The experts of the PI Community enjoyed meeting their customers and interested parties in person at SPS on November 8-10, 2022. Covering an area of more than 260 m², new innovations were showcased at the joint booth of PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) with numerous co-exhibitors.
In more and more cases, the ability to communicate and interoperate via PROFINET is a must-have for Industry 4.0-capable devices. What should device manufacturers know to make the right “make-or-buy” decision?
IO-Link Safety is very powerful and is used for safe drives, door locks and control & signaling device boxes, among other things. See the first multi-vendor demo with IO-Link Safety live at the joint PI stand at the SPS trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany (Hall 5, 210).
This month’s issue of PROFINEWS places the focus squarely on the use of PROFINET in the process automation industry. From Ethernet-APL, to PROFIsafe, to Module Type Package (MTP), to the PA Profile, PI’s technologies are making inroads like never before.
Between PROFINET, PROFIsafe, Modular Type Package (MTP), and omlox, it’s no small wonder PI’s technologies are poised to have a significant impact on the process industry. In my many years of work as a PI board member, it was often a matter of building bridges between technologies and people, i.e., creating many interfaces.
How does WLAN or Bluetooth work in automation technology for fieldbus transmission? Can we use algorithms to make it even more robust? Learn about a foil cutting machine with 40 PROFINET wireless links.
Lots of new products to announce this month from: Emerson, Softing, Deutschmann Automation, Advanced Energy Industries, Phoenix Contact, ifm electronic, Grid Connect, Real Time Automation, Pozyx, and NXP.
Continuing the positive trend for PI technology, PROFINET is fast approaching the 50 million installed devices milestone, while IO-Link is experiencing extraordinary growth. With Ethernet-APL, PROFINET is well positioned for the future in process automation as well.
