Setting up buffer and accumulation units for a stationary material flow system - and implementing it regardless of the drives used, without any complex PLC programming and scalable as desired from the simple straight conveyor line to systems with multiple infeed and outfeed points to stand-alone solutions with safety technology. This is possible with Zero Pressure Accumulation (ZPA) using AS-Interface and an intuitively operable software from Bihl+Wiedemann.

Learn more about our first modules for ASi-5 Safety, ASi-5 counter modules as well as many other product highlights and innovations in 2022.

Greater data bandwidth, faster transmission speeds, expanded diagnostic – all the possibilities offered by ASi-5 as a wiring technology on the lowest field level are what many wish for when integrating ASi Safety devices as well. In the interview Bernhard Wiedemann, Managing Director of Bihl+Wiedemann in Mannheim, Germany explains how ASi-5 Safety will supplement the established technology of ASi Safety at Work.

Simplicity – this is the promise of AS-Interface. An assurance upon which ASi professionals as well as users

of the wiring technology for whom ASi-5 and ASi-3 is new territory can rely. Because Bihl+Wiedemann offers a whole range of useful tools for simple planning, installation, addressing, commissioning and diagnostics of ASi applications: software suites whose programs make planning, configuration and commissioning of ASi networks easy, a new ASi-5/ASi-3 address programming device for the best in-place user experience as well as diagnostic tools that are also suitable for release measurements and the acceptance of systems..

They are often several kilometers long – the automated material flow lines for modern material handling systems in logistic centers or in complex production environments. And always found there: all kinds of sensors, switches, measuring devices, scanners, drives, control panels and safety systems. Large stretches, many devices, both standard and safety signals as well as simple and complex tasks – ideally all within one single application. Just the environment for which the wiring technology AS-Interface has been created, with its combinable ASi-5 and ASi-3 solutions as the perfect mix for any requirement.

Less complexity, significant cost benefits and know-how in functional safety technology – all of which are strong points for the safety solutions from Bihl+Wiedemann. With passive safety the company located in Mannheim is adding another tool to their safety lineup – with the possibility to guarantee highest safety standards using SIL3 and PLe.

Tired of expensive network components requiring their own individual Ethernet connection? No time for complex planning of the

Ethernet connection with expensive and cumbersome wiring and maintenance for ports that don’t even get used? How can you justify expensive, pre-assembled cables, connectors and switches when they’re no longer necessary – keyword: significantly reduced material costs? No need for complicated commissioning or M12 cables that were ordered too short? Would you prefer cost-effective field modules that can be wired quickly and cost-efficiently in any topology, that are always up and running and whose design ensures errorless installation? Then ASi-5 is exactly right for you.