BARTEC goes wireless - The new „POLARIS“ panel PC generation for Ex areas

POLARIS – BARTEC’s new panel PC generation with wireless communication has been approved for applications in Ex areas, for zones 1 + 2 as well as 21 + 22. The main application areas are the chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. The small 5.7'’ displays are perfectly suitable as „human machine interfaces“ to control simple machines such as mixers, driers or fuel-filling stations. The medium-sized graphic displays with 10.4'’ are ideal for the operation of more complex machines or simple systems such as reactors, centrifuges or ball mills.

By means of the 15'’ and 19'’ devices, also complex systems such as pharmaceutical ingredient production lines can be controlled and operated. Here, BARTEC can refer to several thousand installations with previous models.

The innovation: BARTEC goes wireless
By means of an internal USB interface, wireless data exchange can be realised for the first time via wireless LAN or Bluetooth (optional).
All POLARIS devices have been approved in accordance with ATEX II 2G EEx qe ib IIC T4 and for application in dustEx areas: ATEX II 2D IP6X T80°C

With this new device generation, BARTEC has succeeded in transferring the comfort previously reserved to the non-Ex area to the Ex area.

A wide selection of wired configurable interfaces provides each and every periphery with a suitable connection, such as USB, RS422/485, PROFIBUS DP, Ethernet 100baseT, as well as with an intrinsically safe hand scanner interface. Conventional PLC protocols, e.g. MPI, MODBUS RTU, etc., are supported.

A further highlight, which also presents a new development, is an intrinsically save USB stick for the transmission of the device configuration. The separate RS 232 data interface as well as the wiring so far required in the Ex-area are no longer necessary.