Industrial networksEthernet overtakes fieldbuses
In terms of newly installed nodes in factory automation, Industrial Ethernet has overtaken traditional fieldbuses. This is the conclusion of the latest study by HMS Industrial Networks on the market share of industrial networks.
The conclusion of the latest HMS study: Industrial Ethernet networks have been growing faster than traditional fieldbuses for several years and have now overtaken the latter. With a growth rate of 22%, Industrial Ethernet now has a global market share of 52%, compared to 46% in the previous year. EtherNet/IP has become the most widespread network with a 15% market share, followed by Profinet, Ethercat, Modbus-TCP and Ethernet Powerlink. HMS currently puts the share of fieldbuses at 42% (previous year 48%). Wireless technologies have a market share of 6%.