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Unlocking Manufacturing Excellence with IO-Link Smart Sensors for Weighing
In modern manufacturing, businesses face three core challenges: escalating costs, a growing skills gap, and the relentless pursuit of returns on investment (ROI).
The solution? Embrace automation and condition monitoring to elevate performance and equipment uptime. Central to this transformation is IO-Link, an open-standard industrial network-communication protocol.
Catalyzing the Revolution
In recent years, IO-Link has emerged as a world-leading sensor and actuator interface. By simplifying sensor integration and condition monitoring, it enables streamlined machine building for integrators and robust production monitoring for end-users. As Industry 4.0 continues to evolve, newer IO-Link solutions are emerging to address finer challenges in production operations, including weighing system automation.
A Departure from Historic Complexity
Unlike many of its predecessors, IO-Link stands as an innovative open-source automation language compatible with various automation systems. Directly adding an IO-Link interface to a single-point weighing sensor provides the necessary measurement speed and accuracy required by modern manufacturing while allowing connection to almost any automation system.
These weighing solutions offer:
• Out-of-the-box accuracy: Benefit from smart cells that are factory-tuned for optimal performance
• Straightforward integration: Use off-the-shelf components with an off-the-shelf device driver for fast connection
• Fully transparent condition monitoring: Have confidence in your measurements with status updates and Smart5™ alarms
• Continuous data: Weight and the sensor’s status are cyclically transmitted at 200x per second
Download the eBook to learn more about how IO-Link smart sensors for weighing help you step into the future of manufacturing.
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