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www.hpmag.co.uk HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS October 2021 43 Parker Hannifin has launched the SCPSi pressure sensor with IO-Link functionality to meet customer demand in more and more smart industrial environments. The sensor, which has an optimised, compact design, enables particularly simple and fast commissioning and parameterization thanks to the IO-Link interface. This means that data is available more quickly and in a standardised form for use, for example, in an ERP system. According to Parker Hannifin, this ultimately leads to cost savings and increased efficiency. Safe against external influences With the help of the IO-Link technology, data is transmitted interference-free. The data transmission is based on a 24V signal, which is completely digital. The signal transmission is very safe against external influences. Inaccuracies in measurements are thus a thing of the past. With the IO-Link technology, a wide variety of values can be measured. This gives the user more flexibility and the possibility of simple integration into existing systems. Condition monitoring applications can therefore be easily designed. Remote diagnostics are also possible via the IO-Link sensor. www.parker.com P ressure sensor with IO-Link functionality for usage within smart IoT applications Siemens is expanding its Industrial Edge offering for machine tools with two new edge devices. In addition to the already available IPC227E, there is now the IPC127E, an entry-level device, and the IPC427E, a powerful edge device for machine tools. The IPC127E serves as an entry-level solution to provide connectivity and performance for simple use cases. With the IPC427E, Siemens is launching a device with sufficient computing power to meet the demands of AI-based edge applications and sophisticated data analytics. The new Simatic ET200 adapter also offers the possibility of connecting additional external sensors and acquiring their data at a sampling rate of up to 10kHz. For this purpose, the already known edge application Analyze MyWorkpiece /Capture has received an update. High temporal resolution In addition to data on the workpiece, tool and tool path, this app can now also record data from external sensors in high temporal resolution. As a novelty, the app can also stream process data via MQTT to an external MQTT endpoint. Also, users can visualise the workpiece of a 5-axis machining operation with the newly developed online coordinate retransformation from the machine coordinate system to the workpiece coordinate system. This is notable because the visualisation of the machining axes in visualisation applications such as Analyze MyWorkpiece /Toolpath gives no indication of the machined workpiece. All other recorded data can subsequently be visualised and analysed with Analyze MyWorkpiece /Toolpath. The insights gained enable optimisation of the CAD/CAM model and the generated NC program. In addition, Analyze MyWorkpiece /Toolpath now allows the creation of a realistic surface reconstruction using process data recorded with Industrial Edge for Machine Tools. This allows the workpiece quality to be evaluated before a workpiece has even been manufactured, because the surface reconstruction also works with process data from an air cut. With the release of the new version of Analyze MyWorkpiece /Monitor, users have another update of an edge app in the field of quality monitoring. Analyze MyWorkpiece /Monitor is used for automatic quality assurance of the machining process of a workpiece. From now on, all the necessary measures are stored in a single app. This includes the recording of reference data, the training of monitoring models and the realization of process monitoring. With Analyze MyWorkpiece /Monitor, users can reduce quality assurance costs. All machine tool software apps can now be purchased online from the new Machine Tool Software Store. With the expanded Siemens Industrial Edge hardware and software portfolio for the machine tool, both machine builders and users can flexibly take advantage of data processing via edge or cloud computing as needed. www.siemens.com/MTS-Store Siemens expands its Industrial Edge offering for machine tools