February 8th, 2017, Published in Articles: EngineerIT, Articles: Vector

 

The Turck TBEN-L-8IOL offers eight IO-Link Masters for Profinet, Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP in an IP67 / IP69K housing.  Delivering impressive performance and an additional power supply for actuators, optimised power management and easy IO-Link device integration. The module supports the Class B standard at four of the eight ports. Actuators such as IO-Link valve blocks or robot grippers can thus be provided with an isolated power supply of up to 2 A. To switch off actuator groups during operation, the auxiliary voltage can not only be switched off permanently but also at any given time, depending on the process data. Users can thus optimise their power management through the efficient use of the connected IO-Link devices. Like all other Turck IO-Link masters of the TBEN series, the TBEN-L-8IOL also features SIDI, which stands for “Simple IO-Link Device Integration”. In Profinet engineering projects, IO-Link devices from Turck and Banner can thus be added and configured by drag and drop in the hardware configuration. Any programming thus becomes unnecessary.

Contact Brandon Topham, RET Automation Controls, Tel 011 453-2468, brandon.topham@retautomation.com

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