MINIATURE MODULES IN USE
When assembling apparatus and com-
ponents, efficient automation is the
key to success. The demand is for rea-
sonably priced, qualitatively high-grade
components. And that is the bond
between AS-i Interface and the robot
assembly line Syfast by Mikron
Assembly.
For some time, Mikron SA Boudry has
been working successfully with the
highly flexible AS-i bus, because of its
obvious commercial benefits.
Due to local integration of the sensors
and actuators into a common bus
cable, wiring costs have been substanti-
ally reduced. An assembly with only
one single through 2-wire cable is
The Syfast Robot Assembly System
from Mikron Assembly Technology
wired with AS Interface
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much simpler to plan and outline.
Improved clarity enables the assembly
builder to design the wiring more
efficiently and with less mistakes.
A step forward with the clamp module
Thanks to the clamp modules from
Baumer electric, cable loops and tan-
gled cable ends are a thing of the past.
The point: the clamp technique always
allows the cable to be shortened to the
required length.
This also contributes to the general
clarity of the assembly wiring. It
reduces the number of different cables
required, as the shortening of a few
standard cables ensures that the
desired length is always at hand.
Likewise the time consuming
production and connecting of plugs or
connectors, necessary when two-sided
connectors are used on conventional
long cables.
Miniature modules take over throughout the entire assembly.
the robot head
To round off the whole application, or
Of course, miniaturisation, too, is a rather its wiring, Baumer electric offers
determining factor of AS Interface’s a very compact AS-i junction module,
future product development. Baumer with a highly flexible robot cable.
electric has consistently reduced its
clamp module range, while expanding The robot cable is in accordance with
its functions. The modular concept is DESINA standard (decentralised and
based on the same merits as the clamp standardised installations technology
module, although space has been for tool machines and production
lessened by one third. systems) and is remarkably suited for
the transmission of this field bus.
In order to meet the need of transport-
ing the AS-i bus via a drag chain, a
special input module was developed. It
is designed for the connection of three
standard sensors, as well as for a
PG-screw to connect a highly flexible
robot cable.
The wiring on a robot’s head is then
completed conventional, with a
standard AS Interface profiled cable.
Additional input and output modules,
likewise in miniature modes, are then
connected to the bus cable by the
usual contact technique.
Use of miniature modules considerably
expanded the application spectrum for
AS Interface. Bus technology, or rather AS-i junction module with
wiring simplicity, can now be used highly flexible robot cable.
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