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New Products – September 2024

New products to announce this month include: mass flow and pressure sensors with IO-Link from Alicat Scientific; miniature photoelectric sensors with IO-Link from Turck; laser sensors with PROFINET from Micro-Epsilon; and inverters with PROFINET from NORD.

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PROFIsafe and Virtualization

Advancing digitalization in automation technology has experienced a significant innovation with the virtualization of programmable logic controllers (vPLCs). PROFIsafe, which plays an essential role in many automation systems, has received a letter of conformance from the TÜV Süd confirming its effectiveness when used with vPLCs.

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Updated: Vendor Map for SRCI

Robot programmers are rare, and the lack of specialists is further intensifying the situation. This is why a host of robot manufacturers and Siemens, as a PLC manufacturer, joined forces to establish a standardized interface: the SRCI (Standard Robot Command Interface). The list of vendors supporting SRCI –and to what level, is constantly being updated.

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