Products of the year 2021
Communication & networking - the winners!
Is your favorite in the 'Communication & Networking' category among the top 3 award winners? Here is an overview of the winners.
3rd place: With the CU8210-M001 housing dome from Beckhoff, the USB port of an industrial PC can be routed out of the control cabinet with good protection. This enables a reliable wireless connection of the control computer without having to use an antenna cable with attenuation. More...
Dominik Graf, Product Specialist Wireless Technologies, and Stefan Ziegler, Editorial Management PR, accepted the trophy on behalf of Beckhoff Automation and talked about other special features of the housing dome.
2nd place in the Communication & Networking category
2nd place: With the family of self-configuring I/O modules from Bihl+Wiedemann, up to 16 digital signals can be used as inputs or outputs in any distribution. The first products available are the two ASi-5 modules BWU4230 and BWU4231 in protection class IP67, each with 16 I/Os. More...
Thomas Rönitzsch from Corporate Communications accepted the trophy on behalf of Bihl+Wiedemann.
1st place in the Communication & Networking category
1st place: Hilscher is expanding its PC card technology to include a remote network interface with M12 connection technology called AIFX-RE\M12. The use of M12 instead of classic RJ45 connectors enables the 'cifX' PC card family to be used in harsh industrial environments; protection classes up to IP67 can be achieved. More...
The award was accepted by Tim Pauls, Product Manager PC Cards at Hilscher, who explained the features on the basis of the real component.
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