CC-Link IE|the missing link in Industry 4.0 and IIot communications. Much of the promise of Industry 4.0 (4IR) is based upon seamless interconnectivity between production machines, enterprise systems and sources of data in the wider world. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a key foundation of that interconnectivity, providing low cost, easily integrated […]
Schneider’s new Profit Advisor uses IIoT to manage real-time decision making. Schneider Electric, has introduced new software suite that utilises IIoT data to enable industrial customers to measure and control the profitability of their operations in real time. Called EcoStruxure Profit Advisor, it uses control and automation systems data to control real-time profit performance […]
New integrated and intelligent industrial PC platform for manufacturing. Omron Automation has introduced a new Industrial PC Platform (IPC) that delivers “integrated” and “intelligent” automation to production sites and equipment. The powerful and robust automation platform integrates motion, sequencing, safety, networking and vision inspection, and a new software (Sysmac Studio). It includes […]
CC-Link improves Vehicle Press Line System The CC-Link automation network’s user association has introduced a way to dramatically reduced system design and system start-up times in vehicle press line systems. It features a new approach to press control based on the concepts of modularisation and decentralisation. One panel computer can directly exchange monitoring data […]
The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) have delivered on their announcement to allow easy interoperability between CC-Link IE and PROFINET. The new specification builds on an initial announcement from 2015, when both network organisations promised to maximise the transparency between the two protocols. Transparency of integration Promoting transparency and […]