Sensor & Wire-saving Link System S-LINK

Because conveyors have multiple I/O device points, wire-saving and construction efficiency are the key to lowering overall costs. Other systems may be wire-saving but if they can't prove useful for long-distance distribution lines and be reliable, then they are useless. On this point, the S-LINK system offers a total wiring length of 400 m 1312 ft, 800 m 2625 ft when using booster, with reliable T-branch I/O device connections that can be mounted in any desired location.
Because T-branching renders layout designing simple, not only is it a wire-saving and construction efficient system, but you can even save time in the actual design stage.
In addition, you can divide main and branch cables in mid-system with commercially available connectors and terminals so the time it takes to setup your conveyor decreases greatly.

The S-LINK system is very suitable to wire up car detection sensors in a large parking garage.
It reduces wires and installation time.

Display equipment can be mounted in automobile production lines to notify operators when malfunctions occur or just to keep a reliable count of units in each line.
Because each type of display equipment shows variegated data, they necessitate a great amount of wiring. This wiring must be conducted in very large factories requiring a substantial amount of cables and wires. A wire-saving system in this situation would be most effective.
Using the S-LINK system means that even display equipment can be wired up with just one flat cable, and clearing up all the bulky wiring inside the display panels themselves and realizing great material cost savings as well as a reduced workload.

The wire-saving system is being greatly emphasized even for assembly lines crowded with multiple I/O devices.
Also, to enhance productivity, using a wire-saving system is the key to reliability and avoiding the occurrence of troubles.
In the S-LINK loop wiring, the system maintains signal transmission even when the loop may break at any one place.
Also, the controller displays disconnected unit address. Further, when excess current flows or short-circuit occurs in the signal transmission lines, the signal transmission is stopped to protect the system.
S-LINK is a wire-saving system optimal for the automatic assembly machinery.

The wiring of I/O devices mounted on a rotating board (turntable) used to be quite a difficult task. Because a slip ring with the same number of terminals as wires had to be used.
Therefore, there have been difficulties such as employing a large slip ring or reduction of I/O point count.
S-LINK enables the connection of up to 128 I/O points on a 4-pole slip ring. A compact slip ring can be used without worrying about I/O points.

"The handler" as the IC test equipment uses multiple sensors.
Cost reduction or downsizing depends on how to reduce these wires and to save space.
S-LINK realizes wire-saving and space-saving; hence these problems are solved all at once.

Many small picking sensors are employed in the parts picking system in order to verify the correct selection of components.
The number of input points is required as much as the number of shelves, the number of output points is also required to be the same in adopting the operational indicators.
S-LINK system greatly contributes to wire-saving both in I/O points and in space. Also, extra shelves can be added easily.