Sensors for Industry 4.0

A new range of IO-Link equipped sensors for deploying in Industry 4.0. systems has been launched by PVL. The new sensors are manufactured by market leading industrial sensor specialist Euroswitch Spa. Euroswitch are part of the PROFIBUS Consortium and PROFINET Italia, the Italian reference network for industrial communication, which brings together over seventy companies that share Profibus, Profinet and IO-Link technologies.

Steve Moorey, Managing Director of PVL, says, “The new IO-Link equipped sensors from Euroswitch provide short range bi-directional, digital, point-to-point, wired or wireless industrial communications to meet the growing demands of industry 4.0 in manufacturing, measuring, monitoring and process control. They can be deployed in systems to economically optimise industrial automated processes and operations.”

The innovative new range of sensors with IO-LINK protocol were designed in Euroswitch’s R&D laboratories in Sale Marasino (I) and include:

• 987 Differential Pressure Transmitter piston operated, 2-10 bar pressure range with 1O-Link and 2 PNP contacts.
• ESL Level/Temperature Sensor with 4-20 mA signal output and specifically designed to monitor the level of a fluid, featuring two settable PNP or NPN thresholds, for either level or temperature.
• EST Temperature Sensor with standard operating temperature of -20 to +100°C (others on request), 4-20 mA signal output, two digital PNP/NPN

IO-Link is the world's first standardised IO technology to communicate with sensors and actuators below the fieldbus communication layer. It can be integrated with Profibus and Profinet. Profibus is the first is a standardised and open digital communication system, usable in all areas of application, from manufacturing to process control. Profinet is the innovative and widely used open standard for Industrial Ethernet.

The common denominator of the new Euroswitch Sensors is the integration of the IO-Link protocol for point-to-point communication between a compatible IO system and a device in the field. Being an open standard, it allows the bidirectional exchange of data between sensors and the devices that support it. Each IO-Link sensor has an IO Device Description (IODD) file that describes the device and its IO-Link functions.

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Pressure switch supply problem in Britain - solved!

Last year’s pressure, vacuum, and temperature switch supply problems have been solved as PVL Limited has become the new distributor in Britain for the Italian manufacturer, Euroswitch.

Switch against background Lake Iseo (IT)

The Euroswitch range will cover all of PVL’s existing pressure and temperature portfolio, allowing the distributor to offer proven technology that enables them to offer a solution for any pressure switch enquiry whilst facilitating a return to their previous levels of high customer service and logistical reliability.

Part of the Mont.el group, Euroswitch’s highly-skilled workforce, based in their factory located against the magnificent backdrop of Lake Iseo, will be working hand-in-hand with PVL’s in-house engineers to ensure you can be confident of buying the right switch for your application.

The ES-41/40 will immediately become our best seller. The low cost, normally open/normally closed switches provide a 0.1 to 300 bar adjustment range and can handle overpressures up to 800 bar. They come with a viton seal as standard but when used with the Nitrile, EPDM, CR, Silicon or HNBR diaphragms they can have a temperature range between -40 deg C and 120 deg C.