Integrated Intrinsically Safe Signals Simplify Robot Design

Ethercat Box Modules Integrated Intrinsically Safe Signals Simplify Robot Design

2026-03-25 A guest article by Stefan Ziegler * | Translated by AI 6 min Reading Time

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The 6-axis articulated arm robots from b+m Surface Systems for painting systems are designed for use in hazardous areas. Here, an IP67 I/O level with implemented intrinsic safety was to be realized in a small installation space. With the Ethercat Box modules from the EPX series from Beckhoff, this was achieved in a particularly maintenance-friendly manner.

The robots of the X6 generation from b+m enable very high painting quality and are also particularly compact and easy to maintain.(Image: Beckhoff) — The robots of the X6 generation from b+m enable very high painting quality and are also particularly compact and easy to maintain.
(Image: Beckhoff)

b+m Surface Systems GmbH plans and builds complete painting systems. They are used in the automotive industry, for commercial vehicles and in the aviation industry. Bernd Käsmann, Head of Application Technology at b+m, explains: "For us, a complete painting system ranges from the supply of the raw part to the acceptance of the finished painted component. This includes everything from preparing the quotation and detailed engineering to commissioning and running in the system. Our core competence is application technology, for which we develop our own solutions with a high level of vertical integration, from atomizers to robotics and dosing technology through to paint supply."

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