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In addition to the benefits for smart maintenance processes, RFID technology enables inventory optimization and the documentation of material flows. A plea.
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In addition to the benefits for smart maintenance processes, RFID technology enables inventory optimization and the documentation of material flows. A plea.

The remote maintenance software QRM+ (QNAP Remote Manager Plus) is integrated into the cloud-based IPCs of the new QGW series from ICP Germany.

The TSN/A Conference will take place next Wednesday and Thursday in Stuttgart. Together with the AVNU Alliance, Computer&AUTOMATION is organizing this international conference on the real-time extensions of the Ethernet standard.

Time Sensitive Networking - TSN for short - is a real-time extension of standard Ethernet. The effects on all sectors - from industry and automotive to the consumer world - will be the focus of the TSN/A Conference on September 20-21, 2017 in Stuttgart.
With the CPS-MG341-ADSC1-111 M2M Gateway PLC Controller multifunction module from Contec, Plug-In Electronic is expanding its portfolio with a further series of PLC data acquisition devices for industrial applications.

Machine and plant manufacturers who rely on automation technology from Lenze will be able to offer online and remote services more easily in future. The manufacturer has entered into a cooperation with the company ei3, which offers a combination of ...

In the first part of the article series, Klaus-Dieter Walter from SSV Software Systems reported on the initial experiences of a LoRa pilot project in Germany. Jürgen Kern, Managing Director at NetModule, describes the LoRa situation in Switzerland in particular.
Industry 4.0 is driven and implemented more by 'upper' SMEs and corporations than by small and medium-sized enterprises. What is the reason for this and what new approaches can be used to give SMEs easy access to Industry 4.0?
Driven by their end customers, automation technology providers are currently in the process of solving the first task in modern industrial IoT applications: End-to-end communication based on open standards such as OPC UA and TSN.

As part of the IoT trend, new IoT wireless networks are now emerging that are being positioned as competitors to existing mobile networks - such as LoRa. Klaus-Dieter Walter, Managing Director of SSV Software Systems, talks about his initial experiences with a LoRa pilot project in Germany.