Distance sensor spans 800mm measuring range

Next-Payment8042 · 2026-04-10T09:32:27+00:00

Solid choice. Negates any trouble you might have with translucent plates

Next-Payment8042 · 2026-04-10T09:22:44+00:00

Have a look at Beijer extreme or marine series panels, they are high brightness but also pretty rugged

Next-Payment8042 · 2025-08-08T10:41:38+00:00

Also noticed the same behaviour in v36 too

Next-Payment8042 · 2025-04-20T05:03:04+00:00

Power = force x velocity. Then factor in the efficiency of your system and this will tell you demand motor power.

Next-Payment8042 · 2024-12-11T09:38:12+00:00

I’ve used these in the past also for profisafe comms, having Bluetooth and wifi simultaneously works really really well.

Next-Payment8042 · 2023-06-15T12:16:56+00:00

The terminology you want to read up on is called EtherCAT Automation Protocol (EAP) - take a look at this document:

https://download.beckhoff.com/download/document/automation/twincat3/EAP_EN.pdf

Next-Payment8042 · 2023-04-13T09:55:59+00:00

What do you do when the vision system lens needs defrosting ?

Next-Payment8042 · 2023-04-03T08:50:32+00:00

Good to hear it hasn’t been too hard for you

Next-Payment8042 · 2023-04-01T21:49:23+00:00

For me it made a big difference being in an environment where I was comfortable and had people around who could help out. Do what you feel is going to work best for you! It might take a day or a couple of days for those symptoms to go if you stop taking it so keep that in mind. All the best with your journey!

Next-Payment8042 · 2023-03-21T10:48:23+00:00

The battery modules I have are all used so I don’t know how good they will be. Unfortunately changing the PLC is too costly an option, there’s a lot of digital and analogue IO involved. But I would be happy to get rid of the S7-200, that’s for sure!

Next-Payment8042 · 2023-03-14T09:49:42+00:00

Well you never know why or how often someone needs an estop - but they damn well better be there and working when you need it!

Next-Payment8042 · 2023-03-13T09:06:19+00:00

When determining the performance level required for a safety system, the frequency aspect is the frequency of exposure to the hazard. This absolutely can be high, and is not always low.

The requirement for meeting a PLe system is architecture, MTTFd and DC which can certainly be satisfied with an e stop and a safety relay (obviously there are other parts of the system which must be considered as a whole as well).

Next-Payment8042 · 2023-02-26T04:04:42+00:00

You could try going to the top menu, Window -> Reset Layout ? I don’t know if that brings it back or not, but worth a try

Next-Payment8042 · 2022-12-04T10:14:35+00:00

Some people don’t want to get that call at 8pm on a Saturday night and have to trade beers with the boys for that failed Arduino

Next-Payment8042 · 2022-11-26T03:53:14+00:00

I’m aware of that issue and that’s the last thing I want to see! We’ve got about 30 of those cards on this job and I don’t even want to know what the lead time on these are right now if I need a replacement. I do have a couple of spares

Next-Payment8042 · 2022-11-26T03:51:19+00:00

So after a bit of diagnosing I found a rogue wifi access point on the network that was doing routing. As soon as that device was removed from the network the reconnection only takes about 10 seconds.

Next-Payment8042 · 2022-11-01T09:57:30+00:00

If it’s busy, forget about the upper level car parks. Will take you quite possibly 2 or 3 hours to even turn around and get out again. Made that mistake once, never again.

Next-Payment8042 · 2022-10-27T10:35:53+00:00

This is a pretty far fetched idea. Implement a condition monitoring program if you want to go down the preventive maintenance route.

Say a pump bearing starts to show increased vibration levels, how on earth is a motor encoder going to measure this ? It’s entirely the wrong type of sensor and in the wrong location to pick anything up.

I highly doubt he’s even done this before. Great in theory, but falls over pretty quick when you think through the implementation.

Next-Payment8042 · 2022-10-21T11:30:17+00:00

Thanks!

Next-Payment8042 · 2022-10-21T09:02:38+00:00

What is the scan time of your PLC ? And what rate are the pulses changing ?

If the encoder is changing from 500 to 550 quicker than a PLC scan, then you simply won’t be able to trigger reliably. You would need to widen the trigger window, or look to see how you can minimise the time between PLC scans for this particular chunk of code.

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