Over the last several years, Turck has been developing a Radio Frequency Identifaction (RFID) platform that can be seamlessly integrated into nearly any industrial automation environment that requires advanced data tracking and up-to-the-second reporting. The BL ident platform provides flexibility and ease-of-use, much like the Turck sensors and connectivity products that are common in today's industrial environment.

Below are some of the advantages of Turck's BL ident platform:

• More efficient production resulting from higher application speeds: Data carriers with minimal read-write time of 0.5 ms per Byte



• Flexible integration resulting from modular design: 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel interfaces, various shapes of read-write heads to meet specific requirements



• Unlimited application resulting from expanded temperature range: Data carriers for high temperatures up to 210°C



• High system availability resulting from state-of-the-art storage technology: Long-life FRAM data carriers, for virtually unlimited number of write applications



• Simple integration into control environment: Standard function blocks and interfaces for PROFIBUS-DP, DeviceNet™, Ethernet Modbus-TCP, PROFINET IO, Ethernet/IP

BL ident is also...

FAST
Production efficiency is highly dependent upon the maximum possible speed of the transport equipment. While many conventional RFID systems allow only static read and write operations, the new BL ident systems from Turck are capable of reading and writing "on-the-fly". Data can be exchanged even when the data carrier is in motion. With a read-write time of 0.5 ms/Byte, BL ident is one of the fastes RFID systems on the market. Even transport speeds of 10 m/s are no problem.

SAFE
In addition to standard data carriers for temperatures up to 120°C, BL ident data carriers are also available with a temperature resistance up to 210°C. The new tags from Turck can now be put through the baking furnace, eliminating the complicated work for protection or remooval required previously before baking the enamel.

DURABLE
Use of the state-of-the-are FRAM storage technology allows 10¹⁰ write operations and an unlimited number of read operations on the Turck data carriers. This means that it is no longer necessary to replace data carriers, even when used in applications requiring repeated write operations.

This increases the availability of the equipment drastically. And another feature: at appropriate ambient temperatures, all data remains stored on the data carriers for 10 years, ensuring that the equipment is ready for operation for an extremely long period.

FLEXIBLE
BL ident offers a fine modular design with 2, 4, 6, or 8 channels for optimum adaptation to the specific application. Here flexibility is ensured by the fieldbus interfaces: PROFIBUS-DP, DeviceNet™, Ethernet Modbus-TCP, PROFINET IO, EtherNet/IP, allowing BL ident to be integrated into existing systems without problems - with IP20 or IP67 protection degree!

Additional advantages in regard to flexibility:

• Read-Write heads with air interfaces (read-write intervals) between 15 and 200 mm
• Integration of read-write heads in shapes to meet specific applications - even for mixed operation: Cylindrical M18 and M30, square CK40 and Q80 as well as ring -shaped S32XL
• Tested standard function blocks for highly varying types of controls - for complex functions and trouble-shoting