Turck's Profinet frieldbus gateways for its I/O-system BL67, have been designed in accordance with the guidelines of the automation initiative of German automobile manufacturers and are intended to be used in the automobile bodyshell work. While the type BL67-GW-PN-AC is designed for AIDA-RJ45-copper-connecters, the type BL67-GW-PN-AF is suitable for the use with AIDA-SCRJ-optical fibers. These gateways can be combined with BL67 I/O modules and with a connectable valve cluster, thus increasing the equipment availability and reducing the necessary service and start-up efforts. They allow for a start-up of fieldbus stations under 500 ms, an automatic recognition of the topology within the network and an easy software support through the Tool Calling Interface.
Edited by: Filip Burm
