With a focus on distribution
The e-paper of issue 1/2022
We start the new year with the top trends in automation: in addition to OPC UA, machine safety and artificial intelligence, in our Issue 1 we also show why distributors are ideal system partners on the road to the smart factory.
Theme highlights
- Title: Three right ones!
How users benefit from OPC UA Server, Client and Pub Sub (page 36) - The digital twin as a basis
How automation systems change through software (page 8) - Automate without control cabinets
Murrelektronik's platform for decentralized automation concepts (page 9) - Machine safety made easy
Schmersal simplifies cable installations for safety switchgear (page 10) - New alliance based on IEC 61499
Plant engineering to become more flexible (page 11) - Digitize factories faster!
Developing solutions for the IIoT more efficiently (page 12) - Cloud service in the foreground
What the step towards "roundtrip"-capable engineering means (page 13) - Not going it alone with AI
Kontron pushes collaboration for IoT solutions at the edge (page 14) - Knowing (or learning) your own needs
Why digitalization cannot be generalized (page 16)
- Framework for data and AI lifecycle
A framework for different stages of production automation (page 20) - How to use AI correctly
Keeping an eye on the workflow as a whole (page 24) - Bluetooth for security applications
Bluetooth-based network topology in the factory (page 40) - Focus on interoperability
TSN series part 16: Current work on the ISW testbed (page 43)
IN FOCUS: Distributors as system partners
- Technology beats volume - Interview with Andreas Falke, FBDi (page 28)
- "One 'fits all' is not enough" - Interview with Martin Dibold, Hy-Line (page 30)
- More security in the supply chain - Interview with Thomas Reichmann, Schukat (page 32)
- Systematic development - Interview with Stephan Menze, Rutronik (page 34)
- The market overview: Distributors as system partners
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