Secure RFID key system, FlexFunction and i4.0 communication

The fol­low­ing also applies to plant com­po­nents in the field of safe­ty tech­nol­o­gy: Indus­try 4.0 needs Com­mu­ni­ca­tion 4.0. At auto­mat­i­ca, Euch­n­er will be show­ing its future-proof inno­va­tions — the Mul­ti­func­tion­al Gate Box MGB2 Mod­u­lar with Ether­cat P as well as the new prod­ucts with “Flex­Func­tion”: the safe­ty switch CTS and the safe key sys­tem CKS2. 

MGB2 Modular — EtherCAT P with FSoE

All func­tions of the proven MGB2 Mod­u­lar safe­ty gate sys­tem are now also avail­able for the safe Ether­CAT P with FSoE. With this devel­op­ment, the com­pa­ny remains true to its claim as a pio­neer in the field of safe­ty tech­nol­o­gy for bus sys­tems. The exten­sive diag­nos­tic func­tions in the form of Ether­CAT mes­sages and the inte­grat­ed web serv­er pro­vide a quick and detailed overview of the sta­tus of the device. Thanks to the sim­ple para­me­ter­i­za­tion, even replac­ing the mod­ule in the event of ser­vice is a sim­ple mat­ter and can be car­ried out in just a few min­utes. With the Mul­ti­func­tion­al Gate Box, users ben­e­fit from a high­ly func­tion­al safe­ty gate sys­tem with guard lock­ing that not only meets the high­est lev­el of pro­tec­tion up to PLe. Above all, it also offers a high degree of cus­tomiza­tion thanks to count­less vari­ants and func­tions as well as diverse net­work­ing options and pos­si­bil­i­ties for Indus­try 4.0 applications. 

One device — many possibilities: the CKS2 safe key system

The new CKS2 secure key sys­tem opens up count­less appli­ca­tion pos­si­bil­i­ties and guar­an­tees the high­est secu­ri­ty require­ments through the use of high­ly cod­ed transpon­der-based keys. By select­ing the RFID key, the user decides dur­ing ini­tial com­mis­sion­ing whether the device is to be used, for exam­ple, for sim­ple stop­ping and start­ing of machines and process­es, as an elec­tron­ic key trans­fer sys­tem or as an autho­riza­tion sys­tem for sev­er­al oper­a­tors. The con­fig­u­ra­tion is done when the key is learned for the first time. Recon­fig­u­ra­tion to a dif­fer­ent func­tion is pos­si­ble at any time. Euch­n­er calls this flex­i­bil­i­ty “Flex­Func­tion”. In com­bi­na­tion with Euch­n­er IO-Link gate­ways, the range of appli­ca­tions is fur­ther extend­ed and exten­sive diag­nos­tic and com­mu­ni­ca­tion func­tions are made avail­able. The CKS2 is also avail­able as a sub­mod­ule for the suc­cess­ful MGB2 Mod­u­lar door lock­ing sys­tem. Pos­si­ble areas of appli­ca­tion include ful­ly auto­mat­ed logis­tics sys­tems or com­plete turnkey plants. 

One fits all — safety switch CTS with new FlexFunction

The CTS safe­ty switch is ide­al for appli­ca­tions where a high lock­ing force is required and only lim­it­ed space is avail­able. The small dimen­sions (135 x 31 x 31mm) com­bined with a max­i­mum hold­ing force of 3900 N allow uni­ver­sal use. Whether for swing or slid­ing doors, the CTS can be used flex­i­bly thanks to three dif­fer­ent mount­ing ori­en­ta­tions. An escape release can also be retro­fit­ted at any time. In addi­tion to the proven fea­tures of the transpon­der-cod­ed Euch­n­er safe­ty switch­es with guard lock­ing, the CTS com­bines var­i­ous func­tions in one device thanks to the new “Flex­Func­tion”, which are oth­er­wise only found in indi­vid­ual vari­ants. Whether with or with­out guard lock­ing mon­i­tor­ing, whether high or low-cod­ed eval­u­a­tion of the actu­a­tor code — the CTS gives users the choice. The func­tion is select­ed via the appro­pri­ate actu­a­tor. The CTS also has var­i­ous con­nec­tion options. 

New: The Euchner Academy from Euchner Safety Services

Vis­i­tors to the exhi­bi­tion booth can also find out about the com­pre­hen­sive ser­vice port­fo­lio offered by Euch­n­er Safe­ty Ser­vices. The safe­ty experts pro­vide sup­port through­out the entire ser­vice life of a machine — when a machine is accept­ed by the man­u­fac­tur­er, when reg­u­lar inspec­tions are car­ried out in accor­dance with the Ger­man Ordi­nance on Indus­tri­al Safe­ty and Health (Betrieb­ssicher­heitsverord­nung), and in the area of safe­ty engi­neer­ing for new machines or machine con­ver­sions. Since the begin­ning of the year, the com­pa­ny has expand­ed its safe­ty ser­vices by offer­ing a wide range of train­ing cours­es on machine safe­ty top­ics in its own acad­e­my. In train­ing events held through­out Ger­many, expert instruc­tors com­mu­ni­cate cur­rent aspects and solu­tions for the safe oper­a­tion of machines. Plant oper­a­tors and man­u­fac­tur­ers learn which legal require­ments are relevant.