PROFINET – Backbone of IIoT and Industry 4.0

In August 2015, Rafael Koenig, Chairman of Profibus Australia, presented at the Future Networks Forum, part of the Westwick Farrow ACI Connect event, to an audience of automation, control, and instrumentation professionals, about Profinet’s role in Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things.

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IIoT and Industry 4.0 at Hanover Fair

The official theme of this year’s Fair was “Integrated Industry – Join the Network” but the real theme was “Industry 4.0,” sometimes spelled the German way "Industrie 4.0."  And PROFINET,…

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IO-Link: A Key to the Future of Automation

The numbers speak for themselves. The IO-Link standard has taken the market by storm. Joachim Uffelmann, Head of the Steering Committee for the IO-Link Community, explains the significance behind this success.

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A New Liaison: Combining IO-Link and mioty

A new partnership between the IO-Link community and the mioty alliance aims to seamlessly integrate the mioty technology into the world of IO-Link with the aim of enabling low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies for industrial IO-Link applications.

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New IO-Link Products – September 2023

New IO-Link products to announce this month include: control buttons from Pizzato; connectivity for pneumatic valve systems from Emerson Aventics; optical distance sensors from ifm electronic; and welding force calibration transmitters from Kistler.

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New Products – July 2023

New products this month include: new I/O modules from Belden; a new MTP Suite from COPA DATA; omlox hub software and omlox core zone hardware from TRUMPF Tracking Technologies; PROFIsafe encoders from TR electronic; and MTP training from Semodia.

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