News from the area of networking
What is currently happening in the fieldbus, Ethernet and wireless sectors? Computer&AUTOMATION has compiled new products in a picture gallery.
read more...read more...Profibus and Profinet in 2015
Last year, 3 million Profinet devices were launched on the market worldwide, according to the annual survey of the installed portfolio of Profibus & Profinet International (PI). This means that the annual figure for Profinet has surpassed that of Profibus for the first time.
read more...In future every two years parallel to the Hannover Messe
The biennial CeMAT trade fair for intralogistics and supply chain management will run concurrently with Hannover Messe from 2018. According to the organizer, Deutsche Messe, its focus on Industry 4.0 makes it an excellent thematic fit with Hannover Messe.
read more...Connection and joining technology
Murrelektronik cooperates with Yacoub Automation
Murrelektronik from Oppenweiler and the Berlin-based development and technology service provider Yacoub want to jointly drive forward the topic of decentralized automation in the future. The two companies have also recently joined the same group of companies.
read more...New version of the sercos monitor available
The user organization Sercos International has made a new version of the Sercos Monitor available as a free download at Hannover Messe 2016. The tool is designed to enable providers and users to analyze data traffic in Sercos III networks in detail.
read more...ODVA develops 'cloud specification'
The ODVA has announced a new technical initiative to develop a 'Common Industrial Cloud Interface Specification'. The starting signal for this is to be given in mid-2016 with the formation of a corresponding Special Interest Group (SIG).
read more...Toyota opts for Ethercat
At the Hannover Messe, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that the Japanese car manufacturer has opted for Ethercat as its industrial Ethernet technology and intends to use it in its new factories around the world.
read more...Are fieldbuses disappearing?
Will fieldbuses soon have to give way to Ethernet technology in the industrial environment? Two automation experts, Michael Volz and Heinrich Munz, explain their views.
read more...News from building automation
Intelligent building automation opens up great potential for the industry to reduce energy costs. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the latest product innovations in this segment in a series of pictures.
read more...Kunbus takes over Comsoft-ICP
Kunbus, a solution provider in the field of industrial communication from Denkendorf near Stuttgart, announced the acquisition of the ICP (Industrial Communication Products) division of the Karlsruhe-based company Comsoft at embedded world 2016.
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