During 2017 we feature over 15 application stories in PROFINEWS. We look forward to publicizing more PI members’ news this 2018. Share your PROFINET success story and we will help you edit it and feature it!
“The new PI booth had around 100 co-exhibitors, which shows the importance that members attribute to PI. Vendors, chip-manufacturers, or service-providers: they all see the value in being part of PI’s global community” commented Karsten Schneider, PI Chairman, after the SPS/IPC/Drives 2017 fair.
The joint PI booth will have several new features at this year’s SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg, Germany on November 28–30, 2017. We have a new, larger position still located centrally in Hall 2. Visit us!
In the Food and Beverage industry, Gima SpA had a problem: they needed their new 590 Series rotary packaging machine to be both highly adaptable and very compact. How to merge these seemingly opposite capabilities? PROFINET was the answer.
New products are announced this month by Bihl+Wiedemann, Hilscher, SICK, Siemens, and Vivace.
Rigorous testing and certification ensures PROFINET devices ‘just work’ on the plant floor. Why then hold Plugfests? Because they allow device manufacturers to test PROFINET ‘systems’ as a whole.
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There can be confusion when engineers begin to use Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) and PROFINET. Read this Tech Tip to educate yourself!
PI Members in the news this month include PROCENTEC and MESCO. PROCENTEC celebrated its twentieth birthday. MESCO reports on a successful technology day featuring PROFIsafe. MESCO has also opened a US office in the Boston area.
