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Máximo rendimiento de cálculo y gráfico para la automatizaciónB&R Has perfected a compact design in which it stands out the utilisation of the system X20 like alternative to the classical system 2005
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Editorial Interempresas14/05/2013
Bernecker & Rainer Industrial Automation, S.L.Or. It has created, especially for his customers, the system of control 'Aprol' that adapts to the current needs of the sector. One of the functional tools that has Aprol is the utilisation of 'Automation Studio' like supplement. Like this when it configures the hardware and the buses of field, the operario has access to a tool of engineering used by several tens of thousands of people to world-wide level. Aprol Has been thought specifically to contribute more functionality to the automation of machinery, facilitate the gestión of the information and the maintenance, as well as the development of design.
The company with headquarters in Granollers has perfected a compact design in which it stands out the utilisation of the system X20 like alternative to the classical system 2005, with which achieves a greater level of granularidad in the islands of And/S remote. This comports enormous advantages in applications decentralised that allow a reduction of the total costs. Besides, like the bus of field Powerlink has the capacity to provide redundancy, can increase significantly the availability of the system in general. Also they integrate other buses of field such as Profibus DP, Modbus TCP or IO-Link that allow to connect systems or modules of And/S of third of reliable and easy form to configure.
Besides, exist skilled modules for specific and innovative tasks, designed, installed and operated of the same way that any module of And/S X20. An example of them is the module of measurement of power and synchronisation of networks X20 (entrances for current of 5 To and for voltage of 400 V in less than 90 mm of width) that it is a solution of low cost to measure and recolectar data of energetic consumption and like this monitor the total energetic efficiency. Another example can be the module of analog entrances of 16 bits for signals of current and voltage with function of oscilloscope. With a time of sampling of 50 µs, the data capture and store in a buffer of the module that allows to house until 8.000 values. Can use a signal of trigger to start with and stop the capture, as well as to determine automatically the MIN/MAX of the values captured by the device. The content of the buffer also can save in a historical register in the controller for his back analysis.
The high technology in ingenería of Aprol contributes a better control in all the functions of development of automation of machinery.
The controllers use cards CompactFlash, of until 8 GB of capacity. This capacity of storage can use to register data of process, alarms and evento, including the instant in that they occurred, so that in the case that lost the communication with the team that registers the data, this information would not lose . Once reestablished the connection, the data stored in the buffer of emergency can transmit automatically to the historical archive.
Each controller has a server web integrated , in which the System Diagnostic Manager shows of form detailed all the notable information of the controller and of the modules of And/S connected. Also they can show custom-made contents, encouraged in function of variables of process by means of the utilisation of web pages based in SVG.
For the interaction on foot of machine, the Power Signpost are a solution of visualisation very attractor trucks and of low cost. The characteristics that provides the classical visualisation of Visual Components are totally integrated in Aprol. If it wishes a solution of control for the electrical cupboard, then a Power Signpost can execute the part of visualisation, while the controller shares the values dynamically from the cupboard. In the case that wish implement a layer of control of emergency, then the application of visualisation can execute directly in the controller. This allows to operate from any computer authorised without any effort adds.
The technology of integrated hygiene improvement the efficiency of the engineering
With the end to reduce the risk of the people and the machines, the applications of hygiene purchase every time greater importance. Thanks to the Integrated Safety Technology supported by Aprol simplify a lot the works of engineering, achieving a greater efficiency. A factor significante for the final users is that the components of hygiene belong to the already known family X20. These components integrate exactly of the same form that the no safe modules. The applications of hygiene develop by means of the integrated application SafeDesigner and execute in the controllers of hygiene SafeLogic. Besides, the protocol of hygiene OpenSafety flows on the communication of Powerlink existent, with what the data of the safe modules are available for the standard application without any limitation.
The supervision of the system and the one of the own system of control of processes are standard functionalities of the package Aprol. In addition to the diagnostic based in web that offer the controllers, Aprol collects all the information of the components of hardware used in the project, as for example stations of operator, runtime servers, engineering servers, stations of buses of field, etc. The operators can access to all this information doing an alone click with the mouse. For the notable information, the system generates and files automatically alarms and graphic of tendency without any additional configuration. The availability of resources, the functions of synchronisation and the performance of the system monitor constantly and show an alarm in necessary case.
The integrated information in Aprol allows a greater control of all the process with a high quality of hygiene.
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