DeviceNet Block (Compact)

[abwiz]

Does anyone know of a compact (high density) DeviceNet box that I can use on the end of a robot arm? I would mount the box on the End Of Arm Tooling and wire all sensors to here. Then I will just have the communication cable to worry about for cable managment. I would need like 12-16 I/O. Any thoughts would be great.

 

[kolyur]

The Turck stuff is pretty good.

http://www.turck-usa.com/Products/Networks/DeviceNet/IO_Products/DeviceNet_Piconet.htm

I've used their Devicenet junction boxes (not the exact model in the link but similar) and have had no issues.

 

[abwiz]

Thanks for the response. I have used those before. They don't exactly comply with the compact and high density requirement. I need something alot smaller to carry on the end of a robot. This what I am having a hard time finding.

 

[widelto]

Try this: http://www.stonel.com/newpages/protocols/devicenet/prod.htm

 

[Ken Roach]

The Allen-Bradley CompactBlock and CompactBlock LDX are about as small as I've seen. Any smaller and you're going into some really small sensor wire connectors.

 

[jmsmoreira]

We work a lot for ABB robotics, and we use Beckhoff.

 

[JeffKiper]

Small and compact use AB Compact blocks like Ken said. I am doing another startup tomorrow on 2 ABB with wireless end effector I/O. I went with Pheonix Contact. The only wire management we has to do was 24 vdc for power. 1 (2) pair cable for power. 2 hots 2 0VDC this covers me for a single wire break. If you have base I/O existing this is a nice add-in