The controllers of the Q8p series from SKS enable customers to network it via Ethernet links. Either insulated networks can be built up, or controllers can be merged into an existing company network.
Networking process controllers provide many possibilities: These range from the clear organization and protection of welding parameters through the reproduction of manual changes to processing parameters to the full recording of all welding data for all seams.
Advantages of a network
- Increased safety:
- Manual changes to welding controller parameters can be reconstructed and corrected
- Central backup and management of welding parameters including rights management increase safety by restricting access rights to the reference parameters
- Improved overview:
- Increases transparency by illustrating production and allocating controllers and parameter sets to their locations and applications
- Central overview of welding installation alarm and status messages
- Streamlining workflow:
- Saves time and means by recording and selecting controllers over the network
- Continuous production measured values can be checked centrally by random sampling over the network
- Installation statistics support:
- All measured values and messages of all welding seam archivable data are available for customer statistic assessments
- Low costs:
- Q8Tool software is free
- No additional hardware is necessary with Q8pw and Q8pt
- Networking of Q8p by PC4COM interface computer can be retrofitted
