Electricity + Control January 2016

CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION

ROUND UP

Rugged LED strip lights for harsh environments

Banner Engineering has released theWLS27 LED strip light. Featuring a durable alu- minium internal structure and shatterproof, UV-stabilized, polycarbonate shell, WLS27 LED strip lights are ideal for harsh indoor and outdoor applications and resist exposure to high-pressure, high-temperature water, solvents, cutting oils and a broad range of chemicals.

ogy,” said Matt Hahn, Technical Marketing Engineer for Lighting, Banner Engineering. “The new WLS27 LED strip light provides a lighting solution for harsh environments where washdown, oils or chemicals may be present, ensuring superior performance and reliability.” To satisfy demanding environments, WLS27 LED strip lights are available in rug- ged, water resistant IP66, IP67 and IP69K construction. An internal temperature monitoring circuit protects the device in extreme conditions, ensuring the light does not overheat. Enquiries: BrandonTopham Tel. 011 453 2468 or email brandon.topham@retautomation.com or visit www.retautomation.com

Designed with the same durable, low-pro- file design and efficiency as Banner’s work light strip family,WLS27 LED strip lights are optimal for use where laminar airflow is a requirement.To satisfy diverse applications, theWLS27 is available in eight lengths from 145 mm to 1 130 mm and multiple colour illumination options, including single, dual and dimmable configurations. Colour op- tions include cool white, warm white, red, green, blue and yellow. Dual-colour models feature two colours in one light strip, which maintains the same intensity as single-color models. “With our customers continuously dis- covering new lighting applications and chal- lenges, we are constantly striving to develop dependable and advanced lighting technol-

Simple, rugged safety light screen - enhanced performance

Banner Engineering has introduced EZ-SCREEN Light Screen (LS).This rugged, easy-to-use safety light screen is optimal for machine safeguarding and built to with- stand challenging conditions found in manufacturing and packaging environments.With a lean, simple design and enhanced performance features, Banner’s EZ-SCREEN LS provides a cost-efficient light screen safety solution. The EZ-SCREEN LS features highly visible and intuitive bi-colour alignment indicators that allow for simplified setup, easy troubleshooting and streamlined installa- tion. The end-to-end sensing design of the EZ-SCREEN LS eliminates gaps in detection when mounted on top of machine work surfaces and between cascaded segments. For added ease of use, the system requires no PC soft- ware, DIP switches or other device for configuration. “The EZ-SCREEN LS incorporates the most popular functions Rockwell Automation has added new applications to its Rockwell Software Studio 5000 development environment to help engineers speed development of automation systems as they design a Con- nected Enterprise. These applications, along with the Studio 5000 Logix Designer application released in 2012, bring more function- ality together into one environment to help improve automation design productivity.The Studio 5000 environment now includes the following: • The new Studio 5000 Architect application is the central point within the Studio 5000 environment, where users can view the overall automation system; configure devices and manage the communications between the devices • The Studio 5000 Logix Designer application is the design and maintenance software for the Allen-Bradley Logix5000 family of controllers and is used to configure discrete, process, batch, motion, safety and drive control. It simplifies the design process by providing an application-centric view of code

of our previous generation light screen systems and adds new, beneficial features, all with a durable small profile and extremely simple-to-use design,” said Mike Carlson, Safety Products MarketingManager, Banner Engineering. “In creating the EZ-SCREEN LS, we focused on optimising features that deliver high-value, while eliminating those that may complicate the installation or add further main- tenance - providing our customers with a streamlined, cost-efficient safety solution.” To accommodate diverse applications, the EZ-SCREEN LS is available in three resolutions—14 mm, 23 mm and 40 mm—with a range of up to 12 metres. Sensor lengths range from 280 mm to 1 820 mm in 70 mm increments. Enquiries: RET Automation Controls BrandonTopham.Tel. 011 453 2468 or email brandon.topham@retautomation.com

Improving automation design productivity

• The new Studio 5000 View Designer application is the design and maintenance software for Allen-Bradley PanelView 5500 graphic terminals. The Studio 5000 View Designer application provides an intuitive, modern design environment that helps users build

contemporary sys- tems more easily. It enhances integration between the control system and operator interface • The new Studio 5000

ApplicationCodeMan- agerspeedsupsystem development by helping users build libraries of re-usable code that can be managed and deployed across their entire enterprise Enquiries: Christo Buys.Tel. 011 654 9700 or email cbuys@ra.rockwell.com

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