The brand new Flexi Cellular Security Controller from Sick Sensor Intelligence has been designed to make sure security in dynamic cell robots. The answer is ideally suited to each indoor and outside off-highway autonomous automobiles (AMRs, AGVs, IMRs) and equipment, together with indoor service robots, driverless vans, service robots and transport automobiles. Key functions vary from off-road, logistics and agricultural makes use of to materials dealing with, mining, logistics, municipal equipment, ports, airports and building.
The corporate says its Flexi Cellular delivers glorious surroundings notion and secure movement monitoring for AGVs/AMRs in indoor and outside settings to optimise the productiveness and security of automated processes even in confined areas.
Flexi Cellular’s cabinet-free clever set up idea and autonomous automobile capabilities allows space-saving integration into driverless vans for as much as two axes. It’s potential to securely join sensors in sequence with out extra wiring through rectangular multi-pin connectors on wire harnesses, supporting cost-efficient sequence manufacturing of cell machines, and making including and eradicating particular person security units easy.
Flexi Cellular is programmable utilizing a complete of 512 operate blocks, together with TUV-certified devoted differential drive operate blocks to speed up the event of standard-compliant AGVs and AMRs. Secure movement options are potential as much as PLe/SIL 3, together with nearly all secure movement operate blocks from the Sick Flexisoft controller, assembly required security efficiency ranges for dynamic cell platforms. Secure kinematics enhance productiveness even in confined environments and Flexi Cellular facilitates omnidirectional drive ideas.
Complete, process-oriented intuitive configuration of Flexi Cellular units could be achieved utilizing Sick’s free-to-use, drag-and-drop security designer software program. Security Designer makes it straightforward to configure, doc and consider full security functions throughout a variety of Sick security parts with only one software. Offering important security information, experiences and steady diagnostics, Sick Security Designer reduces unplanned downtime and supplies authorized certainty within the type of dependable, detailed, standard-compliant security documentation. It’s even potential to just about create functions earlier than buying {hardware} for free of charge.
The Flexi Cellular Security Controller could be mounted on cell automobiles in powerful environments and not using a management cupboard. Its strong shock and vibration-resistant aluminium housing supplies safety in opposition to environmental influences (IP66, IP67 & IP69K) making certain glorious capabilities in opposition to filth and ingress. The machine has excessive passive cooling capability and has been rigorously examined to withstand excessive strain, in addition to floor temperatures starting from -40C – +80 C. Flexi Cellular additionally has a formidable 4 m/s cycle time, is rated as much as PLe/SIL3, options Modbus TCP fieldbus for diagnostics and may accommodate as much as three Flexi Loop chains.
Its modular design means Flexi Cellular could be tailor-made to fulfill the wants of various autonomous cell functions, with a wide range of I/O enlargement modules in addition to Ethernet, Modbus TCP, SLMP, CAN and CANopen interfaces accessible.
“We’re excited to launch the Sick Flexi Cellular vary, bringing collectively all the advantages of Sick’s Flexi Comfortable expertise and our many years of expertise in autonomous cell functions. Sturdy, rugged and simply configured utilizing devoted operate blocks and the distinctive free Sick Security Designer software, Flexi Cellular is able to withstanding the rigorous calls for of AMR and AGV functions while assembly all of the related security requirements with out the necessity for a management cupboard, offering straightforward and quick design and validation of cell platforms,” says Dr Martin Kidman, Sick security product supervisor.
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