Get Together for Robotics II: Wrap-Up
Following its major success last year, the Get Together for Robotics conference was held once again. Accompanied by a large number of online participants, around 100 participants from 39 companies met...
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How Omlox and Location Data Help Overcome Worker Shortages
The logistics and manufacturing industries have long been the backbone of global trade and economic growth. However, these sectors are currently facing a significant challenge: a shortage of skilled w...
Certified Training Helps CERN Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe
HMS Networks is delighted to announce that it has just delivered important network training that will help maintain continuity for vital systems at the CERN Laboratory – home of the Large Hadron Colli...
New Use-Case Implemented for PROFIdrive
Thanks to the release of the VIK-NAMUR specific GSD file – a new use-case has been added to the PROFIdrive profile and now allows any device change during operation without adapting a device-specific...
The PROFINET Security Specification Makes Concrete Progress
Security in the field of operative technology (OT) is proving itself to be a decisive requirement for secure data collection, which is of crucial importance when it comes to implementing digitalizatio...
New Certified PI Training Center for the Middle East
HMS Networks opened its Dubai office in 2019. Prior to this, HMS Networks had been doing business in the region through distributors and sales support from Sweden and Spain for several years and there...
SRCI: a Win-Win-Win for Robot Automation
Introduction The adoption of robots in modern production lines to increase automation and reduce costs is growing at a rapid pace. This includes the large robot lines often seen in the automotiv...
IO-Link Interoperability Workshop Sees Record Participation
For the 21st time now, the IO-Link community has met for a two-day interoperability workshop. The annual event, which took place in Bad Soden, Germany, saw a new participation record: 130 participants...
New Products – November 2023
Smart Lithium Battery with PROFINET Hellpower Energy is launching a PROFINET-enabled battery that seamlessly integrates into existing PROFINET systems and overcomes traditional communication barriers....
PROFINET Ecosystem Forum: Fast out the Gate
With the total PROFINET node count coming in at close to 60 million nodes by the end of 2022, it’s safe to say at this point in 2023 the grand total has surpassed 70 million –and therefore the venerab...
PROFIsafe for OPC UA – The networking of machines becomes fail-safe
PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) already developed PROFIsafe in the 1990s, making fail-safe communication and transfer of process data possible over the same connection. While many users sti...
IO-Link Wireless specification completed
IO-Link is the first technology for communicating with sensors and actuators below the fieldus level to be adopted as an international standard (IEC 61131-9). This technology has now been expanded to...