Control unit with IO-Link instrumentation
The control unit performs the most classic of applications, namely
the hydraulic control for locking and unlocking the equipment of a machining center.But in this case the difference, or rather the innovation, is given by the
type of instrumentation and the connection method between the control unit and the electrical control panel of the machine.
The customer asked us that all the instruments (level sensor, temperature sensor, pressure transmitters and filter clogging indicator) were of the IO-Link type and that the classic junction terminal block was replaced by the IO-Link interface modules. Profinet.
In this way, the signals of the solenoid valves were also connected to the same modules, with the result of a simplified wiring procedure, the use of a much lower number of cables, in addition to all the advantages deriving from the use of components with IO-Link (ease of configuration, possibility of implementation in an Industry 4.0 system, etc…).