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Solutions with Added Value Turck Customers Benefit from a Broad Product Portfolio, Application Know-How and Individual Consultation Issue 02 2007 more @ The Magazine for Customers of the Turck Group Solutions with Added Value Turck customers benefit from a broad product portfolio, application know-how and individual consultation Integration Expanded I/O system BL20 optimizes factory and pro- cess automation Page 32 Identifi cation RFID system BL ident ensures transparency and traceability Page 27 Combination BL67 routes I/O and HF signals in ultrasound welding systems Page 18 02 EDITORIAL_CHRISTIAN WOLF more @ Are you familiar with Turck? Do you primarily view Turck as a sensor provider? I am pleased that in this issue of our customer magazine more@TURCK, we are able to more accurately present the company and its positioning. In the cover story, we will show you why Turck has long been much more than a component supplier and how you as a customer benefit from it. When it comes to “me too” products with which suppli- ers are only distinguished from one another due to price, neither manufacturer nor customer is happy. Continuously driving the costs down, results in a loss of quality. You do not want that, we do not want that. Turck therefore uses its excellent location advantage and develops and produces in Germany where the majority of our customers also develop and produce. That is how – working in close collaboration with you, our customer – solutions with added value are developed, which originate from the impressive offerings of more than 13,000 products in the areas of sensor, fieldbus, interface and connection technology for factory and process automation, as well as from customized products designed specifically for your application. The problem of understanding the customer means transforming yourself from sales person to consultant and solv- ing the entire application issue. The fact that Turck is on the right path with its transformation from component supplier to solution supplier is also evident in our growth figures. For the sixth time in a row, the family-owned and operated company recorded double-digit growth. We are expecting a revenue of about 330 million euro at the end of this year. Read more in the coming pages. You can look forward to an interesting mix of current product presentations, exciting trend and application reports and much more from Turck with more@TURCK. I hope you enjoy your reading and that the information provided adds value to your daily work. Warmest regards, Christian Wolf, Vice President Marketing CONTENT_2_2007 03 NEWS Turck Expects Double-Digit Growth 04 Block I/Os for Profinet Realtime Communication 04 M12 Quick Plug-In 05 Factor 1 Sensor with Rotating Housing 05 New Interface Modules 06 uprox+-Sensor with Terminal Chamber Connection 06 CONTENT First 2 Wire DC Sensors without Reduction Factor 07 New Magnetic Field Sensors for Pneumatic Cylinder 07 FRIMO uses Turck’s I/O system BL67 also for trans- COVER STORY mitting high frequency signals Page 18 SOLUTION COMPETENCY: Solutions with Added Value 08 For the first time, the interplay between a broad product portfolio with practice- oriented application knowledge leads to customer solutions with added value INSIDE FOCUS ON PACKAGING: “Partnership with our customers” 12 IEE Editor-in-Chief Frank Nolte spoke with Dr. Bernhard Grimm about Turck's commitment to the food and packaging industry ESCHA: Loving Connectors 38 Whether a standard design or a special production – Escha supplies more than just the Turck Group with innovative connectors and housings TREND FDT/DTM: Transparent Production 14 Standardized FDT/DTM technology guarantees simple integration – from configuration through diagnosis to documentation Our customer Basell places its trust in the all-around galvanic separation of Turck multibarriers Page 24 APPLICATIONS FIELDBUS / SENSOR TECHNOLOGY: Routing Station 18 The Turck I/O System BL67 processes signals on the FRIMO ultrasonic welding systems – including high-frequency FIELDBUS / SENSOR TECHNOLOGY: Targeted Packaging 22 Turck BL67 and Banner Pick-to-Light systems ensure error-free boiler production at the Netherlands Bosch subsidiary Nefit FIELDBUS TECHNOLOGY: Flexibility thanks to the Fieldbus 24 Turck power conditioners and multibarriers ensure plant operation at the Frankfurt-Hoechst Basell plant RFID: The Direct Perspective 27 RFID system ensure transparency and traceability in the manufacture of consumable materials CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY: Plug & Play Cabling 30 Turck I/O modules and quick disconnect cables support modular Within the Turck Group, Escha is a specialist for machine concept from Automatic Feed innovative connection technology Page 38 TECHNOLOGY I/O SYSTEM BL20: The Integrator 32 Turck extends its IP20 I/O system BL20 with new modules for use in factory and process automation BASICS: Functional Principles of Flow Rate Sensors 36 Part 2 of our basic series: Design, functional principles and mounting options of the most important sensor technologies SERVICE CONTACT: The Fast Lane to Turck 42 Whether on the Internet, at trade fairs or directly on site, we will show you how, when and where Turck is there for you CONTACT: Imprint 42 more @ 2_2007 04 NEWS_INNOVATIONS RFID System Enhanced Double-Digit Turck will introduce additional enhancements to its high tempera- Growth ture RFID system, BL ident. In addition to a new handheld reader, similar to a PDA, the company is now offering a write-read head which provides an enormous range of up to 500 mm for industrial applications. The PDA Reader is an inexpensive solution and suitable for use in maintenance and service applications. As the only handheld device of its kind on the market, the Turck Reader can process Philips-I-Code- SL2(SLI)- and RAM data carriers. The new 500 mm write-read head com- bines an antenna and electronics into one device which makes it particularly insen- sitive to electromagnetic interference. The compact, flat design (350 x 350 x 25 mm) and IP67 degree of protection allows it to be used in numerous indus- Once again Turck is forecast- trial application fields. This means ing double-digit sales growth for that the write-read head is ideal for the 2007 fiscal year. As Manage- any situation where large tolerances ment Board member Christian Wolf emerge in the overrun position or announced during a press confer- particularly high write-read dis- ence in Düsseldorf, the company tances are required. is expecting a 12 percent increase in Group revenue totaling 330 mil- Webcode more20711e lion euros by the end of the year. The number of employees at all 25 Turck Group locations rose 5 per- cent in 2007 to 2,600 worldwide. In Germany, the family-owned and operated company with offices in Mülheim, Halver, and Beierfeld combined has 1,350 employees Block I/Os for Profinet – among them 65 trainees – almost 5 percent more trainees than last With the FXEN, Turck has introduced Block I/Os for Profinet in year. According to Wolf, the reasons IP67 degree of protection. Thanks to the integrated Autocross- for success include Germany as a ing Ethernet switches, the modules allow for the set up of a line development and production loca- topology and thus offer greater flexibility with planning and installation. tion as well as Switzerland, having The FXEN supports Profinet-Real-Time (RT) numerous independent subsidiaries communication for the cyclical exchange of in the world’s top-selling markets I/O data. The XSG16 version has 16 digital and a product and solution portfolio channels that can be configured as an input, that is developed in close collabora- output or inverted input, depending on the tion with customers and users. application requirements. The new Block I/Os support configuration and parameter- Webcode more20710e izing with the help of the open FDT/DTM standard. A 4-pin, D-coded M12 rounded plug-in connector is used to connect the vibration and shock-tested modules to the Ethernet, eight 5-pin M12 connectors are Info available for the I/Os. The modules function You can find more information in the temperature range of 0 to 55 °C. on the reports or product presen- tations in more@TURCK under Webcode more20712e www.turck.com. Simply enter the Webcode that you find at the end of each article in the search field. The following article page takes you directly to the product database or you can download or send the article as a PDF. 05 Director of Fieldbus/System Technology Norbert Gemmeke has been appointed Director of the Fieldbus/ System Technology and Factory Automation Business Division at Turck. In his new position, the 45-year old is responsible for all development and product management activities in his division. Gemmeke will con- M12 Quick Connection tinue his previous duties as President Turck will be showing a practical concept for M12 quick connection tech- of MT ElectroniX nology at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES trade show in Nuremberg. The M12 quick plug-in GmbH, a joint ven- connector is compatible with all M12 threads, even badly diecast threads are not a ture between Turck problem. The connector is assembled 85 percent faster than a comparable M12x1 and Micro Innovation. plug-in connector and is the fastest connection coupling on the market. The quick “For Turck, the Field- plug-in connector developed by Escha Anschlusstechnik – a Turck Group compa- bus/System Technol- ny – meets IP67 degree of protection. The “Key Way Display” gives the user clear ogy Business Divi- acknowledgement concerning interlocking. Together with the high holding forces sion ensures the con- Norbert Gemmeke of the plug-in connector and integrated overmolding, high plug-in reliability for the nection between the connection is guaranteed. While the coupling is already available as a 4 or 5-pin components and the control level,” model or in a straight or angled type, the plug-in connector versions will follow at explains Gemmeke in describing his the beginning of 2008.
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