-Link is the right interface for this: it facilitates production with batch size 1 by adapting parameters from the control system. It enables transparency and diagnostics through extended communication with the devices. It standardizes the wiring on the last meter. It embodies the future of automation and saves wiring costs and commissioning times today.

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Webinar: Machine Digitization with IO-Link

How can you significantly reduce assembly costs? What data helps you to better understand your machine? Answers to these and other questions can be found in the English webinar recording “Machine Digitization with IO-Link” by Dustin Küpper, Product Manager Position/Proximity Sensors.

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • How to reduce commissioning time and build more efficient I/O networks
  • How IO-Link enables condition monitoring with data on the status and condition of the machine
  • Why usage, lifecycle information, and operating hours can be important
  • What IO-Link has to do with the digital twin
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PROFINET integration finally made easy

IO-Link is designed to simplify automation. However, integrating IO-Link devices into PROFINET projects has often involved a lot of programming work up to now. Simple IO-Link Device Integration, or SIDI for short, now enables drag-and-drop integration of devices – as if they were PROFINET devices. The necessary parameters, such as measuring ranges, can be entered in plain text fields. Other options can be selected from drop-down menus. This enables consistent offline engineering and speeds up the commissioning of your system.

Reduced machine costs

  • Reduced inventory thanks to configurable multi-purpose devices
  • Only one I/O module and inexpensive standard cables
  • Fewer I/Os possible
  • Devices with displays and buttons no longer required
  • Reduced engineering and installation costs and automatic documentation of device parameters during engineering
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More efficient production processes

  • Easy parameter changes when replacing devices
  • Faster changes to parameter sets for switching thresholds, amplification,
  • sensitivity, etc. under different production conditions
  • Faster and more reliable tool changes
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Higher availability of machines and systems

  • Comprehensive status information and diagnostic options in the system lead to drastically reduced machine downtime
  • Advanced information enables cost-cutting measures such as predictive maintenance and asset management
  • Automatic parameter transfer allows devices to be replaced even by less qualified personnel
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Whitepaper-Download: Condition Monitoring with IO-Link

IO-Link provides you with the status data of your machine. In the white paper “Condition Monitoring with IO-Link,” you will learn how you can use the intelligent interface to protect your machine from unplanned downtime.

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