In this bottling filling line application, Balluff’s sensor, networking, and tracking solutions significantly enhance performance, boosting OEE and adhering to beverage automation industry standards.

I/O blocks from Balluff connect binary and analog sensors and actuators to the control level via a bus. By using our modules you can significantly reduce the number of cables required. The Balluff I/O modules also offer additional functions for signal pre-processing and expanded diagnostic options. Various form factors and connection technologies provide solutions for the widest range of requirements, even in extreme environments.

Level detection in tank with probe BTL-SF:

The strict regulations in the food industry are no problem for our BTL-SF level probe. In applications where hygienic design is essential, it has proven itself many times, because it meets the highest international hygienic standards. This enables you to sell your machinery worldwide. The level probe measures precisely in the micrometer range and enables high filling accuracy.

The special features:

• Internationally certified quality (Ecolab, 3A Sanitary Standard, FDA)

• Assured hygienic standards and long life thanks to 100 % stainless steel

• Can be installed without adjustment

• Flexible installation due to standardized interfaces

• Neutral to all liquid media, robust against foam

• CIP (Clean-in-Place): easy to clean even when installed

• SIP (Sterilization-in-Place): suitable for process temperatures up to 130 °C

• Rising and falling signal available

Recognition of interchangeable parts for bottle transport with RFID solutions BIS01E4 and BIS00WH including Smart Features:

Once the correct format has been set, our RFID solutions offer you additional support. The HF-RFID technology (13.56 MHz) enables automatic recognition of interchangeable parts. The various format parts are reliably detected and identified. RFID even offers you protection against plagiarism. Various system combinations of evaluation unit, read/write head, and data carriers are available for the change part detection.

The special features:

• Read/write head with integrated evaluation unit with Profinet, Ethernet/IP or USB 2.0 interface

• Processor unit for many data, fast transmission time and simultaneous operation of up to four read/write heads

• Visualization directly possible via integrated IO-Link-Master-Port on machine lamp

With the digital position indicator from Balluff you can handle great product variety quickly and reliably while processing ever shrinking lot sizes. Because our position indicator offers semi-automated format changing with an exceptionally friendly user interface. This straightforward user guiding and accurate setting of the format increases your efficiency. Not only are format changes made faster, the start-up time and machine downtimes are significantly reduced.

Balluff has developed a new generation of network modules for perfect linking of sensors and actuators. The system features highly versatile parameter setting and diagnostics possibilities that can be carried out via display, LEDs and an integrated web server.

The status LEDs on the modules are large, bright, and easy to read and interpret. This saves you time in setup, maintenance or troubleshooting.

With an output current of up to 2 A, the Balluff network modules are capable of driving almost any load. Each output also offers overload protection with LED indicator and a memory feature for easy troubleshooting. And the rugged, full-jacket enclosure also withstands high mechanical loads.

For you this means full-time, overall high performance.

Our standard inductive sensors are ideal for object detection in metal areas. They are short-circuit protected and operate without contact, making them wear-free and very resistant to dirt and contamination. The sensors are available in configurations from 3 mm Ø to 80 × 80 mm square dimensions.

The modular system of the Micromote sensors with innovative sensor elements meets your individual requirements: a variety of housing configurations ensure an especially high degree of design freedom; precise photoelectric modules ensure a high process precision with each application.

BIS M uses high frequency (HF) 13.56 MHz and supports the standard according to DIN ISO 15693 and/or DIN ISO 14443.

The wide variety of passive data carriers with various dimensions, configurations, memory sizes, operating temperatures, materials, antenna technology, mounting options and ranges allows you to tackle nearly any technical task. BIS M is the most robust system with absolute data security.

When it's manufacturer-neutral startup and configuration of IO-Link devices you need, the Balluff Engineering Tool (BET) is the answer.

This software provides you quickly and easily with an overview of your topologies and allows you to track the status of all the connected IO-Link devices.

You can also parameterize and place the devices in service while also managing the parameters for individual devices or entire topologies.

Safety I/O modules: Profisafe over IOLink with BNI0098:

The safe I/O modules combine safety and automation via IO-Link technology. This provides both sensor and actuator signals and can also be used for safety applications. The core of Safety over IO-Link is the Safety Hub with Profisafe for Profinet. Safety switches, sensors, optoelectronic protective devices or safe control devices can be quickly integrated. M12 standard cables are sufficient to connect almost any safe field device.

Quality control (e.g. label inspection, cap inspection or part detection) with Industrial Cameras BVS0039:

Industrial Cameras provide sharp images and fast data processing for your quality assurance. Used for traceability, our Industrial Cameras BVS CA recognize and check object codes or object texts, in order to meet the required verification obligation.

Thanks to the clearly structured BVS-Cockpit user interface, our industrial cameras can be set up intuitively by anyone and are easy to operate. Without any prior knowledge.

The special features:

• Standardized data interfaces (GigE-Vision and USB3-Vision) as well as standardized programming interface GenICam

• Integrated memory and FPGA unit for flexible adaptation of integrated functions

• Fast data processing

• IP67 protection class (for GigEVision version)

Bottle inspection with BOS0285 photoelectric proximity switch with background suppression including Smart Features:

Diffuse sensors with background suppression detect objects within a set switching distance without being affected by the reflective background. And this is almost independent of the colour and surface of the object. Since the transmitter and receiver are housed in one housing to save space, our photoelectric proximity switches are easy to install and quick to align.

The special features:

• Reliable object detection with different ranges, independent of surface, colour and material

• Detects objects in front of a very close background - even if they are very dark in front of a bright background

• Almost constant scanning range even with different degrees of reflectance

• Only one electrical device without reflector or separate receiver

• With red light or laser red light for the detection of small parts

Status display of the complete application with SmartLight BNI0082 including Smart Features:

With our signal and display devices, you always know the status of the production. They reliably monitor the status of machines and systems and visualize the output signals of the sensors.

The Balluff condition monitoring sensor detects various physical variables such as vibration, temperature, relative humidity and barometric pressure, processes them and provides the desired data to a host system via IO-Link. The standardized IO-Link protocol means you can easily parameterize the sensors and match the processing in the sensor to your specific application.

The process data structure allows up to five measured or pre-processed data to be freely configured and cyclically transmitted.

Our condition monitoring sensors thus make an essential contribution to efficient and faultless operation of any equipment and significantly increases the efficiency of the overall system.

Crate inspection with BOS0286 retro-reflective sensors including Smart Features:

Reliable object detection independent of surface, color and material. With the polarizing filter, even the detection of shiny crates is no problem. Transmitter and receiver are housed in one case, so you can easily mount this photoelectric sensor and align it easily due to generous mounting tolerances.

The special features:

• Easy alignment due to generous mounting tolerances

• Large reflectors for long ranges

• Reliable detection - independent of surface, color and material

• With polarizing filter also suitable for detection of shiny objects

• Mounting of only one electrical device plus reflector