Pneumatic automation of processes, especially in hygienic applications, has led to a number of benefits in terms of productivity, safety and cleanliness. Now these benefits have been advanced further with the launch of Bürkert’s Type 8647 AirLINE SP valve island, which has been developed to work seamlessly with Siemens operating systems and ET200SP hardware.
TThis Bürkert pneumatic control portfolio sets new benchmarks for speed of installation and ease of use. Central to the list of improvements is the collaboration with Siemens which allows complete integration within the Siemens Step 7 and TIA Portal software. This ensures the Bürkert modules are available in the project planning software and will make design, installation and testing for new systems much more convenient.
The Type 8647 AirLINE SP can use ring networking topology for a media redundancy protocol (MRP) that ensures continued operation in the event of a communication node failure. This improves system availability as well as the reliability of the customer’s process. This latest addition to the Bürkert line-up has been designed for complete integration with the Siemens I/O system SIMATIC ET 200SP as well as offering a number of new features.
