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The SmartLight is available in three models: one-, three- and five-segment units with a buzzer option for each model. Each segment of a SmartLight consists of multiple LEDs and can be programmed for user-selectable colors and brightness lev- els to ensure desired attention in the plant.
featuring One Touch punch holders, complements the com- pany’s European precision-style press-brake tooling. Included is a variety of punches, dies and accessories avail- able in segmented, full-length and half-length sizes to suit nearly any application.
"SmartLights are designed to reduce complexity and enhance ease of use on the plant floor," says Shishir Rege, Balluff marketing manager. "As each segment of the SmartLight is programmable, a one-segment SmartLight can be used instead of a three- or five-color generic stack light and users don’t have to worry about spares for individual color lights to power up the stack light."
The precision-ground tooling, manufactured from alloy tool steel, features induction-hardened wear surfaces for durability.
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SmartLights offer as many as three modes of operations: stack light, level indicator and run light. Stack-light mode includes programming of one to five posi- tions of 20 rows of 360-deg.-visible LEDs, with user-selectable colors and the abili- ty to switch between solid, flashing and blinking display. Level mode uses indi- vidual LEDs to display level, and offers the ability to configure colors, measurement zones and levels. In run mode, running sta- tus is indicated with a simple scrolling light that can signal a problem or required action.
SmartLight utilizes IO-Link technology, making it adaptable to any major net- work or fieldbus. All configuration and programming for the SmartLight is per- formed in the controller or the PLC. Add- on instructions or function blocks ease pro- gramming, and standard M12 sensor cables ease installation.
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Quick-Change
Tooling for Amada
Press Brakes
Mate Precision Tooling, Anoka, MN, has introduced a new line of bevel-tang- style press-brake tooling, designed to pro- vide for quick and safe tool changes. The tooling, which features a beveled punch tang ready for use in Amada press brakes
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