Then there were the early days of the vision sensor wars. DVT vs Cognex.
Prices dropping. Ease-of-use constantly improving. Technology advances.
Smart, passionate people. Ah, those days are gone as DVT sold out to
Cognex and the market opened to a myriad of competition.
Now it's safety. And principally Siemens and Rockwell, but ABB also gets
a nod.
A year ago, I wrote about ABB making an investment and
Rockwell's annointing as top overall safety supplier leader by analyst
firm ARC Advisory Group.
Now, Siemens has reason to boast. ARC ranks Siemens at the top globally in machine safeguarding solutions.
“We are dedicated to remaining a market leader in the development of
innovative products and solutions in the machine safeguarding category,”
says Raj Batra, president, Industry Automation Division for Siemens
Industry, Inc. “Our knowledge base of Totally Integrated Automation
(TIA), coupled with a wide spectrum of products such as
SIMATIC
controllers, switches and relays, SINUMERIK motion controls and SIRIUS
safety relays, provide Siemens with a solid foundation to continue
servicing the needs of our current and future customers,” adds Batra.
The ARC study outlines the machine safeguarding sector, or solutions
that evaluate equipment from a task-oriented perspective (operator
interaction) and incorporates safety functions that effectively minimize
the risk of operator injury. ARC has provided five year forecasts in
order to show long-term trends in the machine safeguarding solutions
marketplace, and regularly updates these forecasts based on changes in
technology and global economic conditions.
I love competition.
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