Networks

Josh Glass, Lead Automation Engineer/Network Specialist at Panacea Technologies
Find out the requirements a Panacea Technologies’ Networking Expert recommends you consider before determining a switch manufacturer for your next networking project.
This image highlights how Single Pair Ethernet technology fits within industry standards, components, and devices, as well as the varied applications into which it can extend.
This article describes Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) and its applications in industry to help users better understand this emerging Ethernet technology.
Michael Bowne, executive director, PI North America
What does digital transformation mean for industrial networks? How can a future-proof networking strategy help companies go digital? What are the trends in automation networks...
Rio 3d Master V2a P5 All Wires Detached 2k
Opto 22 releases groov RIO, a software configurable, distributed I/O device capable of more than 52,000 field I/O combinations for transmitting data from installed devices to ...
B&R Industrial Automation's X20 controllers support OPC UA over TSN. Source: B&R Industrial Automation
Leveraging the widely accepted OPC UA standard, automation supplier adoption of Time-Sensitive Networking continues to advance, as can be seen in multiple recent announcements...
Auto
Application article describes how one auto manufacturer is using STEUTE’s NEXY™ wireless intralogistics network to help to optimize uptime of the their AGV assembly platforms....
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AutomationDirect is a distributor offering thousands of industrial automation products for electrical control systems, including PLCs, operator interfaces, AC drives, motors, ...

Products

Siemens Scalance MUM856-1
The first industrial 5G router from Siemens, the Scalance MUM856-1, is an IP65-rated device designed to connect local industrial applications to public 5G and 4G mobile wireless...
Rotork Ethernet Actuator
Rotork has introduced its integrated Ethernet actuator, which is compatible with EtherNet/IP Modbus TCP and Profinet protocols. With the introduction of Rotork’s integrated...
Posital IXARC absolute encoders
New versions of the Posital IXARC absolute encoders with the EtherNet/IP interface feature three rotary switches for manual IP address configuration. IXARC encoders with the EtherNet...
AutomationDirect Power Supplies
AutomationDirect has added the Block PM series mini power supplies. The new Block PM-0624-100-0 redundancy module prevents downtime by monitoring two matched Block power supplies...

Videos

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How Time-Sensitive Networking enables Ethernet to merge multiple traffic types on the same network.
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This video highlights Valpak's automated printing and distribution facility in St. Petersburg, Fla. Shown are: One of the facility's two presses in operation, collation and transfer...
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Opto 22 distributor RS Components explains its introduction of Opto 22 products in the Asia-Pacific area and Europe—in particular Opto 22's groov mobile HMI for burgeoning global...
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See a live demo of a system from B&R Industrial Automation, and learn how it provides secure, remote access to machines in this demo, a remote robot€” for optimal monitoring, ...