Essential reading for developers, users, and those contemplating using SafetyBUS p and Safety NET p products. Safety Network Insight is also available in German, French, Italian and Japanese. See the Register panel to request other languages.

Pilz has developed a new digital input module for the safe, open bus system SafetyBUS p, which together with the M12 connections, conforms to the IP67 degree of protection. It can be installed directly into the machine, a switch cabinet is therefore not necessary.

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The Carl Hanser publishers from Munich, Germany, are hosting together with Safety Network International e.V. the Focus Maschine Safety Conference on 21st and 22nd October 2008 in Ulm, Germany. The event will provide a wide range of answers to questions regarding general legal conditions and the newest technical developments in the field of machine safety

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- Experts provide information on current topics and solutions.
The year’s forum for Machine Safety will take place for the third time at the Safety Network International e.V. trade exhibition during the SPS/IPC/Drives. The experts are available to share their expertise with you beyond the lectures.

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The lecturer Dr. Sugimoto is a professor of system safety at the Nagaoka University of Technology. He is specialized in the fields of robot safety, international safety standards, and safety approval.

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A switch is a network component which connects several Ethernet partners and network segments in a local network (LAN). Switches also have the task of analysing network traffic and making logical decisions, for this reason they are also known as intelligent hubs.

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In the next issue we will give a detailed report about the upcoming SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg, we introduce new members and present new products.