The brand new Flexi Cell Security Controller from Sick Sensor Intelligence has been designed to make sure security in dynamic cellular robots. The answer is ideally suited to each indoor and outside off-highway autonomous autos (AMRs, AGVs, IMRs) and equipment, together with indoor service robots, driverless vehicles, service robots and transport autos. Key purposes 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 Cell delivers wonderful setting 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 Cell’s cabinet-free clever set up idea and autonomous automobile capabilities permits space-saving integration into driverless vehicles for as much as two axes. It’s attainable to soundly join sensors in sequence with out further wiring by way of rectangular multi-pin connectors on wire harnesses, supporting cost-efficient sequence manufacturing of cellular machines, and making including and eradicating particular person security gadgets easy.
Flexi Cell is programmable utilizing a complete of 512 perform blocks, together with TUV-certified devoted differential drive perform blocks to speed up the event of standard-compliant AGVs and AMRs. Protected movement options are attainable as much as PLe/SIL 3, together with nearly all secure movement perform blocks from the Sick Flexisoft controller, assembly required security efficiency ranges for dynamic cellular platforms. Protected kinematics improve productiveness even in confined environments and Flexi Cell facilitates omnidirectional drive ideas.
Complete, process-oriented intuitive configuration of Flexi Cell gadgets will be achieved utilizing Sick’s free-to-use, drag-and-drop security designer software program. Security Designer makes it simple to configure, doc and consider full security purposes throughout a variety of Sick security elements with only one device. Offering important security knowledge, studies and steady diagnostics, Sick Security Designer reduces unplanned downtime and gives authorized certainty within the type of dependable, detailed, standard-compliant security documentation. It’s even attainable to just about create purposes earlier than buying {hardware} without charge.
The Flexi Cell Security Controller will be mounted on cellular autos in robust environments with no management cupboard. Its strong shock and vibration-resistant aluminium housing gives safety towards environmental influences (IP66, IP67 & IP69K) guaranteeing wonderful capabilities towards dust and ingress. The gadget has excessive passive cooling capability and has been rigorously examined to withstand excessive stress, in addition to floor temperatures starting from -40C – +80 C. Flexi Cell additionally has a powerful 4 m/s cycle time, is rated as much as PLe/SIL3, options Modbus TCP fieldbus for diagnostics and might accommodate as much as three Flexi Loop chains.
Its modular design means Flexi Cell will be tailor-made to fulfill the wants of various autonomous cellular purposes, with quite a lot of I/O enlargement modules in addition to Ethernet, Modbus TCP, SLMP, CAN and CANopen interfaces obtainable.
“We’re excited to launch the Sick Flexi Cell vary, bringing collectively all the advantages of Sick’s Flexi Tender know-how and our a long time of expertise in autonomous cellular purposes. Strong, rugged and simply configured utilizing devoted perform blocks and the distinctive free Sick Security Designer device, Flexi Cell is able to withstanding the rigorous calls for of AMR and AGV purposes while assembly all of the related security requirements with out the necessity for a management cupboard, offering simple and quick design and validation of cellular platforms,” says Dr Martin Kidman, Sick security product supervisor.
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