Beckhoff at CeBIT 2009: Hall 2, Booth B38

Industrial IT solutions with Atom drive

At CeBIT 2009 Beckhoff will present its product and industry solutions for industrial IT, industrial communication and building automation. The versatile Industrial PC technology from Beckhoff offers a wide range of application options including factory automation and IT solutions integrated into the production process. The focus is on innovative Control Panels with integrated RFID reader, new Industrial PCs with Intel® Atom CPU with ultra-compact, energy-saving design based on a Green IT approach, and the Ethernet-based CP-Link 3 multi-display link system.

Beckhoff Industrial PCs and Control Panels are used in a wide range of industrial IT applications, including production data acquisition (PDA), manufacturing execution systems (MES), or as operating and display units for ERP systems. The functionality of the robust Beckhoff Control Panels and Panel PCs has been extended significantly through integration of an RFID reader in order to meet advanced requirements in logistics, access control and time recording applications.

Green IT - energy-saving CPUs for ultra-compact IPCs

“The Beckhoff Industrial PC developments increasingly focus on Green IT, one of the main topics at this year's CeBIT”, said Roland van Mark, Industrial PC Marketing Manager at Beckhoff. Beckhoff Industrial PCs meet the current trend towards more efficiency and environment-friendliness with lower power consumption through high-efficiency power supply units and the application of efficient processors.

Intel® Atom™ processors are already being used in several of Beckhoff's Industrial PCs. The highlight is the new C6915 control cabinet PC with 1.1 or 1.6 GHz Atom™ processor. With dimensions of 48 x 164 x 116 mm (without mounting plate) it is the smallest Industrial PC from Beckhoff. Atom™ CPUs are also integrated in the CP62xx and CP77xx Panel PC series. This means that a Control Panel case with a depth of only 3 cm can now house a high-performance PC for production halls or building automation.

The new CX5000 Embedded PC series is also based on Atom™. The devices are equipped with 1.1 GHz or 1.6 GHz Atom™ processor and are ideal for building control applications.

Maximum performance with Core™ 2 Quad IPCs

The performance range is extended upwards with new Industrial PCs with Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processors. The multi-core processors for performance-hungry IT applications are integrated in the C6640 and C6650 PCs from the new, compact ATX IPC series, for example.

As a further innovation Beckhoff will present, CP-Link 3, an Ethernet-based multi-display link system. The control and visualisation concept enables flexible connection of up to 255 Ethernet Panels and Panel PCs to a single Industrial PC. CP-Link-3 is a pure software solution based entirely on standard hardware (Ethernet) and IP-based protocol for transfer of images. Networking can be done using cost-effective standard Ethernet cables (CAT 5) which are suitable for drag chains.

PC-based control – Integrated control platform for factory and building automation

PC-based control from Beckhoff offers a high-performance and versatile control technology that was originally designed for machine construction applications but is also increasingly being used in building and home automation. PC-based control offers a range of advantages for building automation, including simple IT integration, web- and Ethernet-based communication and high computing power, a particularly significant factor in view of the speed, data quantity and information requirements in building control applications.

At CeBIT Beckhoff will present software and hardware products for building automation. On the software side, libraries for HVAC, lighting or shading etc. are available in addition to the TwinCAT Building Automation Framework for easy configuration of control functions. “Our control hardware covers a range of products that can be configured as required in terms of performance and is equipped with Ethernet interface throughout”, said Georg Schemmann, Building Automation Sector Manager at Beckhoff. “In addition to all standard functionalities, our I/O systems for connecting data points are adaptable to special customers requirements for DMX, measurement technology, DALI, EnOcean, including a manual control option.”

Energy efficiency for intelligent buildings

“In order to be able to save energy in buildings, you need to know where the energy is used”, said Georg Schemmann. “The Beckhoff system enables the relevant parameters to be measured and enables appropriate responses. An intelligent control system can reduce cooling energy demand in server rooms, for example. Control systems play an increasingly important role for energy efficiency. Meanwhile, Beckhoff Embedded PCs have almost reached the computing power of a server, but with an energy consumption that is comparable with that of the indicator lights in conventional systems. Atom-based computers therefore represent an important innovation in terms of energy efficiency and cost reduction.”

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