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 functions 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 glorious setting notion and protected 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 car capabilities permits space-saving integration into driverless vehicles for as much as two axes. It’s attainable to securely join sensors in sequence with out extra wiring through 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 operate blocks, together with TUV-certified devoted differential drive operate 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 virtually all protected movement operate 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 functions throughout a variety of Sick security parts with only one software. Offering important security knowledge, stories 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 nearly create functions earlier than buying {hardware} for gratis.
The Flexi Cell Security Controller will be mounted on cellular autos in robust environments with no management cupboard. Its sturdy shock and vibration-resistant aluminium housing gives safety towards environmental influences (IP66, IP67 & IP69K) guaranteeing glorious capabilities towards grime and ingress. The system has excessive passive cooling capability and has been rigorously examined to withstand excessive strain, 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 may 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 functions, with quite a lot of I/O growth modules in addition to Ethernet, Modbus TCP, SLMP, CAN and CANopen interfaces out there.
“We’re excited to launch the Sick Flexi Cell vary, bringing collectively all the advantages of Sick’s Flexi Delicate expertise and our a long time of expertise in autonomous cellular functions. Sturdy, rugged and simply configured utilizing devoted operate blocks and the distinctive free Sick Security Designer software, Flexi Cell is able to withstanding the rigorous calls for of AMR and AGV functions 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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