Advancements in PROFIdrive and PROFIsafe

PROFIdrive adoption is accelerating and quickly becoming an easy and convenient way to commission drives from different manufacturers. The addition of PROFIsafe with PROFIdrive, along with advanced simulation capabilities, provide a comprehensive and complete solution.

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5G Performance for PROFINET and PROFIsafe Communication

Does PROFINET work over 5G? Can failsafe applications be used? What level of performance can be expected? The testbed developed by ifak, HMS, NXP, and Radisys implemented a PROFINET network over 5G to answer these very questions.

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New PROFIsafe Products – October 2022

New PROFIsafe products this month include: a safe key system from Euchner, servo drives and controllers from KEB Automation, high performance safety controllers from Phoenix Contact, and updated absolute rotary encoders from TWK.

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PROFIsafe Goes Ethernet-APL

PROFIsafe and Ethernet-APL complement each other perfectly. With their combination, PI meets the challenge of providing both safety and non-safety applications through a unified PROFINET infrastructure.

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PROFIsafe Applied in Largest Working Ship

With a length of 382 meters and a width of 124 meters, the Allseas Pioneering Spirit is the largest work ship in the world. With the help of a PROFIsafe safety PLC and PROFIsafe safety encoders, a safety system monitors the position and speed of the lifting systems to ensure movement within preprogrammed parameters.

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Functional Safety + PROFIsafe: Past, Present, and Future

Functional safety is not only in the interest of the affected persons, but it also makes sense from a business point of view. When the risk of accidents is correctly accounted for, systems equipped with modern safety technology have a much lower total cost of ownership than unprotected ones.

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Wireless PROFINET + PROFIsafe in the Building Materials Industry

When laying grey cobblestones in road construction, probably only a few people realize that this is the serial product of a highly automated industrial process. But that is exactly how it is – and PROFIBUS, PROFINET and PROFIsafe are all involved, including wireless connections.

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Industrial Safety: PROFIsafe Profile Overview [Tech Tip]

PROFIsafe is a safety communication technology for discrete manufacturing and process automation systems. It was developed to meet the Functional Safety requirements for PI communication technologies. Read this overview of functional safety and PROFIsafe.

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