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R3 Reliable Realtime Radio Communications is presenting its first series products 'Echoring Ethernet Bridge' (EREB) and 'Echoring System on Module' (SoM) at the SPS. They are designed to supplement wired industrial Ethernet networks with equally powerful wireless connections.
read more...What new products did the exhibitors present at SPS 2019? Computer&AUTOMATION provides an overview of what awaited visitors to the Nuremberg exhibition halls this year.
read more...The benefits of 5G for automation technology will materialize, but it will take longer than many expected or hoped - this is the assessment of Thomas Schildknecht, Managing Director of the Murr-based company of the same name.
read more...IO-Link devices can now be seamlessly integrated into CIP architectures. The ODVA has now announced corresponding further developments to the EtherNet/IP specification.
read more...Lapp has also been offering switches for two years. Further versions will be added for SPS 2019, including the smallest Profinet switches on the market according to the provider.
read more...In the future, Ethernet TSN will enable continuous communication in machine and plant engineering without gateways and interruptions. Wago is launching two new automation systems on the market for the SPS, with which users can take advantage of all the benefits of the extended Ethernet standard.
read more...SPS - smart production solutions
Security, 5G plus TSN and OPC UA, IoT platforms and automation with robots: the 'Automation 4.0 Summit', the congress accompanying the SPS trade fair, is dedicated to these four exciting topics this year.
read more...Time Sensitive Networking has firmly established itself in the vocabulary of the automation industry. All well-known suppliers have started activities to evaluate or even introduce TSN. But where exactly are the goals for the use of TSN and what is actually still missing?
read more...To make electric vacuum generators, grippers or compact ejectors visible for the smart factory, they must supply digital energy and process data in real time. This works using interfaces such as IO-Link, Ethernet or NFC in the vacuum components.
read more...The dynamic requirements for cables and the associated energy chains are high. How must (Ethernet) cables be designed so that they can be safely routed in energy chains even under the highest bending stress?
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