With the growing focus on digitalization, sustainability, and worker safety, PROFINET is seeing a resurgence in the use of Application Profiles. In this three-part series, we will look at the three Application Profiles fueling this resurgence. Part 3 here focuses on PROFIdrive.
Our top-5 list of articles from 2023 include those covering: Advanced Physical Layer (APL), Module Type Package (MTP), the Standard Robot Command Interface (SRCI), the 2023 annual node count, and new products.
With the growing focus on digitalization, sustainability, and worker safety, PROFINET is seeing a resurgence in the use of Application Profiles. In this three-part series, we will look at the three Application Profiles fueling this resurgence. Part 2 here focuses on PROFIenergy.
Certification for PROFINET over APL is complete, making the technology ready for use in process automation. This milestone raises the maturity level of the PROFINET APL technology from proof-of-concept to production-ready.
With the growing focus on digitalization, sustainability, and worker safety, PROFINET is seeing a resurgence in the use of Application Profiles. In this three-part series, we will look at the three Application Profiles fueling this resurgence. Part 1 here focuses on PROFIsafe.
The company Adeptor, in Norway recently passed the accreditation process to become a PI Competence Center for PROFINET. Separately, ifak e.V., in Germany celebrated its 25th anniversary as a PI Test Lab, with particular focus on process control.
In addition to the standards and specifications available from PI, occasionally accompanying documents are often produced, for example as articles in technical journals or as conference papers. Regarding PROFINET Security and PROFINET over APL, these papers are now organized on the PI website.
MESCO has expanded its test capabilities to provide pre-certification testing of PROFINET compliance, in addition to environmental compliance. These capabilities allow compliance to be verified beforehand to ensure a smooth certification process.
