ORANGE COLLECTION Fascination Automation 2023

In action: Urban Crop 06 In action: Enviro Falk (SU+PN) In action: ifm mate at the Lenne-Werkstatt 34 In action: safety light grid at the Konig brewery 56 Why we don't (or can't) think like Einstein 60 Communication technology: IO-Link 10 Also with ATEX approval: speed monitor DI6 12 Easy retrofitting: Bluetooth mesh system 14 Food infrastructure: L-coded IO-link master 16 Communication bridge: IO-Link converter 20 Flow meter: SU Puresonic 26 Radar sensor technology: LW2720 28 Flush pressure sensor: PL15 Signalling lights: DV 32 2D vision sensor: Dualis 40 Worker assistance system: ifm mate IIoT...

We believe that good automation is not just a means to an end. It must also be fun, so that something great and ... , . . . . . , _ ?. . ' valuable grows out of it. Of course, sensors, connection cables, masters and software are primarily used to operate systems efficiently. And they can do that best if they are of outstanding quality. We have been committed to this aspiration for more than 50 years. But we do not define quality solely in terms of sensing ranges, repeatability, response times or protection classes. Quality means much more for us: Our colleagues' passion for automation. The ambition...

| Heartware | Hardware | Software | Services | 05 Impulse: yes, you can believe your eyes Experience automation as you have never experienced it before Do you remember the intro of this brochure? When we said:“Automation must be fun”? When we talked about“our colleagues’ passion” for this topic? Should you have had any doubts as to whether we really meant that: What could be more passionate than dedicating an elaborately produced video format that will appear regularly from now on to a topic? With“Impulse – the ifm magazine” we will illuminate industrial automation from every conceivable perspective....

About Urban Crop: As an end-to-end solution provider for vertical indoor farming, Urban Crop Solutions offers the technical hardware and software for optimised growing of plants.

| Heartware | Hardware | Software | Services | 07 How to (partially) feed 8 billion people Urban Crop Solutions and PLNT are cutting supply chains with indoor farming On 15 November 2022 the time had come: The world population has officially passed the 8-billion mark and the trend is rising. Feeding humanity is a constantly growing challenge. Also, a challenge that innovative companies are increasingly taking on. Urban Crop Solutions with headquarters in Waregem, Belgium, is one of them. “We see ourselves as an end-to-end solution provider for vertical indoor farming”, says Maarten Vandecruys,...

“Our commitment is to produce and transport our products with the highest quality and maximum sustainability” The customers: Antwerp households and restaurants that share exactly the same values. While private customers can receive deliveries of fresh salads with alternating varieties on a subscription plan, PLNT also produces for restaurants, catering to individual needs. Plants are usually selected and grown in close consultation with the restaurant’s head chef. Altogether PLNT grows about 35 different types of plants in the ModuleX for its subscribers Only what is actually in demand is produced...

| Heartware | Hardware | Software | Services | 09 Is vertical farming the future of the agricultural sector? The product quality of plants grown in indoor farming is right – this is demonstrated by the popularity of PLNT’s offer. The company wants to expand and make the locally produced quality goods available in other urban centres as well. Hans Snijder gives his estimate of the situation:“Indoor farming in general is just getting started. We see ourselves as pioneers – a role that suits us well. And even if the technology continues to improve, I don’t think indoor farming will replace traditional...

It couldn't be any easier! Improved digitisation thanks to IO-Link “It's really quite simple!” is easy to say if you know what you’re talking about. Usually, as expertise decreases, practical results often increasingly deviate from what one had in mind. Does this also apply to the digitisation of your system? We promise: No! With IO-Link, even potential #uncharteredterritory is quickly transformed into a paradise on earth. Because IO-Link is not only simple, but also convenient. Cable clutter? Not at all! Take the wiring, for example: Thanks to a standard connector, it is protected against reverse...

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Well then, is everything up and running smoothly? DI6 speed monitor: keeping an eye on the condition of conveyors at all times Admittedly: conveyor belts, screw conveyors or bucket elevators seem unspectacular and not quite avant-garde compared to 7-axis, AI-driven robotic grippers. But leaving them out of the big picture because of their linear mode of operation and their rather plain appearance would be doing an injustice to this type of machine. After all, they transport goods from A to B, from bottom to top, from left to right without stopping. Without anyone taking much notice, they bravely...

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| Heartware | Hardware | Software | Services | 15 Unlimited freedom! Bluetooth mesh: IIoT retrofit, simply wireless Communication is so easy these days. Just take a look at the variety of social networks that make it possible (and easier) for us to get in touch with others, to exchange ideas, even on a professional level. Once you have registered on a platform, you will quickly find existing and new contacts with whom you can share information up and down then. Anytime. Anyplace. Wireless. Thanks to technological progress, the internet, mobile telephony. Digitalisation via a tedious detour? The...

Bye bye, spaghetti tangles IO-Link master and ecolink connection cable, L-coded Which, naturally, does not change established principles. And indeed it is well established that the connections of our IO-Link masters and ecolink connection cables are impervious. Of course, they can cope with the odd shake. It changes nothing. Impervious means impervious. No loopholes for a grain of dust or a single drop of water. Water vapour and soap These indisputable qualities that far surpass the qualities of a five-star club bouncer – that is what you can expect from the newest member of our impenetrable...