AC500 programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
The AC500 (Standard), AC500-eCo, AC500-S and AC500-XC scalable PLC ranges provide solutions for small, medium and high-end applications. Our AC500 platform offers different performance levels and is the ideal choice for high availability, extreme environments or safety solutions. Our AC500 PLC platform offers interoperability and compatibility in hardware and software from compact PLCs up to high-end and safety PLCs.
Due to the flexible combinations of AC500 devices and components, AC500 PLCs can be used for controlling a wide variety of applications to fulfill your automation needs.
Features of AC500 PLCs
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Scalable and consistently expandable system
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Different performance classes of processor modules (CPUs) available
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Several fieldbusses available
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Parallel connection to several fieldbusses which can be combined arbitrarily
The AC500 product family consists of the following product groups:
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AC500 (Standard):
AC500 standard PLCs offer a wide range of performance levels and scalability. The PLCs are highly capable of communication and extension for flexible application.
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AC500-eCo:
AC500-eCo PLCs are cost-effective, high-performance compact PLCs that offer total inter-operability with the core AC500 range and provide battery-free buffering of remanent data. All I/O modules can be freely connected in a simple, stable and reliable manner.
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AC500-S:
AC500-S PLCs are designed for safety applications in factory, process or machine automation.
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AC500-XC:
AC500 (Standard) and AC500-S provide devices with -XC extension as a product variant.
These variants operate according to their product group and can, in addition, be operated under extreme conditions. AC500-XC PLCs can be used at high altitudes, extended operating temperature and in humid conditions. The devices also provids a high level of resistance to vibration and corrosive gases. The AC500-XC series is consistent with standard devices concerning the overall dimensions, the control function and the software compatibility⮫ “System data AC500-XC”.
The AC500 product family is characterized by functional modularity. As the complete AC500 product family shares the same hardware platform and programming software tool, the devices of the AC500 product groups can be flexibly combined.
S500 devices represent the I/O modules of the product group AC500 (Standard), whereas S500-eCo devices represent the I/O modules of the product group AC500-eCo. Both S500 and S500-eCo devices can be flexibly combined with devices of the AC500 product family.