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News | 05 2015
CP37xx | Multi-touch Panel PC with Intel® Atom™
multi-core processors
With the CP37xx series, a Panel PC with
multi-touch can be used directly in the field.
The devices in a slender aluminium housing
feature complete IP 65 protection and are
designed for mounting arm installation. The
Panel PCs offer high computing power with
Intel® Atom™ processors with up to four cores.
Due to its two independent Ethernet interfaces
the CP37xx is ideally suited as a compact
central processing unit for an EtherCAT control
system. There is a choice of seven different
multi-touch TFT displays in sizes between
12-inch and 24-inch and in 4:3, 5:4 or
widescreen 16:19 formats. The Panel PC
features an integrated rotatable and tiltable
mounting arm adapter for a 48 mm diameter
mounting arm tube. The wiring area can be
opened easily without dismounting the device
from the mounting arm. It offers fast access to
the IP 65 connectors for power supply, Ethernet
and optional USB or RS232. The CP37xx is
equipped with one or two CFast cards.
www.beckhoff.com/CP37xx
News | Industrial PC
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11.6-inch displays complement widescreen
multi-touch panels
The product range of the CP2xxx and CP3xxx
multi-touch panel series is completed by
11.6-inch devices with a resolution of 1366 x
768 in 16:9 format. The widescreen displays
are available as built-in Panel PCs as well as
Control Panels (built-in and IP 65 variants).
Like all Beckhoff multi-touch panels, they feature a high-quality aluminium housing milled
from a solid block with metal perimeter protection for the display front. With the new display
size the range of application now offers a total
of nine device options: 7-inch, 11.6-inch,
12-inch, 15-inch, 15.6-inch, 18.5-inch, 19-inch,
21.5-inch and 24-inch. The multi-touch panel
series offers maximum flexibility: different display sizes, horizontal or vertical orientation, 4:3
or widescreen, built-in or IP 65 mounting
arm installation.
www.beckhoff.com/multi-touch
CP27xx | Multi-touch built-in Panel PC
with Intel® Atom™ multi-core processors
The CP27xx built-in Panel PC series is designed for installation in the front of a control cabinet.
The CP27xx combine reliable Beckhoff Control Panel design with state-of-the-art Industrial PC technology. The right display size is available for every application. CP27xx Panel PCs are equipped with Intel®
Celeron® ULV 1.4 GHz or with Intel® Atom™ multi-core processors and have one or two CFast cards.
Due to its two independent Ethernet interfaces the CP27xx is ideally suited as a compact central processing unit for an EtherCAT control system. A third independent Ethernet interface is available
as an option. An optional PCIe module slot offers the possibility to extend the PC, e.g. with additional
Ethernet interfaces.
www.beckhoff.com/CP27xx
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C6915-0010
C6925-0030
News | Industrial PC
Fanless control cabinet IPCs
with Intel® Atom™ multi-core processors
The control cabinet Industrial PCs C6915-0010
and C6925-0030 are now also available with
Intel® Atom™ processors with one, two or four
cores for scalable control solutions. The C69250020 is also available with Intel® Celeron® ULV
1.4 GHz CPU. The C69xx Industrial PC series
is designed for installation in control cabinets.
The compact aluminium housing of the C69xx
Industrial PCs is equipped with a 3½-inch
motherboard. Cooling of the C6915 and the
C6925 requires no fan. The basic configuration
of the C6915 and C6925 features a CFast card,
thus creating PCs without moving parts. A hard
disk or a second CFast card can be integrated
in all of the PCs of this series as an option.
www.beckhoff.com/C6915
www.beckhoff.com/C6925
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C6670 | Many-core control
Industrial server for control cabinet installation
In combination with TwinCAT 3, two Intel®
Xeon® processors, each with 6, 12 or in future
also 18 cores on one motherboard with two
Gigabit Ethernet controllers and a powerful
graphics card produce a machine or plant
controller that offers computing power for
completely new ideas. Apart from the extremely
high performance, up to 2048 GB DDR4 RAM,
one PCIe Gen2 x4, one PCIe Gen3 x8 and
four PCIe Gen3 x16 plug-in card slots are also
available for several interface cards for video
evaluation. Long-term availability is ensured for
the processors and the motherboard.
www.beckhoff.com/C6670
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EtherCAT
Coupler
Colour coding
signal type
Additional functions,
e.g. relays or
DIP switches
Safety plug-in modules:
– EJ1904: 4-channel digital input,
TwinSAFE
– EJ2904: 4-channel digital output,
TwinSAFE
– EJ6900: TwinSAFE PLC
Digital and analog
plug-in modules
Motion modules
Status and
diagnostic LEDs
Machine-specific
connection level
News | I/O
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very compact EtherCAT I/O solution
made by Beckhoff: the inventor of EtherCAT
reduced installation costs
application-specific connector interface
safety integrated
use of cable harnesses avoids wiring errors
modular and flexible
based on the same technology as the Beckhoff EtherCAT Terminals, the largest EtherCAT I/O portfolio on the market
optimised for high-volume production
improved diagnostics
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“Plug & Work” – Bus Terminals for circuit boards
The EtherCAT plug-in modules are electronically-based on the
well-known EtherCAT I/O system, while their design allows them
to be directly attached to a circuit board. The circuit board is
an application-specific signal distribution board that distributes
signals and power to individual application-specific plug connectors in order to connect the controller to machine modules
as required. Elaborate manual wiring of single wires, common in
conventional control cabinet construction, is replaced.
In combination with industrially manufactured cable harnesses,
the signal distribution board – a circuit board specially designed
by the user or by Beckhoff – distributes signals and power supply
between the EtherCAT plug-in modules and the machine. The
unit costs are lowered through the automated production of
circuit boards and cable harnesses. The risk of incorrect wiring is
reduced to a minimum, since the EtherCAT plug-in modules and
the plug connectors of the cable harnesses offer coding options.
The manufacturing process can be accelerated as far as possible
and the risk of wiring errors is minimised. This saves working
time and thus costs. It allows production at different worldwide
locations with a minimum of risk, since errors are avoided
through automation and coding.
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Machine
module 1
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module 2
Signal distribution via
single-core wiring
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module 1
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module 2
Signal distribution via
signal distribution board
www.beckhoff.com/EtherCAT-plug-in-modules
Latching grid
Mechanical coding
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Stepper motor terminals with vector control
The EL70x7 EtherCAT Terminals are intended for stepper motors with
low (EL7037) or medium (EL7047) performance range. The PWM output
stages cover a wide range of voltages and currents. Together with two
inputs for limit switches, they are located in the EtherCAT Terminal. The
EL7037/EL7047 can be adjusted to the motor and the application by
changing just a few parameters. Stepper motors from the AS10xx series
can be operated with vector control. This control technique offers various
benefits, such as better dynamics and lower power consumption.
www.beckhoff.com/EL7037
www.beckhoff.com/EL7047
www.beckhoff.com/AS1010
News | I/O
Standard IP 20 components for increased
industrial requirements
In addition to the extended temperature range (-25…
+60 °C), Beckhoff now offers I/O and Embedded PC products with coated electronic components. The coating protects the components against environmental influences. I/O
and Embedded PC products can be ordered on request with
PCB coating. These products are functionally compatible
with the standard products.
The increased mechanical load capacity of many of the I/O
products opens up new application options for the I/O system, thanks to approval for an extended shock and vibration range. These components are vibration-resistant up to
5 g and shock-resistant up to 25 g. The standard Beckhoff
I/O terminals are thus not only characterised by increased
temperature and weather resistance, but also by high
mechanical strength. New uses and applications with
requirements that go beyond the standard application
can be realised.
+60 °C
-25 °C
www.beckhoff.com/IO
www.beckhoff.com/CX
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IO-Link devices extend the portfolio
Since October 2013, the IO-Link communication system has been available
worldwide as an international standard (IS) according to IEC 61131-9 and is
thus the first globally standardised technology for communication with sensors and actuators below the fieldbus level. Based on this standard Beckhoff
offers a new, extensive range of IO-Link box modules with IP 67 protection for
digital and analog sensors for the implementation of inexpensive pointto-point connections directly in the field.
With their compact and space-saving design the IO-Link box modules are
suitable for the most diverse applications. The IO-Link connections are integrated in the proven plastic housings (EPI) and in the die-cast zinc housings
(ERI) for additional protection in extremely harsh environments.
The modules are connected via an IO-Link master, e.g.:
– EL6224 EtherCAT Terminal (IP 20)
– EP6224 EtherCAT Box (IP 67)
– KL6224 Bus Terminal (IP 20)
www.beckhoff.com/IO-Link-box
Precise load cell analysis
in IP 67
With the IP 67-rated EP3356, the functionality of the proven, IP
20-rated EL3356 eXtreme Fast Control (XFC) EtherCAT Terminal
is now also available for decentralised installation in the field. It
enables the direct connection of a resistor bridge (strain gauge)
or a load cell with 4-wire connection technology. With automatic
self-calibration (which can be deactivated if desired), dynamic filters,
support for distributed clocks and a scanning rate of up to 100 μs,
the EtherCAT Box is ideal for the fast and precise acquisition of signals from load cells, torque or vibration sensors.
www.beckhoff.com/EP3356
The flexible gateway between different
worlds of control in IP 67
The EP9300-0022 EtherCAT Box connects PROFINET RT networks to
the EtherCAT Box modules (EPxxxx, EQxxxx and ERxxxx) and converts
the telegrams from PROFINET RT to EtherCAT. One station consists of
an EP9300-0022 and any number of EtherCAT Box modules. The box is
connected to PROFINET RT via a d-coded M12 socket. In EtherCAT, the
PROFINET RT box has at its disposal a lower-level, powerful and ultra-fast
I/O system with a large selection of EtherCAT Box modules. The EP93000022 supports the PROFINET RT profile and fits seamlessly into
PROFINET RT networks.
www.beckhoff.com/EP9300
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TwinSAFE SC (TwinSAFE Single Channel)
With the aid of the TwinSAFE SC technology
it is possible to make use of standard signals
for safety tasks in any network or fieldbus.
To do this, EtherCAT Terminals from the areas
of analog input, postition measurement or
communication (4…20 mA, incremental
encoder, IO-Link, etc.) are extended by the
TwinSAFE SC function. The data from these
extended EtherCAT Terminals is fed to the
TwinSAFE Logic, where they undergo safetyrelated multi-channel processing. In the Safety
Logic the data originating from different sourc-
es is analysed, checked for plausibility
and submitted to a “voting”. This is done by
certified function blocks such as Scale, Compare/Voting (1oo2, 2oo3, 3oo5), Limit, etc.
For safety reasons, however, at least one of
the data sources must be a TwinSAFE SC component. The remainder of the data can originate
from other standard Bus Terminals, drive controllers or measuring transducers. In this way, it
is possible to use all the process data existing
in the system for the safety technology. The
TwinSAFE SC technology thus opens up com-
pletely new possibilities in the Beckhoff system
world and offers a simple, efficient and inexpensive possibility to fully integrate the safety
tasks into the existing infrastructure.
With the aid of the TwinSAFE SC technology
it is typically possible to achieve a safety level
equivalent to PL d/Cat. 3 in accordance with
EN ISO 13849-1 or SIL 2 in accordance with
EN 62061.
www.beckhoff.com/TwinSAFE-SC
TwinSAFE SC I/Os
Analog input
EL3124-0090
EtherCAT Terminal, 4-channel analog input 4…20 mA, differential input, 16 bit
EP3174-0092
EtherCAT Box, 4-channel analog input ±10 V or 0/4…20 mA, differential input 16 bit
EL3214-0090
EtherCAT Terminal, 4-channel analog input PT100 (RTD) for 3-wire connection
EL3314-0090
EtherCAT Terminal, 4-channel thermocouple input with open-circuit recognition
Position measurement
EL5021-0090
EtherCAT Terminal, 1-channel SinCos encoder interface, 1 VPP
EL5101-0090
EtherCAT Terminal, incremental encoder interface
Communication
EL6224-0090
EtherCAT Terminal, IO-Link terminal
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TwinSAFE SC
TwinSAFE SC
EL6910
EL3124-0090
Analog signal
EP3174-0092
Analog signal
Safe analog value processing
with TwinSAFE SC
EL6910
EL3214-0090
PT100
EL3314-0090
Thermocouple
Safe temperature monitoring
with TwinSAFE SC
News | TwinSAFE
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Power supply module
Axis modules
Alignment
for simple
mounting
Status display
EtherCAT interface
Connection for external
brake resistor
Power supply
100…230 V AC (1~, 3~),
400…480 V AC (3~)
Power supply
for 24 V DC
control voltage
One Cable
Technology (OCT)
motor circuit
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4 digital inputs,
e.g. safety,
capture, enable
AX8000 | Multi-axis servo system
The AX8000 multi-axis servo system greatly simplifies the implementation of multi-channel drive solutions. The required number of 1-channel
or 2-channel axis modules are attached to the central supply module.
The modules are connected without screws or tools using the built-in
AX-Bridge quick connection system, which is based on spring-loaded
terminals. The 1-axis and 2-axis modules can optionally be equipped with
TwinSAFE for safe drive technology.
TwinSAFE
The EtherCAT-based AX8000 multi-axis servo system combines powerful
FPGA technology with multi-core ARM processors. An optional TwinCAT 3
runtime enables programming in C++, IEC 61131 and MATLAB®/
Simulink®. The new multi-channel current control technology realises
extremely short sampling and response times. The entirely hardwareimplemented current controller combines the advantages of analog
and digital control technology: reaction to a current deviation from the
setpoint value is possible within 1 µs; the velocity controller cycle time
is around 16 µs at a switching frequency of 32 kHz. The processing of
EtherCAT process data (actual and setpoint values) is carried out without
a processor almost without delay in the hardware, so that the minimum
EtherCAT cycle time is only 62.5 µs.
The AX8000 multi-axis servo system supports OCT, the One Cable Technology for power and feedback from Beckhoff. In connection with the servomotors from the AM8000 series, the wiring is reduced to the standard
motor cable, via which the feedback signals are also transmitted.
www.beckhoff.com/AX8000
News | Motion
AX-Bridge connects 24 V DC,
EtherCAT, DC-Link
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XTS: New motor modules for even more production flexibility
With new motor modules, the high flexibility of the eXtended Transport System (XTS) has been
increased yet again. The straight and curved motor modules (180°) are supplemented by new
variants with a radius of 22.5° or 45°. Matching guide rails are also available for the new motor
modules. The range of applications can now be further extended:
– individual track layouts
– flexible rotary indexing table
– full circle with movers running around the outside
– full circle with movers running around the inside
– polygon, circle segments connected with straight sections
– step- and S-shaped track layouts
– rounded-off rectangle with a freely selectable size
AT2025
AT2020
AT9020
www.beckhoff.com/AT2000
www.beckhoff.com/AT9000
AT9025
AT2040
News | Motion
XTS mover with 12 rollers
The AT9012 mover is optimised for applications that require a highly rigid guidance.
The rollers of the mover are not pre-loaded by a spring strut. In contrast to the
AT9011 mover with six rollers, the AT9012 mover has twelve rollers. It uses a set of
six rollers for running on straight sections and a further set of six rollers for optimised running through the curve of the AT9050-0500 rail.
www.beckhoff.com/AT9012
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TwinCAT 3, Build 4018 – New features
Build 4018 of TwinCAT 3.1 provides users with new and extended
functions for the automation software. In addition to general performance
updates, it contains many new features in the area of connectivity as well
as improved diagnostic functions. Other new items include the integration
of TwinCAT PLC HMI, numerous Motion Control functions, e.g. reading
from and writing to I/Os or the new MultiCam function block, as well as
optimised downloading and quicker verification for TwinSAFE.
www.beckhoff.com/TwinCAT3
News | Automation
TC3 Bode Plot Base
In the TwinCAT 3 Measurement package, the TC3 Bode Plot Base
is integrated license-free as a further analysis tool in Microsoft
Visual Studio®. The Bode plot is a method commonly used in
drive technology to determine the behaviour of a drive axis including its mechanics, so that it can be purposefully optimised. The
Bode plot can be carried out in speed or torque modes. With the
possibility to simulate various filters in TwinCAT Measurement,
from the first-order low-pass filter to the second-order phase
correction filter, coupled with the results of the Bode plot, the
reaction of the axis to the set filter can be estimated even before
it is activated in the drive controller. Thus machine commissioning
can be considerably simplified.
TC3 Scope View –
Extended functionality
TC3 Scope is a software oscilloscope for monitoring machine commissioning
and data analysis in the production process. Scope View, which is integrated in Microsoft Visual Studio®, can be operated in stand-alone mode or
in parallel to a TwinCAT project. The classic application is the continuous
visualisation of variables in a chart. For many applications it is also useful to
display a variable curve over a second variable which is not time – a so-called
XY plot. The XY plot is already included in the license-free basic version, and
with the Professional version this new display method is also available for
the integration of scope control into your own .NET-based HMI. Further new
features simplify orientation in the recorded measuring data, such as signal
highlighting, overview chart in the time chart and the fast data picker.
In addition, new data export formats are offered in the scope.
www.beckhoff.com/TE1300
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DK1312-0415
This flyer gives a short overview of the new products; for further
information see the Beckhoff News catalog 05'2015 or
www.beckhoff.com/news
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Many-core control: Automation technology
with endless possibilities
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Husky, Canada: High-precision control
AX8000, the new high-performance,
technology lowers consumption of raw
multi-axis servo system
materials in injection molding machines
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