Why a new distribution mode?
Because it meets all your requirements in terms of installation costs, communication, performance (high capacities) and ease of implementation.

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Very attractive installation costs

When several islands coexist, were you aware that the cost of installing them is closely related to the machine's wiring architecture?
This a very important point: thanks to a substantial reduction in the number of components such as terminal boards, distribution units, cables, raceways and wiring, both the implementation and the maintenance of the installation as a whole become highly cost-effective.

The 2000 series islands consist of a subbase, which includes the electrical and pneumatic valves into which the distributors are plugged ("Plug in" technology).

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Efficient, advanced and highly flexible architecture

It is very easy to optimise the fieldbus: a single connection on the master island is sufficient for the control engineer to establish: Communication from the fieldbus of his choice: PROFIBUS-DP, INTERBUS-S, AS-Interface, DeviceNet, Modbus-IDA, WorldFIP, ControlNet, AB 1771 RIO, not forgetting EtherNet/IP A single address for up to 7 islands, which can have different flow rates, thereby taking advantage of optimized PLC memory and network cycle time. A capacity of 224 monostable or 112 bistable or dual valves In total: 96 inputs (sensors, pushbuttons etc), 224 digital outputs, be they digital (including coils) and/or analog, connected via M12, Sub-D or terminal boards

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Help in commissioning

Thanks to the Manual Configuration Module (MCM), which can be placed anywhere on the master island, the operator can run various tests on all the connected islands on his own without a PC or a PLC.
To make it easier to configure the installation, the MCM allows the bus address to be set with encoder wheels (according to certain protocols).
Several modes are available:

• Testing of all outputs through successive activations (coils and output modules)
• Testing of each digital input activating even or odd outputs

Please note: With a view to minimising downtime, all changes of electronic cards or quick coupler diameter are made via the front panel, without the need to dismantle the island.

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Technical information on our documentation page Distribution islands

 

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