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SPS/IPC/Drives Show Recap
 More than 20 companies from a wide range of areas presented exhibits and product demonstrations at the joint Sercos booth at the SPS IPC Drives 2012 exhibition in Nuremberg. The booth attracted 40% more visitors than in the previous year. Read the press release »
Blended infrastructure is a concept that allows transmission of Sercos III telegrams, EtherNet/IP messages and TCP/IP messages using a single cable. The main attractions at the booth were the first demonstration systems illustrating how the blended infrastructure is used. Dual-stack master control prototypes from Bosch Rexroth and Schneider Electric communicated to both Sercos and EtherNet/IP devices, each using a common Ethernet infrastructure via a single cable.
Read a detailed article about blended infrastructure »
Read an interview with Peter Lutz, Managing Director of Sercos International regarding blended infrastructure »
View a YouTube video of the Blended Infrastructure demo at the SPS Show »
View a YouTube video illustrating the concept of Sercos, EtherNet/IP and TCP/IP messages all traveling in a single Ethernet cable »
In other SPS show news, IXXAT Automation introduced a safe protocol software for CIP Safety on Sercos based on the SMP (Sercos Messaging Protocol). Its unrestricted use for EtherNet/IP, in addition to Sercos, is possible due to the modular architecture of the CIP Safety protocol software.
TR-Electronic announced that absolute encoders with Industrial Ethernet are now available with Sercos III. The CEV58M ES3 is the first absolute multiturn encoder that can be integrated directly into Sercos III networks.
The CANNON-Automata Sercos III gateway for SSI encoders allows SSI encoders from any manufacturer to be integrated into Sercos III realtime Ethernet networks. A new infrastructure component, the TopoExtension, is also available, introducing new installation options and topology variants for Sercos III networks.
The area of industrial image processing recorded large crowds of visitors as well. Per the slogan "Making your machine see," interested parties received information about the latest developments in this area from Vision & Control.
Bihl + Wiedemann, one of the leading suppliers of safety technology and electronic components for automation technology, displayed its solutions, along with Wago Kontakttechnik, LTi-Drives and many other suppliers. |
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