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The same hygiene for all the applications!

SafeLogic-X, a simple and attractor trucks solution

Peter Kemptner, journalist freelance of Salzburgo, Austria25/06/2013

Traditionally, the cost of the solutions of integrated hygiene has prevented to incorporate his advantages in the applications of small size. In place of this, for the applications reduced always has resorted to the solutions wired up, which involves an important fault of flexibility and the discontinuidad of the system between applications of different sizes. B&R offers now a simple and attractor trucks solution to these problems: SafeLogic-X.

The manufacturers of modern machinery are very conscious of the profits that derive of the integration of the technology of hygiene in the network of bus. They value the time and the money saved in the installation of cables, as well as the flexibility obtained with the wired up virtual that, casually, also facilitates the design of machines and modular systems. The solutions of B&R have functions of hygiene advanced for the control of movement and with time of answer excepcionalmente fast, thanks to the standard Ethernet opened, Powerlink. The signals of hygiene transmit through openSafety, the only protocol of independent hygiene of the bus of the market. The technology of integrated hygiene of B&R has an increasingly generalised use, especially in the most extensive machines and complex.

Integrated hygiene for applications of any size

“In spite of the clear advantages of this technology, follows existing a wide range of applications in which it still has not implemented ”, comments Franz Kaufleitner, product manager of Technology of Integrated hygiene of B&R". Kaufleitner Continues, “Especially when it treats of applications of small size, where the price of purchase is used to to be the decisive factor, simply there is not margin for an automaton of independent hygiene”.

The new solution of B&R, however, offers the advantages of a PLC integrated based in bus to a price that can compete with the conventional solutions based in the technology of separate relays. The profits for the users are evident: a design and a coherent diagnostic for greater availability of the machine.

With SafeLogic-X, so much the PLC standard, like the modules of safe entrance and the units HMI share the usually provided functions by the controller of hardware. This achieves without sacrificing any of the advantages of the technology of integrated hygiene.

Tasks of hygiene distributed through the existent hardware

“The most remarkable of our solution jumps in sight”, affirms Kaufleitner. “Using the software of independent form, have achieved to delete the need of an automaton of specific hygiene”. The functions of hygiene that offer the automatons SafeLogic of B&R are distributed by all the network of components of existent hardware.

For this, the experts of B&R have divided the tasks related with the hygiene in the three following packages:

Execution of the application of hygiene: this task executes it a module of entrance of hygiene of the series X20 SafeIO of B&R. This element of hardware sure has a system of double processor with cores ARM.
Safe Gestión of the parameters of configuration: in an automaton SafeLogic these parameters store of central form. When it exchanges the automaton, have to transfer to the new hardware using a method that ensure the fulfillment of SIL3. This characteristic execute it a group of tasks of hygiene in the PLC standard that supervise mutually.
Recognition of actions and evento related with the hygiene: substitute the interface of user in each automaton SafeLogic does not represent any problem. This llevar by remote control in the panels of operario. It guarantees a safe validation using keys of conmutación and elements of visualisation.

With SafeLogic, B&R offers the system of hygiene more complete and productive available in the market. SafeLogic-X approaches the technology of integrated hygiene to the smallest applications.

Total compatibility for applications of small size

SafeLogic-X offers to the users all the advantages of a solution of integrated hygiene with a big selection of products with technology tip: modules of And/S of digital and analog hygiene, modules of entrance of safe temperature, control of safe movement, integrated diagnostic, integration of safe line, and options of hygiene for machinery.

The solution SafeLogic-X program in Automation Studio the same that the version of hardware, using the editor SafeDesigner. This has a clear advantage, as it aims Kaufleitner: “When the solution SafeLogic-X remains short for the system, his extension is very easy by means of automatons SafeLogic specific”. Besides, it is possible to keep the existent code, which saves time and money.

The applications of hygiene are scalable and can configure to accommodate systems of any size. When they add modules of entrance and safe exit, the existent code can reutilizar such cual in an automaton SafeLogic. SafeLogic-X also allows to configure equipment of hygiene in a terminal of visualisation with the options of the machine, to the equal that the solution based in hardware. The technicians of set up and maintenance can implement changes easily, without having to use any device of programming of external hygiene.

The application of hygiene executes in the modules of safe entrance of the series X20 SafeIO of B&R, that provide an element of safe hardware with cores of the dual processor ARM.

Total independence of the platform of control

Any product that use the operating system in real time of B&R, Automation Runtime, can execute the solution of hygiene based in software. This includes all the range of Automation PCs and Signpost PCs, as well as the Power Panels and the series of modules of control X20.

“Have achieved to create a solution whose flexibility allows to cover an important lagoon in the market”, signals Kaufleitner. “The manufacturers of machines and systems can delete the incoherencias between the solutions of hygiene used in his different products and enjoy of the advantages of the technology of integrated hygiene in all the applications, independently of the size”.