Omron Electronics has joined the OPC group Open Serialisation Communication Standard (Open SCS) with the goal to standardise the communication interfaces between the different solution providers who provide solutions for the various global serialisation requirements. To fight the immense market of counterfeit products and to enhance patient safety, several initiatives and legislation are in […]
Industrial Ethernet is fastest growing network for 2016. Sales of new Industrial Ethernet nodes are growing faster than before, and now account for 38% of the market. In terms of global sales, EtherNet/IP is in first place followed by PROFINET. Traditional fieldbuses are still dominating the market for industrial networks with a 58% share […]
FAG SmartCheck opts for SLMP Industrial Ethernet integration. As Industrial Ethernets become the backbone of manufacturing automation systems it has become important for manufacturers of intelligent devices to connect to them directly and avoid the need for interface devices. Seamless message protocol (SLMP) enables almost any Ethernet-compatible device including barcode readers, […]
The demand for safety integrated fieldbuses and for plant wide Ethernet has led ABB to introduced a number of features and additional tools that offer users more options when connecting LV drives. They offer users fast, accurate control of processes as well as access to large amounts of data on how the process […]
Mitsubishi Electric has introduced C-Connector, a PLC module that delivers data from plant-wide automation system directly to a user’s SAP system in real-time. The C Connector PLC module simplifies the linking of the plant’s automation systems to higher level databases, ERP applications and MES applications like SAP. Production data can be easily monitored and recorded, […]