With a focus on safety & security
The e-paper of issue 11/2021
The smart factory is becoming more and more of a reality. This is made possible by intelligent automation and digitalization solutions. Read more about digital twins, safety & security in the networked factory and new business models in issue 11.
Topic highlights
- Cover story: Digital twin as an accelerator
More than just a tool for system and process analysis (page 25) - ZVEI appeal to the new government
Improve framework conditions for digitalization (page 9) - Data collector encoder
Kübler: Industrial Ethernet as a focus of innovation (page 12) - IoT hotspot (page 16)
- Where are the new business models?
Are established IT system architectures putting the brakes on new models
(page 19) - Codesys - The latest update
Modularization consistently expanded (page 30) - Tipping hazard averted
Monitoring tilt angles with mobile measuring systems (page 34) - Distributed real-time applications based on TSN
What role do the ecosystem and components play? (page 52) - Communicative energy management
Optimizing the energy balance of electric drive systems (page 56)
Focus on safety & security:
- Protection for the weakest link
Interaction between user management and industrial security (page 38) - AI in industrial security
AI-supported security in complex OT networks (page 41)
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