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March 23, 2022

by Ella Averill-Russell in News

Interop Workshop for IO-Link Safety FS masters and FS devices

Alongside development of the IO-Link Safety specification, technology provider companies have implemented testing systems for FS masters and FS devices, thereby ensuring a high level of maturity of test specification V1.1. A new FS master testing system – comprised of the testing program on a Windows PC as well as test hardware acting as a […]

March 15, 2022

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MTP added to PI technology portfolio

The production of modern goods requires production plants of ever-increasing complexity. The time and effort required for planning, configuration and commissioning is increasing, and costs are rising accordingly as well. This is where Module Type Package (MTP) technology comes into play. The modularization of a production plant makes it possible to use standardized plant parts. […]

The PROFINET Community Stack simplifies the integration of TSN functions.

March 8, 2022

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PROFINET Community Stack

Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) gives PROFINET room to increase performance and flexibility in use. Experts at PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) realized this early on and integrated TSN into the PROFINET specification. To support the spread and interoperability of PROFINET over TSN, PI has launched a PROFINET community stack project. The objective is to simplify […]

March 8, 2022

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Structured information modeling at PI

The industrial digital transformation requires data from automation technology in order to implement the Industrie 4.0 vision. In practice, the source and destination of this data is primarily sensors, actuators and controllers. The volume of data currently being generated and processed at industrial production plants is quickly growing as Industrie 4.0 progresses. The quantity structures […]

Signing of the GSD is crucial support for the secure operation of plants. PI has started work on the setup and the operation of a security infrastructure for the signing of GSDs.

March 1, 2022

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The next steps in PROFINET Security integration

Industry 4.0 applications live off of connectivity and the exchange of data between the IT and OT levels. This makes it possible to create new business models and increase productivity, with plant and data security naturally taking center stage. This is one reason why PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) started addressing the topic of security […]

January 21, 2022

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Modular: The Future of Automation

As standards organisations and suppliers push the modular automation idea forward, the future of automation seems in the direction of the re-imagining of complicated tasks and automation infrastructures into subsets of seamless configurable building blocks. The concept of modularity in automation hardware and software program has been a protracted sought-after goal in manufacturing industries. Modularity […]

December 10, 2021

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Improving the Australia’s education system

Investing on the education system would determine Australia’s future which is why the Labor’s has promised to spend $1.1 billion on higher education where some of the money would fund 20,000 university. 465,00 TAFE courses will be offered for free by the Labor that will target the hospitality and tourism sector which was the most […]

December 6, 2021

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How to save Energy on Automation

Energy is one of the biggest costs in automotive manufacturing. It’s also under various pressures, such as security of supply. Governments are becoming concerned about climate change and are calling on manufacturing industries to reduce their carbon footprint. In light of this PROFIBUS organisation and PROFINET International (PI) were asked to provide functions and mechanisms […]

November 15, 2021

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PROFINET – Best in Safety – since 1999

The below video demonstrates more about how to integrate safety and reduce system complexity at the same time! The protection of humans, production equipment and the environment is a major topic for each type of industrial application. Different measures have to be applied in order to comply with the large variety of laws and regulations. […]

October 12, 2021

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Updates available for certification tools and GSD Checker

The implementation of future-proof technology hinges on the integration of concepts – and the specifications based on them – into different devices from many manufacturers. This enables users to meet continually increasing requirements on efficiency and cost effectiveness, as well as to overcome new digitization challenges in systems and machines. For this, in turn, to […]