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#03 THE AVENTICS Mag. CUstOMER MAGAZINE Albert Ziegler GmbH Airport crash tenders in action Interview Jozef Tkáčik, AVENTICS sales partner AVENTICS France Location with special expertise IMPRINT Publisher: AVENTICS GmbH Photos: If not labeled: AVENTICS archive Suggestions, praise, and criticism: Ulmer Straße 4, 30880 Laatzen, Germany Layout: Windrich & Sörgel, [email protected] Responsible according Dr. Peter Saffe Agentur für Markenkommunikation to the press law: Tel +49 511 2136-137 Print: Druckhaus Pinkvoss Editor in chief: Sabine André Tel +49 511 2136-168 [email protected] Deputy & editorial Sarah Ognibeni staff: Tel +49 511 2136-215 [email protected] Editorial staff: Torsten Kirchmann 2 A Mag | | A Mag “We make your job easier.” Paul Cleaver CEO AVENTICS Dear Readers, We know that you are all pressed for time. Countless e-mails, In this issue of A Mag, read about the many different ways our meetings with colleagues, customer deadlines. You need to customers use pneumatics: in giant airport fire-fighting vehicles, deliver results, products, and solutions. Day in and day out. At in a unique rapid-fire production method for laminated safety AVENTICS we want you to enjoy having us at your side as glass, or for winders in continuous film production. 3 a reliable partner. And we want to save you time. We want to make things easier for you whenever we can. Picture this: You’re Based on these examples, we can see pneumatic components face to face with production equipment, an AVENTICS used more and more in combination with electronics. This component or system and you need information? All you need to distributed intelligence already makes pneumatics a good fit for do is pull out your smartphone, scan the QR code, and the new concepts of the Internet of Things. Here, too, we make everything is there on the display: the product designation, your work easier: with preprogrammed functions you can documentation, operating instructions, and even easy ordering improve your diagnostics, implement condition monitoring, and in just three steps. enhance the availability of your machine or system. Planning and configuring customized solutions is simple with Have fun reading this issue of A Mag and please don’t hesitate our online configurators. We are always happy to compile your to get in touch. Pick up the phone or write us an e-mail! solutions as a pneumatics material kit. We combine all the components under a single order number, which makes life Sincerely, easier, both for your purchasing and logistics. Paul Cleaver CEO AVENTICS We are not sharing this information as an announcement, but as practical examples that our customers already use. You gain time and resources to concentrate on innovation. A Mag | Editorial | A Mag CONTENTS 02 06 08 IMPRINT 03 EDITORIAL New family members for the AV series Interview Jozef Tkáčik Discover the latest function modules Sales and service in Slovakia 18 21 4 Optimal environment New PE2 pressure sensor Custom-built machining centers Durable and versatile 28 30 Kaleidoscope In China for China AVENTICS news Interview with Gilbert Wu A Mag | Contents | A Mag 10 14 16 Nimble giant puts out fi res FVG Marl The Internet of Things Airport crash tenders in action New production process Networking-enabled pneumatics 22 24 26 5 AVENTICS France Firm ties Fleetfooted dancers Innovative by tradition Schlumberger Group Winders with pneumatics A Mag | Contents | A Mag Pressure sensor module 6 Shut-off module AV SERIES WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS New function modules for tailor-made solutions A Mag | Product news Coupling module Pressure regulator module Throttle module Coupling module The new AV valve system generation now indicator. A lockable safety loop prevents connected to separate input modules to welcomes talented newcomers. Five new unintentional deactivation. forward data to the control. AVENTICS function modules are poised to enter series has created a single module that production and join their predecessors: the Throttle module: This component combines these tasks. The new pressure AV03, AV05, and the AES valve electronics. integrates two check-choke valves along sensor module from AVENTICS provides The extremely lightweight, compact AV a single valve width. This enables a four very compact pressure sensors family now off ers even more possibilities to simple, cost-eff ective cylinder speed within the modular AES fi eldbus system benefi t from the full advantages of adjustment by throttling the cylinder which forward data directly to the control. pneumatics while enjoying fi rstclass exhaust. Pressurization releases the full Electric wiring and the use of a separate 7 energy effi ciency. air fl ow for optimal cylinder motion. Valve input module are no longer necessary – system integration results in further one component replaces fi ve separate Pressure regulator module: Featuring advantages. Adjustments are also parts. the exact same width as an AV valve, it possible on hard-to-reach cylinders and makes for a seamless fi t with the system fewer add-on parts are located directly With the new function modules, the AV geometry. Users can simply insert the on the cylinder, which means less time series has expanded into one big family function module onto the corresponding spent on assembly. with a wide range of talents. They fi t on base plate in place of a push-in fi tting, both AV03 and AV05 valves. This connect a pressure gauge, and set the Coupling module: This module links the simplifi es ordering and logistics. The desired pressure using the adjustment connections 2 and 4 on two valves, function modules are alternatively screw. Connections 2 and 4 can be set to enabling the supply of higher fl ows for available as stand-alone variants, so that independent absolute pressure values. individual tasks within a system. Valve their benefi ts can also be enjoyed on Pressure regulators know to ease up unit dimensions are often based on the other AVENTICS valve systems. when handling sensitive components and largest fl ow within an application. Certain they increase energy effi ciency. The new high fl ow functions may result in a valve component only passes along the energy unit that is too large. Instead of employing that is actually needed. This also allows single valves with a higher fl ow, the diff erent pressures to be assigned to the coupling module creates a simple two motion phases. solution for the performance demands of individual functions. Shutoff module: It is used for switching off outputs manually so the valve system Pressure sensor module: For process can remain under pressure during control and diagnostic purposes, as well service or maintenance operations. All as compliance with safety requirements, that is required is a screwdriver. Once the more and more pneumatic applications shut-off module is activated, a red bolt rely on pressure sensors. The signal extends upwards as a clear status wires for these sensors are normally Product news | A Mag “Delivery performance is a crucial factor and AVENTICS is very good in that respect.” Interview with Jozef Tkáčik, Managing Director of TBH Technik s.r.o. in Slovakia Why don’t you start by telling us some- Do all of your customers come to you from the automotive sector? thing about TBH? Jozef Tkáčik: No, not exclusively. We also supply custom cylinders for crustbreaking in the Jozef Tkáčik: Well, we founded the aluminum industry and our components are part of machines and assembly lines that company 24 years ago in Žilina in Slovakia. produce electrical equipment. Inverted tooth chains from AVENTICS are a very popular We started out as an engineering office and component as well. We have a wide customer base. Engineering had a big growth spurt in even designed our own manipulators and Slovakia in 2014 and this trend has continued in 2015. automation technology. It didn’t take long for us to concentrate fully on services and What do your customers value? today we are an AVENTICS service and Jozef Tkáčik: Our customers value quality, price, delivery times, and technical consulting. sales partner – and we have been for over AVENTICS is rightly known for its high quality. Customers are always asking how quickly we 8 20 years now. TBH Technik employs can deliver. And we tell them: we can deliver in one to two weeks. Before, a batch shipment 37 specialists at three locations. We have was put together every Friday and trucked from Stuttgart to Slovakia. We changed that engineering offices in Košice and Zvolen system and now AVENTICS ships products from Hanover to our location on a daily basis. and our location in Žilina houses a work That saves us almost an entire week. Delivery performance is a crucial factor and AVENTICS shop where we assemble pneumatics is very good in that respect. systems and do repairs. Why is delivery performance so important? What is the market like for engineering Jozef Tkáčik: Machine manufacturers and system integrators are always faced with tight in Slovakia? deadlines. But they don’t want to keep extensive supplies in stock because it costs money. Jozef Tkáčik: Before the transition to Ensuring fast availability of spare parts, for example, is incredibly important. TBH Technik democracy in 1989, heavy industry made up is a certified AVENTICS partner for cylinder construction. When an accident occurs, we can the bulk of the Slovakian economy; now we assemble and deliver a spare cylinder in a matter of two to three hours. are an automotive nation. Slovakia is home to 5.5 million people. Volkswagen, Peugeot What is the situation for valves and other components? Citroën, and KIA manufacture about one Jozef Tkáčik: Hanover responds very quickly, but we want to become even better. We are million cars here each year.