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Automation is colorful. This is literally true looking at the colorful display of manufacturers in the field of automation. Furthermore, the variety of tasks is more diverse than in any other field of engineering. Transportation, building automation, process automation, factory automation: Which single technology can cover this diversity of different tasks? It’s easy – with AS-Interface.

The potential of AS-Interface can be best demonstrated by looking at some applications. Read about the applications - real success stories written by AS-interface

By the way: We invite all users, manufacturers und institutions to tell us about their successful AS-Interface applications: in real life or tested in laboratories. In transportation, building automation, process automation and factory automation. In green, in yellow or in red. This is the way to show all the universal and colorful possibilities when using AS-Interface. By writing to info@as-interface.net you can share your experiences with us and the AS-Interface community.

 


RIELEC: Automated package sorting with ASi-5

Sorting 1800 cartons per hour to the correct vehicle for further transport by parcel services requires either a considerable number of people, or a flexible and cost-effective intralogistics solution like the RIELEC Fit Sorter package sorter, which relies on ASi-5 and ASi Safety from Bihl+Wiedemann.

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Innovative constructions using carbon concrete and AS-Interface

Carbon concrete, also known as carbon fiber-reinforced concrete (CFRC), is regarded as the construction material of the future. It is recyclable and significantly more sustainable, ecological, durable, and efficient than steel-reinforced concrete. Carbon concrete saves resources such as sand and cement and has a substantially better carbon footprint. Buildings made of carbon concrete have much thinner walls while retaining the same strength. These innovative walls contain integrated heating and electricity installations. The electricity installation – 230 V supply and building communications – is integrated into the carbon concrete during the production of the prefabricated modules. AS-Interface is used for the communication and building automation systems. The various sensors and actuators in the building communicate via the yellow cable, which also supplies their power. AS-Interface technology impresses with its ingenious connection system, which allows easy connecting, replacing, moving, or adding devices. The prefabricated modules are manufactured in the globally unique test factory Carbonbetontechnikum (Carbon Concrete Technology Center, HTWK Leipzig – Leipzig University of Applied Sciences). AS-Interface was also implemented in the production facilities of the Carbonbetontechnikum for both plant and safety technology. Evidently, AS-Interface stands out in every aspect of industrial communications and building automation. Innovative carbon concrete provides architects with new opportunities to implement their ideas and building automation engineers with more freedom using AS-Interface technology.

 

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ASi-5: Future-oriented automation in process technology


Like most, the process industry is under intense cost pressure. For years, AS-Interface has been succeeding in reducing installation costs. The introduction of ASi-5 technology provided additional features to increase plant performance significantly.

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AS-INTERFACE – brewing beer at the Swedish family-owned brewery Spendrups Bryggeri AB

“Skål” is the toast used in Sweden when drinking Norrlands Guld or Mariestads Export beers. Spendrups Bryggeri AB, Sweden's largest and best-known independent brewery, offers both varieties. The brewery uses state-of-the-art process and automation technologies, such as AS-Interface, for brewing, fermentation, storage, and bottling. Due to its simplicity, speed, and reliability, AS-Interface became the brewery's leading standard for network systems. A high degree of brewing and process chain automation guarantees consistently excellent quality Swedish beer consumers rely on - “Skål.”

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Modern, efficient, transparent: Bottling plant 4.0


Refresco Group is the leading soft drinks bottler in Europe. As co-packer, the company fills non-alcoholic beverages from numerous well-known brand manufacturers in bottles and carton packs. In France alone, the company operates four bottling plants, including one at the Le Quesnoy site. In order to meet the growing demand for both types of containers even more efficiently, Refresco decided to build a new factory here in the north of France with a capacity to fill up to 30,000 PET bottles and 8,000 cartons per hour.

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High-Speed Baggage Handling System

Controlled via the Modern KE5 ASi-3 Gateway and with RFID Technology

By replacing the old stainless steel gateways, many IIoT benefits can be taken advantage of. This is an important reason for being awarded this airport project, in which several hundred gateways are in use. Precise positioning and 100 % reliable detection via RFID lay additional foundations for success. The gateway, which is only 38 mm wide, boasts a compact design and cost efficiency with a high-resolution external color display. Bridged spring terminals enable UL-compliant installation, even up to 2 x 8 A on the dual gateway. The highlight, however, is the parallel diagnostics function via the REST API protocol.

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„Factory 56“ of the Mercedes-Benz Group
ASi-5 makes picking system unique

The development of modern and intuitive picking systems has been a segment of SAFELOG GmbH since the company was founded. A particular focus is on pick-by-light and put-to-light technology. This technology ensures the highest picking performance while actively avoiding picking errors. This is partly possible through ASi-5 communication technology, connecting the control unit with a touchscreen to up to 96 compartments via a unique two-conductor cable. This solution is used in Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s so-called Factory 56 in Sindelfingen.   

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ASi-5 at SPAX: Future safe solutions


Not only customers of SPAX, the world’s leading manufacturer of screws and connection technology, rely on durability, safety, quality and user friendliness. The company itself also sees these as factors which are just as elemental as future security – especially when it comes to the machines used to produce their products. Not least for these reasons the internal mechanical engineering department at SPAX, which maintains and renews the production machines - especially presses and rollers - decided for ASi and ASi-5 solutions and Bihl+Wiedemann as partner.

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AS-Interface in The chemical Industry
Production monitoring in EX Zone 0, acetone vapor

Cellulose is a versatile material, the best-known and most common material as foundation for paper production. However, cellulose fibers are also suitable for other products, for example, as a raw material for filters. To be used as a filter, the cellulose requires a pretreatment that also involves the use of the highly explosive acetone. Continuous production diagnostics in this environment is difficult, but possible with so-called Namur sensors. This plant in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo  uses about 1000 of these sensors (EXi).

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ASi AirBox reduces installation and operating costs
Optimise energy efficiency of compressed air consumption

The development of modern and intuitive picking systems has been a segment of SAFELOG GmbH since the company was founded. A particular focus is on pick-by-light and put-to-light technology. This technology ensures the highest picking performance while actively avoiding picking errors. This is partly possible through ASi-5 communication technology, connecting the control unit with a touchscreen to up to 96 compartments via a unique two-conductor cable. This solution is used in Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s so-called Factory 56 in Sindelfingen.   

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Robust wiring for special requirements
Camembert manufacturers have been relying on ASi for more than 15 years

It is not for nothing that the food industry has the largest range of AS-i integrated actuators. Among other things, many process valve manufacturers have recognized the advantages of AS-i and integrated them into their products. But what would these excellent solutions be without a reliable infrastructure? In an environment where cleaning is carried out several times a day, even simple flat cable taps and distribution boxes bear a great responsibility.

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Production logistics
From Zero to a Hundred

Why did warehouse logistics leader KNAPP change the communication technology for its entire range of production logistics to AS-Interface practically overnight? To increase efficiency and productivity? To decrease assembly time during on-site installation? Or because it allows simple and discrete integration of wiring into system components?

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