Festo Ag & Co. Kg

Colin Leitner

Martin Gehrke

Roland Kalberer

Martin Hommel

Martin Maier

Jorg Quaas

Ognjen Drazic

Roland Kälberer

Ralph Unden

Sebastian Block

A method and a trajectory generator are provided which automatically generate a trajectory, which is converted into control signals (sd) for the purpose of controlling a drive system. The control signals (sd) are used to control actuators of the drive system to carry out the movement according to the calculated trajectory. The method is implemented on a microcontroller (&#x3bc;C) and has a very short runtime and a low memory requirement.

Automatic trajectory generation for controlling a drive system

A field bus module for the operation of actuators and/or sensors with at least one device interface for the connection of a sensor and/or actuator, with at least one field bus interface for connection to a field bus system, and with a processing device for receiving and processing and sending field bus telegrams and also for making available control commands, especially safety-oriented control commands, to the device interface depending on incoming field bus telegrams wherein the processing device is configured to process in different operating modes sensor data that can be made available at the device interface and/or field bus telegrams that can be made available at the field bus interface, wherein an operating mode memory is allocated to the processing device for the optional provision of one of at least two different operating mode data sets at the processing device depending on an incoming field bus telegram.

Field bus module, machine controller, and method for parameterizing a field bus module, in particular a safety-oriented field bus module

A safety-oriented load switching device for the electric switching of an automation component, the device including a first branch circuit and a second branch circuit which extend from a respective supply-side supply connection to a respective load-side load connection, wherein a switching assembly including a parallel circuit of a switching means designed for an opening and a closing of the respective branch circuit and of a resistor means is formed in each branch circuit, and further including at least one measuring point located between the switching assembly and the load connection, and wherein a potential measuring device, which is electrically connected to a reference point and configured for providing a potential-dependent measuring signal, is connected to the measuring point.

Safety-oriented load switching device and method for operating a safety-oriented load switching device

A monitoring device for monitoring safety components including monitoring electronics which include a plurality of clock generators and evaluation means and on which at least two interfaces to be monitored for electric coupling to safety components are formed, wherein each of the interfaces includes at least two output ports and at least two input ports, wherein each of a first output port and a second output port is connected to a clock generator designed for providing clocked electric monitoring signals, wherein a first input port and a second input port are connected to the evaluation means, and wherein a number of clock generators greater than two and less than a number of all output ports of the interfaces to be monitored is chosen.

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Wendlingen, Germany

Colin Leitner