Beckhoff Integrates EtherCAT Interface Instantly into Energy Provides
Beckhoff has expanded its broad portfolio of PS energy provides with the brand new PS2000 machine collection that includes a built-in EtherCAT interface. The PS2000 energy provides can remotely gather further measurement and machine diagnostics for complete system monitoring, which might enhance availability and scale back downtime. Because of this, the feature-filled energy provides mix compact design and excessive efficiency with predictive upkeep performance for the primary time.
The brand new PS2000 variants mix high-performance energy provide models from Beckhoff with the ultra-fast EtherCAT communication normal. This permits the management system to immediately course of in depth measurement information and inside machine diagnostics data and set up distant entry to energy provides. It additionally offers superior monitoring options for the DC output (for system monitoring) or the AC enter (for supply monitoring).
Within the case of system monitoring, necessary operation parameters akin to output present and voltage are transmitted in actual time and constantly up to date. This permits clear information trade and, subsequently, computerized detection of further load within the system. Moreover, voltage, present and temperature information could be added to the monitoring scope – for instance, to observe warmth era within the machine and gather primary plant information such because the variety of switch-on operations or working hours. By monitoring the single-phase enter voltage, fluctuations akin to under- and over-voltages are detected. One other particular characteristic is the detection of high-voltage spikes within the energy supply.
Standing data, error messages and warnings are additionally out there immediately within the management platform through EtherCAT, offering the very best situations for analyzing the working standing of a plant and detecting any errors at an early stage. Warning thresholds that may be set within the management system (to point overcurrent, for instance) enable customers to outline the signaling situations and to adapt the facility provide to particular utility necessities. Distant entry through EtherCAT additionally makes it potential to particularly shut down sections of a plant within the occasion of machine downtime or a fault.
Beckhoff presents single-phase, 24 V DC energy provides as each 10 A and 20 A variants with an output energy of 240 and 480 W, respectively. A ten A variant with 480 W is on the market for the 48 V DC energy provide. A state-of-the-art electronics structure achieves excessive effectivity of greater than 96%. Along with inrush present limitation and energetic harmonic correction (PFC), Beckhoff energy provides supply a versatile wide-range enter voltage appropriate for worldwide use on the enter aspect.
