Bihl+Wiedemann uses an agile process to further develop the ASi-5/ASi-3 Address Programming Device. New functions and features that are often initiated by feedback from users can in this process be implemented and tested in sprints and then made available to all users of already deployed devices using the field update function.

ASi-5 and ASi-3 are today the standard in intralogistics – especially when it comes to drive solutions for integrating roller drives, DC motors and decentral frequency inverters. Intralogistics specialist Klinkhammer from Nuremberg has teamed up with Bihl+Wiedemann to show how their safety technology not only controls and monitors conveyor lines up to SIL3/PLe, but also efficiently realizes complete safety applications for storage and retrieval machines (S/RMs) in automated high-bay warehouses.

Used as a programmable compact safety controller with wear-free electronic outputs, the Safety Basic Monitor from Bihl+Wiedemann replaces wearprone mechanical safety relays in simple, small applications. Yet at the same time, it offers the potential for much more: As an ASi Safety device it can not only process a significant number of safe signals and handle special applications, but also safely control and monitor a large number of distributed participants – either mounted in fixed installations or on mobile devices on the move – in a network via Safe Link Ethernet technology.

ASi-3 for collecting individual binary signals, ASi-5 for complex operations where high transmission speeds and data bandwidths as well as efficient device addressing are important – both technology generations form a “dream team” which is just made for material flow plants. With a new 24 V brake chopper, a new housing family which is perfect for installation in cable ducts, and the expansion of the product range to include additional drive manufactures, Bihl+Wiedemann now offers even more efficient automation solutions with AS-Interface.

Not only customers of SPAX, the world’s leading manufacturer of screws and connection technology, rely on durability, safety, quality and user friendliness. The company itself also sees these as factors which are just as elemental as future security – especially when it comes to the machines used to produce their products. Not least for these reasons the internal mechanical engineering department at SPAX, which maintains and renews the production machines - especially presses and rollers - decided for ASi and ASi-5 solutions and Bihl+Wiedemann as partner.

As simple as it is to connect devices in AS-Interface networks using the profile cable and piercing technology, so challenging could be the configuration for complex automation solutions such as zero pressure accumulation or muting. With Bihl+Wiedemann you don't notice any of this, since the user interfaces of the software products – and thereby the overall user experience – is being constantly improved. The same applies to the company’s devices such as the ASi-5 Module BWU4386 with eight IO-Link Master Ports.

Learn more about our first ASi-5/ASi-3 Fieldbus Gateways with integrated ASi-5/ASi-3 Safety Monitor, our new product family I/O Modules as well as many other product highlights and innovations in 2022.

Versatility in a product range means flexibility in the application. And if even then the technology generations – we’re talking about ASi Safety at Work and ASi-5 Safety – complement each other perfectly, then we have the best requirements for offering customers highly tailored safety solutions for the greatest number of applications and plant sizes – also from a cost and effort perspective.

Certified and ready to use, ASi-5 Safety is more than ever the simplest and most cost-effective way to collect safe and non-safe signals in the field and make them available for automation solutions. The entry level is low in terms of integration and costs, operating and work processes have become even simpler despite of a more complex technology. And with respect to the bus capacity, ASi-5 Safety as the optimal complement to ASi Safety at Work, opens up completely new horizons for the future.