Weber, 04/25/2022 Despite more than two years of delivery issues and other uncertainties as a result of the pandemic, manufacturers of products using technology from PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) have reported very positive figures for 2021. This is especially true for PROFINET and IO-Link. In no small part is this thanks to years of consistent […]
Weber, 05/10/2022 IO-Link Safety expands machines and systems automated with IO-Link to include functionally safe components and communication. The latest version of the IO-Link Safety specification (1.1.3) and version 1.1 of the associated test specification with protocol and functional tests build upon the successful base technology specifications in the IO-Link 2020 package. An English-language “IO-Link Safety […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]