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Flexible I/O System for All Fieldbus Protocols

Automation at an automotive supplier: Brose uses the modular WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM because it supports all conventional fieldbus protocols and ETHERNET standards.

In its production lines, the automotive supplier Brose depends on decentralized automation using robust and reliable components, designed according to IP20. Low installation space demands, simple and fast expandability, and the ability to integrate different bus systems are the more important requirements here. The WAGO 750 Series I/O System and WAGO’s EPSITRON^® Electronic Circuit Breakers (ECBs) are used.

Your Benefits with the WAGO-I/O-System:

In fact, select I/O modules can accommodate up to 16 channels in a narrow 12 mm (1/2”) housing.
DeviceNet, CAN or PROFIBUS: The WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM supports all conventional fieldbus protocols and ETHERNET standards.
Modular design

Very Compact Automation

Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. supplies around 80 car manufacturers and more than 30 vendors with systems for vehicle doors, luggage compartment doors, and seating structures, as well as electrical drives. To connect the automation components in the production systems, Brose relies on the modular WAGO 750 Series I/O System. “We have to integrate systems from multiple manufacturers using various bus systems and protect the components from the often harsh environmental conditions. There is only a little space left over for the hardware. Therefore, it must be very compact but still extremely flexible,” states Alexander Gran, manager for software development and electrical engineering in drive technologies at Brose, as he explains the requirements for the automation components.

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Different Fieldbus Protocols Are Integrated

The ability to integrate different fieldbus protocols from the system manufacturers was an important topic. Industrial robots are typically equipped with DeviceNet, a fieldbus based on CAN. In contrast, other systems can only be controlled using PROFIBUS. WAGO’s modular I/O system is used at Brose because it supports all conventional fieldbus protocols and ETHERNET standards. In addition, its very compact size and large variety of modules were also important. “The automation components for our welding systems are implemented with the IP20 protection type. These have to be installed in a completely enclosed control cabinet, which offers very little space for devices and connections. WAGO offers enormously high-density wiring, with up to 16 channels on a terminal block width of only 12 mm. This allows us to combine digital and analog inputs in a very small space. This would not be possible using a conventional IP67 system,” reports the electrical engineering expert at Brose.