What will industrial work look like in the future? Together with the University of Stuttgart, Fraunhofer would like to provide insights in the 'Future Work Lab', which was opened by Federal Research Minister Dr. Johanna Wanka at the beginning of February 2017.
read more...The Ethernet Powerlink Standardization Group (EPSG) and the OPC Foundation have developed a Companion Specification for OPC UA and Powerlink. It will be published on the EPSG website and presented at the EPSG stand at embedded world 2017.
read more...New 'Low Power Wide Area' wireless technologies are predestined for the IIoT: they offer a wide range of options for wirelessly connecting any automation devices with the IT platforms - in some cases even without a SIM card or mobile phone provider.
read more...Cisco has now launched the Innovation Alliance. Together with eleven medium-sized IT companies, Cisco wants to support German SMEs with digitization.
read more...Where do companies use artificial intelligence (AI)? What are the benefits of using AI technologies? Answers are provided by the international study "Amplifying Human Potential: Towards Purposeful Artificial Intelligence", the results of which Infosys has now published.
read more...From sensor technology 4.0 to big data...
Four topics from the Industry 4.0 environment were the focus of the 'Automation 4.0 Summit' at SPS IPC. Klaus Koch reflects on the topic slot 'Big Data Analytics' in an interview; you can read a summary of the 'Sensors 4.0' and 'Safety meets Security' slots on pages 2 and 3.
read more...Deutsche Messe, organizer of the Hannover Messe, is calling on companies and institutions to apply for the 'Hermes Award 2017'. The condition: Their product should be on display for the first time at Hannover Messe 2017.
read more...Industrial Ethernet with 1 GBit/s
CC-Link IE is the only common industrial Ethernet standard based on a data transmission rate of 1 GBit/s. The CLPA has now specified the 'Basic Mode', according to which products with a 100 MBit Ethernet port can easily be made compatible with CC-Link IE.
read more...Are OPC UA and TSN the two communication standards on which factory automation will be based in the future? At SPS IPC Drives 2016, there were some innovations on this topic.
read more...There was hardly an automation company at SPS IPC Drives 2016 that did not advertise a gateway for connecting to the IoT. Common approach of all solutions: Machines and systems send their sensor and process values to the cloud via Internet-based protocols.
read more...That was the Wireless Congress 2016
Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet and IoT are driving the development of new wireless technology. Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are currently predicted to grow rapidly. Several wireless technologies are competing with each other - and with mobile communications.
read more...After Industrial Ethernet has gained broad acceptance on the market in recent years thanks to its stability, there has recently been increasing discussion about how this technology will develop in the context of Industry 4.0. - A forecast.
read more...Different standards and platforms: This is hampering the expected market development in the IoT. Heiko Burdack, responsible for Digital Design and Development in T-Systems' Digital Division, explains how Telekom is tackling this problem.
read more...OPC UA TSN as a standardized protocol for communication in the Industrial Internet of Things up to the control level: this is the goal now being pursued by a consortium of IT and automation companies.
read more...Ericsson and RWTH Aachen University are pushing ahead with the development and further research of the new 5G mobile communications technology in the field of Industry 4.0. With this goal in mind, they have now announced the launch of a 'Center Connected Industry'.
read more...Siemens plans to make its open IoT ecosystem MindSphere available on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform in the course of 2017.
read more...The ZVEI is working with other institutions to concretize the RAMI 4.0 reference architecture and the Industry 4.0 component and enrich them with practical relevance. The association presented a guideline and an open source project at SPS IPC Drives 2016.
read more...OPC UA is to achieve the status of a globally recognized standard for the Industrial Internet of Things IIoT by 2019 at the latest - according to the plans of the OPC Foundation. The press conference at the trade fair provided an update on the current status.
read more...Sercos International will be presenting the transmission of the Sercos III real-time protocol via IEEE 802.1 TSN (Time Sensitive Networks) for the first time at SPS IPC Drives 2016.
read more...In Hall 3A, visitors to the 'Industry 4.0 Area' can find out about the concepts, applications and challenges of digital production. A new addition: the 'Cyber Security' platform.
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