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Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2005

Safety scanner

Rockwell Automation offers its new Allen-Bradley DeviceNet Safety scanner and I/O that gives manufacturers the opportunity to place safety and standard devices on a single network, simplifying control system design in complex applications such as those found in the automotive, semiconductor, packaging, food, and beverage industries.
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Controls Product Brief
| June 30, 2005

Safety scanner

Rockwell Automation offers its new Allen-Bradley DeviceNet Safety scanner and I/O that gives manufacturers the opportunity to place safety and standard devices on a single network, simplifying control system design in complex applications such as those found in the automotive, semiconductor, packaging, food, and beverage industries.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2004

New safety nodes

Pepperl+Fuchs introduces two new SafetyNodes. The G2 style module is IP67 rated for field-mounted applications with the AS-i Yellow Flat Cable, while the KE1 style is IP20 rated for enclosure applications on DIN rail.
Controls Product Brief
| June 30, 2004

Safety relay

Schneider Electric’s new Telemecanique® Preventa™ XPS-MC is a multi-functional, configurable safety relay that complies with global machine safety standards.
Controls Product Brief
| March 31, 2004

Safety relay

Omron’s forcibly guided G7S-E safety relay is developed for applications where safety is a major concern, such as for conveyors, packaging lines, and injection molding and extruding equipment.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2003

Industrial workstations

A modular system of industrial workstations is available from Rittal Corp. Designed to increase workspace and offer safety and ergonomics, workstations include contemporary aesthetics to blend into virtually any operating environment. System offers 17” and 21” monitor housings attached to a work surface, and a base that may be configured with a pedestal or enclosure.
Controls Product Brief
| July 31, 2003

Robot show

Held June 3-5 in Rosemont, IL, the International Robots & Vision Show and Conference drew 5굛 visitors to the booths of 175 exhibitors. The show is held every two years, so the next one is scheduled for 2005, most likely in June.
Controls Product Brief
| May 31, 2003

Safety interlocks

Sick has added more than 20 new safety interlocks to its product line to include safety position switches, safety locking devices, noncontact safety sensors, safety operating and emergency stop switches, and safety switches with separate actuators.
Controls Product Brief
| May 31, 2003

Noncontact magnetic safety switches

Pilz offers noncontact magnetic safety switches on the input side in conjunction with BG-tested electronic evaluation devices, plus safe relay, semiconductor, and power outputs on the output side.
Controls Product Brief
| January 31, 2003

Open safety network

Sick (Minneapolis, MN), Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI), and Omron Corp. (Schaumburg, IL) are collaborating on the development of an open protocol for safety communications.

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