Gebäudeautomation
Woertz brings buildings to life through intelligent, sustainable building management. Our innovative flat cable system reduces the amount of cable by up to 80%, promotes energy efficiency and enables flexible, cost-effective installations. Ideal for offices, hotels, hospitals and shipbuilding.
Woertz brings buildings to life
Your building sets its own optimal indoor climate It adapts the temperature, ventilation and lighting to outside conditions and guarantees sustainable energy efficiency. It protects itself from storms and checks access to the building.
Comfort, security and energy efficiency. Set to match your needs. Quick to install. Flexibly adjustable. With up to 80% fewer wires. Cost-effective. Highest security classification possible. And all from a single source.
Building automation with the Woertz flat wire system
Woertz KNX building installation provides complete solutions from a single source: KNX actuators, sensors and wiring for central as well as decentralised KNX systems. We’ve made it our mission to produce building automation that saves energy and materials. This is made possible by decentralised intelligence in our flat wire system.
The advantages
- Resource-efficient
Up to 80% fewer wires! - Cost-effective
Less wires, less work, less cost - Easy to plan
Information and energy in one wire - Quick
Connections can also be assembled without cutting through wires. - Flexible
Easy to extend whenever and wherever - Zero confusion
Install with confidence thanks to system coding
The innovative solution
Building wiring with combined decentralised and central intelligence
Decentralised installation
The decentralised Woertz system is ideal for large spaces, corridors, and for using Woertz room boxes in small, modular rooms. The decentralised installation with distributed intelligence in the Woertz flat wire system makes it possible to install without a central control cabinet.
Elements and fuses are laid directly on the wire. All Woertz actuators and sensors are connected together with one flat wire and guarantee energy-saving operation.
Up to 80% of wires can be saved compared with traditional installations. Not only does this significantly save resources, it also speeds up installation and massively reduces the risk of failure.
Advantages of decentralised installation
- Save up to 80% of wires
- Can be extended flexibly at any time with individual sensors or components
- Huge reduction in installation time thanks to piercing technology
- Detection of interruptors for automatic run-time measurements
- Built-in logic functions
- Autonomous output control
- Set behaviour in case of bus voltage failure and return
- Manual control on device (test button) to check function and rotation direction
- Multiple control functions and mechanically coded plug connections
- Centralised control for all shutter outputs possible (commands from a weather control panel)
- Allocation to up to 3 different security objects (e.g. for wind, rain, alarm)
Central installation
Control from a centralised point is ideal for small spaces. The pre-programmed, compact room box with pluggable wiring and built-in security permits central control of users and sensors connected.
Combination of decentralised and central installation
Control from a centralised point is ideal for small spaces.
The pre-programmed, compact room box with pluggable wiring and built-in security permits central control of users and sensors connected.
This means that pre-programmed room wiring can be installed again in a very short time.
Modular electrical installation for offices, hotels, hospital rooms and shipbuilding
Modular is the standard in shipbuilding today. Quick, easy-to-install systems are a requirement for major projects. With the Woertz room box for room automation, the solution is simple and uncomplicated.
- Quicker, more flexible installation on-site possible
- Pre-assembled flat wire system with pre-mounted connection terminals for more efficient installation
- DNV GL-certified system
- Complete wiring solution from a single source
- Decentralised wiring built in with Woertz flat wire system
Piercing contact in the flat wire method
Piercing technology makes junctions possible without interrupting the flat wire or using any special tools. Contact takes place using measuring technology in which the pointed screw penetrates the insulation and enters the wire strand.
The stretching creates contact pressure that is good for current transmission between the wires and guarantees low resistance values. The flat wire system permits sustainable installation for building wiring.
Reference projects
Product systems, Building automation
Flat wire system, actuators – KNX
KNX is a standardised bus system following international standards. It regulates reliable communication up to 14,400 sensors and actuators using telegrams via the bus wire built into the flat wire.
For example, the KNX can control lighting, blinds and sunshades as well as heating and locking and alarm systems. KNX also makes it possible to monitor and manage a building remotely.
KNX is now mostly installed in new residential and functional buildings, but it can also be retrofitted to older buildings when renovating them.
DALI flat wire system
DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) is a control ptrocol for digital, photometric operating equipment in buildings, such as lamps with electronic transformers, electronic ballasts and electronic power dimmers.
Operating equipment with a DALI interface can be controlled individually using DALI short addresses. Two-way data transfer allows a DALI control device or a DALI gateway to request the status of lights or light-operating equipment. DALI can be operated as an ‘island system’ with a maximum of 64 operating devices or as a substem via DALI gateways in modern building-automation systems.
Bus / multibus flat wire system
These flat wire systems with bus wires permit the widest array of functions in building automation for LON or SMI applications.
LON (Local Operating Network) is a fieldbus system predominantly used in building automation. The bus system originated in the US and was developed in 1990. It permits neutral information transfer between facilities and devices from different manufacturers and independently of uses and applications.
SMI flat wire system
SMI 230 VAC or LoVo drives with IP20/40 or IP66/68 flat wire system.
SMI (Standard Motor Interface) is a fieldbus system to control electronic devices (stepper motors) for blinds, shutters or windows and ventilation flaps. It can be operated on its own but is usually incorporated into higher-level systems like KNX. In additional to simpler wiring, its key advantage over conventional drives is its feedback capability.