Automotive industry
AS-interface makes truck production go full speed ahead
Connection of sensors and actuators to AS-interface and AS-i Safety at Work
Scania Nederland B.V. in Zwolle / Netherlands is one of the largest truck plants in the world.
As regards automation technology, everything from plant design to installation and maintenance was to be as cost-effective as possible. This also meant that extensions of the plant were to be implemented as quickly and easily as possible. In order to meet these requirements a system had to be chosen which considerably reduces wiring and simplifies projection, commissioning and maintenance. Thus only a decentralised automation system could be chosen, which can do without complex conventional parallel wiring. The (fieldbus) system Actuator Sensor Interface (AS-i) was chosen - a system which has been tried and tested in many fields of industrial automation for years.
Download project report - PDF file (301 kb)
Connection of sensors and actuators to AS-interface and AS-i Safety at Work
Scania Nederland B.V. in Zwolle / Netherlands is one of the largest truck plants in the world.
As regards automation technology, everything from plant design to installation and maintenance was to be as cost-effective as possible. This also meant that extensions of the plant were to be implemented as quickly and easily as possible. In order to meet these requirements a system had to be chosen which considerably reduces wiring and simplifies projection, commissioning and maintenance. Thus only a decentralised automation system could be chosen, which can do without complex conventional parallel wiring. The (fieldbus) system Actuator Sensor Interface (AS-i) was chosen - a system which has been tried and tested in many fields of industrial automation for years.
Download project report - PDF file (301 kb)
