Belden, a provider of signal transmission solutions, has appointed Dr. Oliver Kleineberg as Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Core Networking division of its Industrial IT platform.
read more...The AVNU Alliance and the EEC announced a cooperation at the end of November in Beijing. Their aim is to promote interoperability in industrial control technology.
read more...At SPS IPC Drives 2017, a total of 17 automation and IT companies confirmed their intention to establish the OPC UA plus TSN communication solution on the market as quickly as possible.
read more...14 German companies and organizations have joined forces in the 'Tacnet 4.0 - Tactile Internet' project. Together, they want to develop a standardized system for industrial communication in real time - based on 5G mobile technology.
read more...OPC UA forms a universal application interface thanks to its address space, whereas TSN supplements standard Ethernet with real-time properties and allows data transfer rates in the gigabit range. It therefore makes sense to combine the two technologies.
read more...LPWAN technologies such as LoRaWAN, Sigfox or NarrowBand IoT have specific advantages and disadvantages compared to other data transmission technologies. But which ones? And to what extent are they really suitable for industrial applications? Five experts from the industry give their views.
read more...The Stuttgart-based Lapp Group - previously known for cables, wires and connectors - is expanding its connection technology portfolio to include switch technology. Jürgen Greger, Product Manager Automation & Network, explains the strategy behind this.
read more...Radio instead of cables - this topic is occupying more and more machine and plant manufacturers. Schildknecht is presenting new solutions specifically for Bluetooth Low Energy and is also addressing the future topic of 5G.
read more...At the end of 2014, the OPC Foundation announced that it would achieve the status of a globally recognized standard for the Industrial Internet of Things IIoT by 2019 at the latest. The OPC Foundation has now provided an update on the current status at the trade fair.
read more...Profibus & Profinet International
The safety-oriented Profisafe bus protocol from PI (Profibus & Profinet International) makes it possible to run fail-safe and standard communication over one and the same connection. In future, Profisafe communication will also be possible via OPC UA.
read more...Diamond, eks Engel, Muckenhaupt&Nusselt
The companies Diamond, eks Engel FOS and Muckenhaupt & Nusselt have agreed on a cooperation for optical data transmission solutions. This was announced by the managing directors at a press conference at SPS IPC Drives.
read more...The drivers supplied with most real-time operating systems are not real-time capable - a knock-out criterion for automation devices that are to be connected to a TSN network.
read more...Belden / Hirschmann / Beck IPC
Belden/Hirschmann is convinced that the time-honored automation pyramid is transforming into an automation pillar. A joint demo with Beck IPC is intended to illustrate this transformation.
read more...Fog computing in the industrial environment - Kontron has set itself this goal. The first building blocks of this IT-based product orientation were on display at the trade fair.
read more...The Ethercat Technology Group (ETG) has announced the addition of TSN technologies to Ethercat. This is intended to expand the application possibilities of Ethercat in heterogeneous network environments.
read more...The working group is to determine how PLCopen functions can be mapped to the 'administration shell' of Industry 4.0 devices.
read more...Until now, radio has hardly played a role in safety applications. The Berlin start-up R3 Communications wants to change this with 'EchoRing', a deterministic and highly reliable real-time radio system.
read more...Indu-Sol Managing Director Karl-Heinz Richter is convinced that switches from the IT world do not always meet the requirements of automation technology. The network specialist from Schmölln is therefore now coming up with its own solution.
read more...ZVEI wants to help define 5G standards
The ZVEI wants to increasingly incorporate the needs of the industry into the standardization of the fifth generation of mobile communications. The association expects industry turnover to grow in the upper single-digit range in 2018.
read more...Hilscher, IBM and X-Integrate showcased an intelligent cloud solution for automated quality management at SPS IPC Drives 2017 in Hall 2.
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