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As the forerunner and leader in decentralized electrical automation technology, Murrelektronik offers a broad range of smart solutions to bring signals, data and power close to the process. Ideal for today’s modular intralogistics systems, the latest generation of IP67-rated Xelity managed switches offers even more benefits.

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Greater flexibility and modularity, lower costs thanks to significantly reduced cabling and installation effort, and greater reliability thanks to a wide range of diagnostic options: Murrelektronik is the right choice for anyone who wants to benefit from the advantages of decentralized electrical automation technology in intralogistics.

Murrelektronik is the forerunner in this forward-looking technology and has a wide range of products that can be used to move components out of the control cabinet and into the industrial field. The spectrum ranges from I/O systems, power supplies and network solutions up to the Vario-X system, the fast and easy installable, modular complete solution for cabinet-free automation.

Communication networks are the backbone of digitization

Decentralized and digital – this simple formula sums up what makes industrial network technology future-proof. Because the demands on modern intralogistic systems are increasing: maximum flexibility, minimum installation times and effortless expandibility are the keys to success.

Real-time diagnostics are also becoming increasingly important to identify potential problems before they become costly failures.

What’s more, as applications become more complex, so do the data streams. This makes switches, the heart of network technology, increasingly important.

What is needed are devices that are both powerful and reliable, ensuring optimal network performance and protecting the network from unauthorized access and cyber threats.

Many convincing arguments

Murrelektronik’s latest generation of Xelity managed switches, available with 5 or 10 ports and with data transfer rates from 100 Mbit to 2.5 Gbit, offers an efficient, secure and robust solution with a highly attractive price/performance ratio for fast and smooth data traffic in intralogistics. They support PROFINET, Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP and communicate seamlessly with higher-level controls.

Developed and manufactured in Germany, the switches are ideally suited for time-critical applications in material or goods flow control, ensuring smooth and latency-free communication between machines, sensors and control systems. The focus on real-time application of relevant data ensures maximum performance.

Talk about smooth: Thanks to the plug & play principle with pre-assembled connection and junction cables based on internationally recognized standards, simple, convenient configuration via the web server and preset parameters, installation and commissioning are completed in no time at all.

And even a device swap can be done quickly and without expert knowledge: All the data needed to resume operation can be automatically uploaded to the new switch via the controller.

As usual with Murrelektronik products, all Xelity managed switches are IP67-rated and designed to withstand harsh industrial environments.

They feature rugged, fully encapsulated plastic or metal housings, are shock and vibration resistant, and operate in temperatures from up to -40 to +70 degrees Celsius.

Their compact design also makes them the ideal solution for decentralized automation concepts and flexible network topologies that are precisely tailored to the requirements of the respective application. And thanks to UL approval, they can be used worldwide.

Murrelektronik’s experienced application experts are available worldwide to work with customers to find the best individual topology. They can draw on decades of in-depth application consulting experience in intralogistics projects.

Perfect for ring topologies

Xelity managed switches are the perfect basis for quickly, easily and cost-effectively implementing ring topologies directly in the field, creating robust, fail-safe network structures for conveyor systems, stacker cranes and picking systems.

This enables redundant data connections and reduces downtime to an absolute minimum: if the data communication path is interrupted, devices in the communication chain are served by the other side of the ring.

They are also robust when it comes to security, offering advanced security features for network segmentation and access control.