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PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION 4

PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION 4
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PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION 4

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Overview: This document provides a comprehensive overview of Balluff's products and services aimed at efficient automation across various industries such as steel, semiconductor, and life sciences. It is structured into five volumes, each focusing on different product categories.
Product Categories:
  • Sensors: Includes inductive, capacitive, photoelectric, magnetic, ultrasonic, and other types of sensors designed for various applications.
  • RFID and Machine Vision: Covers RFID systems, machine vision, and optical identification solutions.
  • Safety and Networking: Focuses on safety solutions, industrial networking, and power supplies, emphasizing the integration of safety in automation processes.
  • Connection Technology: Details connectivity solutions and accessories essential for automation systems.
Safety Solutions: Balluff emphasizes machine safety through reliable safety sensors and controller technology. The document highlights the use of Safe I/O Modules and the integration of safety technology using IO-Link, which simplifies the implementation of industrial safety.
Key Features of Safe I/O Modules:
  • Support for safety applications up to PLe/SIL3.
  • Standardized wiring with M12 cables.
  • Easy device replacement and connection of various safety devices.
  • Profisafe communication over IO-Link for reliable safety system integration.
Technical Specifications: The document includes detailed technical specifications for various products, such as performance levels, safety categories, response times, and environmental conditions.
Standards and Compliance: The document references several standards and regulations, including ISO 13849-1, IEC 61508, and EU regulations, ensuring that products meet safety and quality requirements.
Additional Resources: For more detailed product information, technical drawings, and user guides, the document directs users to Balluff's Product Finder available on their website.
Network Blocks: The document provides detailed specifications and features of various network blocks used in industrial networking, specifically focusing on Profinet, Profibus, CC-Link, and Ethernet/IP interfaces. These network blocks are essential for connecting and managing industrial devices and systems.
Specifications:
  • Housing Material: All network blocks are made from zinc die-casting, ensuring durability and protection.
  • Dimensions: The standard dimension for most blocks is 68 x 37.9 x 224 mm, with some variations.
  • Ambient Temperature: Operating temperature ranges from -5 to 70 °C, with some models supporting -40 °C.
  • IP Rating: All models have an IP67 rating, indicating high resistance to dust and water.
  • Operating Voltage: The voltage range is 18 to 30.2 VDC across all models.
Interfaces and Connectivity:
  • Profinet and Profibus: These blocks support Profibus DP EN 50170 and Profinet interfaces, with M12x1 connections for communication and power supply.
  • CC-Link and Ethernet/IP: CC-Link V1.1 and Ethernet/IP interfaces are supported, with M12x1 and 7/8" connections for communication and power supply.
  • IO-Link: Many models include auxiliary interfaces with IO-Link version 1.1, supporting multiple IO-Link ports.
Digital Inputs/Outputs:
  • Most models feature 16x PNP digital inputs and outputs, with configurable input/output options available.
  • The maximum output current is typically 2 A.
Additional Features:
  • Some models offer Fast Start-Up (FSU) capabilities.
  • Product-specific information, including technical drawings and user guides, is available for download from the manufacturer's website.
Conclusion: The document provides comprehensive technical details for selecting the appropriate network block for industrial applications, emphasizing connectivity, durability, and compatibility with various industrial protocols.
IO-Link Sensor/Actuator Hubs: The document provides detailed specifications and features of various IO-Link sensor/actuator hubs from Balluff. These hubs are designed for industrial networking applications, offering different configurations and capabilities to suit various operational needs.
Specifications:
  • Analog Inputs: The hubs support multiple voltage and current ranges, including 0-10 V, -10-10 V, 0-5 V, -5-5 V, 5-10 V, 4-20 mA, 0-20 mA, and temperature sensors like Pt100, Pt1000, and thermocouples Type J and K.
  • Configurable Inputs/Outputs: Some models offer configurable inputs/outputs, enhancing flexibility in application.
  • Extension Ports: Certain models include extension ports for additional connectivity.
  • Single-Channel Monitoring: Available in select models for precise monitoring of individual channels.
  • Current Capacity: Sensor current sum is typically 4 A, with actuator current sum varying by model.
  • Switching Current: Ranges from 200 mA to 2 A depending on the model.
  • Housing Material: Options include PBT, GF, Zinc Die Casting, PPS, and PA, Transparent, ensuring durability in various environments.
  • Dimensions: Vary by model, with common sizes being 68 x 31.8 x 181.5 mm and 50 x 30.8 x 115 mm.
  • Ambient Temperature: Operating range is typically -5 to 70 °C, with some models supporting up to 55 °C.
  • IP Rating: All models are rated IP67 when threaded in, ensuring protection against dust and water.
  • Transfer Rate: Consistent across models at COM2 (38.4 kBaud).
  • Process Data Cycle: Minimum cycle times range from 2.5 ms to 55 ms, depending on the model.
Interface and Connectivity:
  • IO-Link Version: Most models support IO-Link 1.0, with some offering IO-Link 1.1 for enhanced communication capabilities.
  • Operating Voltage: All models operate within 18-30.2 VDC.
  • Connection Types: Standardized M12x1-Male, 4-pin, A-coded for communication, with some models featuring 7/8"-Male, 5-pin for supply voltage.
  • Connection Slots: Typically 8x M12x1-Female, 5-pin, A-coded, supporting multiple connections.
Digital Inputs/Outputs:
  • Digital Inputs: Models offer 16x PNP or NPN inputs, with types varying between Type 2 and Type 3.
  • Digital Outputs: Available in select models, typically 16x PNP.
Additional Features:
  • Identification: Some models include identification capabilities, ranging from 2 to 4 bytes.
Conclusion: Balluff's IO-Link sensor/actuator hubs provide robust and flexible solutions for industrial networking, with a variety of configurations to meet specific application requirements. The document highlights key specifications and features, ensuring users can select the appropriate model for their needs.
Inductive Couplers: The document provides detailed information on inductive couplers used in industrial networking, focusing on their specifications, applications, and benefits. It includes technical data, product specifications, and a glossary of terms related to industrial networking technologies.
Specifications: The document lists various models of inductive couplers, such as BIC0007, BIC0008, BIC0075, and others. Key specifications include:
  • Function: Power only
  • Transmission distance: 0...5 mm or 0...4 mm
  • Connection types: M12x1, 4-pin or 5-pin, and 7/8", 4-pole or 5-pole
  • Rated operating voltage: 24 VDC
  • Output voltage and current: 24 VDC, 500 mA or 5 A
  • Housing material: Brass, coated or Aluminum, black anodized
  • Protection degree: IP67
Procedures and Recommendations: The document emphasizes the ease of use and maintenance-free nature of inductive couplers, highlighting their ability to eliminate mechanical wear and reduce unplanned machine stoppages. It recommends using these couplers for high system availability and flexible sequences.
Standards and Technologies: The document covers various industrial networking standards and technologies, including:
  • CC-Link and CC-Link IE/Field: High-speed, deterministic communication networks
  • Devicenet: Based on the CAN protocol, standardized in EN 50325
  • EtherCAT and Ethernet/IP: Real-time data transmission standards
  • IO-Link: A universal communication standard for automation
  • Profibus and Profinet: Widely used fieldbus and Ethernet standards
Software Solutions: Balluff offers software solutions like the Balluff Engineering Tool (BET) for configuring IO-Link devices. The software facilitates easy setup, parameterization, and management of devices, reducing startup time and errors.
Glossary: The document includes a glossary explaining terms like inductive couplers, IO-Link, network modules, and more, providing a comprehensive understanding of the technologies involved.
Smart Automation and Monitoring System (SAMS): The document provides a comprehensive overview of Balluff's Smart Automation and Monitoring System (SAMS), focusing on IO-Link topology, engineering tools, and various system solutions including Mold-ID and Easy Tool-ID systems.
Balluff Engineering Tool (BET): The BET offers full functional capability through a 12-month license, allowing configuration for each terminal device. It supports Profinet and Ethernet/IP IO-Link network blocks with firmware version 3.2.2 and higher. Accessories include unmanaged Ethernet switches and various connectors.
Mold-ID System: Mold-ID is an autonomous system for condition-based maintenance of injection molds using RFID technology. It stores relevant data such as shot count and maintenance history, minimizing downtime and optimizing mold utilization. The system can be retrofitted to any machine regardless of manufacturer or age.
Connected Mold-ID Software: This software networks multiple Mold-ID systems, recording data in a central database. It provides an overview of tool inventory and production cell status, accessible via a web browser. Licenses are available for different numbers of molds, with options for monthly or annual payments.
Easy Tool-ID System: This system facilitates fast and reliable tool data transfer to machine tools, reducing setup times and errors. It features a 7" display for tool data visibility and allows manual updates via a touch display. The system connects to machine tools via USB without requiring PLC integration.
Power Supplies: Balluff offers a range of power supplies for various applications, including single-phase and three-phase options. The Heartbeat® power supplies provide diagnostics and preventive maintenance alerts, ensuring high system availability and reliability.
Power Supply Units: The document provides detailed specifications and information about various power supply units offered by Balluff. It includes technical specifications, mounting options, protection ratings, and conformity approvals for different models.
Specifications: The power supplies are available in different configurations, including DIN rail and IP67 versions. They support input voltages ranging from 100-240 V AC for single-phase and 400-500 V AC for three-phase systems. The rated output voltage is consistently DC 24 V across models, with varying output currents and capacities.
Protection and Approvals: The units offer protection degrees of IP20 and IP67, depending on the model. They conform to various standards, including CE, cURus, and IO-Link, ensuring compliance with international safety and performance standards.
Environmental Conditions: The ambient temperature range for operation is typically between -25 to 70 °C, with some models supporting up to 80 °C.
Mounting and Housing: Most units are designed for DIN rail mounting, with housing materials including aluminum and plastic. Connection options vary, with terminal strips and 7/8" connectors available.
Additional Features: Some models include features like short circuit protection, overload protection, and LED indicators for operational status. The document also mentions the availability of a product finder on the Balluff website for accessing detailed product-specific information.
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PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION 4-1

PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION Safety, Industrial Networking, Software and System Solutions, Power Supplies

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PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION 4-2

Metal Working Semiconductor Industry Life Science Steel and Metallurgical Industry Innovative solutions TO MEET YOUR AUTOMATION NEEDS

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PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION 4-3

Energy Generation Packaging, Foods and Beverages Plastics, Rubber and Tires Volume 4 – Products for efficient automation I 3

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PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION 4-4

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ANY REQUIREMENT To give you an overview of our range of offerings we have condensed our product portfolio into five volumes. This overview provides a list of topics contained in each volume. PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION Sensors 1 Inductive sensors, capacitive sensors, photoelectric sensors, magnetic field sensors, mechanical cam switches Sensors 1 n nductive Sensors I n apacitive Sensors C n Photoelectric Sensors n agnetic Sensors M n Mechanical Cam Switches PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION Sensors 2 Ultrasonic sensors, magnetically coded sensors, magnetostrictive...

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Volume 4 – Products for efficient automation I 5 3 PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENT AUTOMATION RFID, machine vision and optical identification, human machine interfaces, systems Safety, industrial networking, power supplies Connection technology, accessories Vision and Optical Identification n Human Machine Interfaces Networking n Software and System Solutions n Power Supplies Do you need more details? Our Product Finder at www.balluff.com provides you with product-specific information, including technical drawings, data sheets, user guides...

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Volume 4 – Products for efficient automation I 7 CONTENTS 12 Safe I/O Modules 34 Network Blocks 74 Switches 80 I/O Modules 122 Inductive Couplers INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING 152 Balluff Engineering Tool 154 Injection molding tool management with Mold-ID 158 Tool parameter transfer with Easy Tool-ID 150 SOFTWARE UND SYSTEMLÖSUNGEN 162 Heartbeat® Power Supply Units 166 Heartbeat® Power Supplies with IO-Link Interface 172 Power Supplies for the Control Cabinet GLOBAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT 186

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Machine safety with Balluff quality

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Sensors RFID Machine Vision and Optical Identification Human Machine Interfaces Safety Industrial Networking Software and System Solutions Do you need more details? Our Product Finder at www.balluff.com provides you with all the product-specific information – including technical drawings, data sheets, user's guides etc. for each individual product – also for downloading. Power Supply Your Balluff solutions Automation requires safety. And safety is based on reliability. Balluff quality guarantees great reliability with a variety of solutions that make machines and equipment dependable and safe....

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Safely transport signals

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Sensors RFID Machine Vision and Optical Identification Human Machine Interfaces Safety Industrial Networking Software and System Solutions Safe communication with the controller level is via Profisafe for Profinet. Together with our safety components the result is an all-round safe system on which you can rely. safety applications up to PLe/SIL3 n Reduce IP addresses n Standardized wiring concept with M12 cables, safe interlocking devices can be directly connected n Simple device replacement n Nearly any safety device can be connected IO-Link blocks for safety applications Profisafe over IO-Link...

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12 | Safety | Safe I/O Modules Performance Level Digital inputs Digital outputs Connection slots Ambient temperature Protection degree Housing material Zinc, die-cast Zinc, die-cast

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CE, TÜV, IO-Link, cULus, UL-File E319845, VOL.1 SEC.1 Zinc, die-cast Zinc, die-cast Die-cast zinc Do you need more details? Our Product Finder at www.balluff.com provides you with product-specific information, including technical drawings, data sheets, user guides and more for each individual product. All items are available for download. Power Supply Software and System Solutions Human Machine Interfaces Industrial Networking Machine Vision and Optical Identification

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14 | Safety | Safe I/O Modules

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Do you need more details? Our Product Finder at www.balluff.com provides you with product-specific information, including technical drawings, data sheets, user guides and more for each individual product. All items are available for download. Power Supply Software and System Solutions Industrial Networking Human Machine Interfaces Machine Vision and Optical Identification IO-Link blocks for safety applications | 15

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16 | Safety | Safe I/O Modules Performance Level Safety category (EN ISO 13849-1) SIL (IEC 61508) SIL CL (EN 62061) Response time max. Approval/Conformity Number of safe inputs Number of safe inputs Current sum US, sensor Current sum UA, actuator Digital inputs Interface Connection slots Dimension Ambient temperature Protection degree Housing material Productview

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Machine Vision and Optical Identification Profisafe over IO-Link | 17 Human Machine Interfaces Do you need more details? Our Product Finder at www.balluff.com provides you with product-specific information, including technical drawings, data sheets, user guides and more for each individual product. All items are available for download. Power Supply Software and System Solutions Industrial Networking PROFIsafe over IO-Link

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18 | Safety | Safe I/O Modules

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Do you need more details? Our Product Finder at www.balluff.com provides you with product-specific information, including technical drawings, data sheets, user guides and more for each individual product. All items are available for download. Power Supply Software and System Solutions Industrial Networking Human Machine Interfaces Machine Vision and Optical Identification Profisafe over IO-Link | 19

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Power Supply Software and System Solutions Industrial Networking Human Machine Interfaces Machine Vision and Optical Identification

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The inability of a unit to fulfill a required function Is the common cause failure factor for undetectable dangerous faults λDU Number of cycles until 10 % of the components fail dangerously User information (illustrative safety) All of the information required for safe and proper use of the machine. It informs the user of the residual risk and warn him of it. Common cause failure, a specific type of dependent failure where several failures result from a single shared cause. Indication from the manufacturer, distributor or EU-Representative that declares a product in compliance with EU regulation...

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