Helping Format Changeover Helpers

Modular positioning systems offer flexibility for machine tool builders — now also available with IO-Link

halstrup-walcher, a global market leader in the area of positioning systems, puts its trust in extremely compact units, which are available in a very extensive range of modular systems: torques from 1 to 25 Nm; selection of IP protection classes (IP 54, IP 65, IP 68); and selection of on-board bus communication protocols including Profibus, Profinet, CANopen, Ethernet-IP, Modbus, Sercos, EtherCat, DeviceNet, Powerlink and IO-Link.

The key advantage: when you change the IP protection class or the bus communication, all the relevant connection dimensions remain the same. This enables the machine builder to "convert" an existing machine to the customer's wishes extremely quickly.

The PSE/PSS/PSW positioning system with IO-Link is a single cable solution that uses the same cable for the power supply and data transmission. Standard, unshielded M12 cables can be used. The "time stamp" process is supported, guaranteeing that the format changeover is always started at the desired time — the positioning system is even able to start when the time stamp has been reached, which is very useful for synchronising the start of format changeover processes.