Industrial Automation Magazine India

I/O System, Mechatrolink-III

Published on : Tuesday 30-11--0001

With the new SLIO 053ML MECHATROLINK-III interface, YASKAWA offers a new way of integrating up to 64 modules of the reliable SLIO system into MECHATROLINK III networks. With such a large selection of modules, the interface guarantees a high level of flexibility. The potential of this new development is evident in the YASKAWA 'Singular Control' solution, for example. This enables robots, servo drives, inverter drives and I/O systems to be controlled from a single controller.

When it comes to rapid, time-critical applications, the integration of decentralised I/O systems into the real-time MECHATROLINK-III Ethernet bus has so far been limited due to the lack of suitable modules. With the new SLIO 053ML MECHATROLINK-III interface, YASKAWA now offers a powerful alternative for the efficient integration of up to 64 input and output modules of the SLIO system.

This extremely compact I/O system also boasts a fast backplane bus, single-channel diagnostic LEDs, fixed wiring and a modular design. For example, both digital and analog inputs and outputs and counter modules are available.

Thanks to the new coupler, the flexible device can now also be used for MECHATROLINK III networks in accordance with IEC 61158/IEC 61784. Compared to the classic Ethernet or Modbus TCP coupling, the SLIO components also enable significantly faster signal transmission.

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