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Get Energy Costs Under Control
 With PROFIenergy, for Energy Management on PROFINET, users can actively and effectively manage energy in their automation systems. By purposefully switching off unnecessary consumers, energy demand and, thus, energy costs can be drastically reduced.
During the idle period on the weekend, it is common for equipment to still consume about 60 percent of the energy used during production. Up to now these consumers were typically not switched off. The reasons for this are complex. First and foremost, additional hardware would have to be installed outside the machine. Many users are reluctant to put in the engineering effort required for this. This situation can be avoided in the future by purposefully switching off “energy-wasting” components from the higher-level controller.
While external cabling is currently required for switching consumers, the use of equivalent commands eliminates this need... Read more
Five Criteria to Consider when Choosing an Industrial Ethernet
 Network users have a number of industrial Ethernet implementations available to them. Carl Henning, deputy director of PTO North America, makes the case for choosing PROFINET.
Over the last few months, I've attended more than my fair share of trade shows and training events, and encountered device vendors and users pondering an industrial Ethernet solution. This prompted me to summarize the case for choosing PROFINET, with these five criteria as most important... Read more
Identification Systems Profile Now Available for PROFINET
 At the recent SPS Show in Germany, the PI organization announced “Identification Systems–Proxy Ident Function Block” profile support for PROFINET.
Product tracing and optimization of logistics processes are playing a more and more important role in industry, resulting in the need for Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) systems to be integrated into higher-level company networks. To support this integration, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) is now making the “Identification Systems–Proxy Ident Function Block” profile available for PROFINET systems... Read more
Happy Birthday, Mr. PROFIBUS; Happy Birthday to You
 How did Web 2.0 and China impact the development of PROFIBUS two decades ago? Find out in this anniversary book celebrating 20 years of PROFIBUS technology.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of PROFIBUS, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) is issuing an anniversary book describing the background and history of PROFIBUS. In addition to accounts from contemporary witnesses, companions, and technological heads, the founders of the RPAs (Regional PI Associations) also report on their experiences with PROFIBUS on the international stage... Read more
PROFINET a Big Draw at International Automation Show
 Find out what brought almost 50,000 automation professionals to Germany last month. In excerpts from his blog, Carl Henning, of PTO North America, tells why PROFINET was a hit at the recent SPS/IPC/Drives show and “talks topologies” for Industrial Ethernet networks.
Although the attendance numbers were huge, there were not many of us from the U.S. at the SPS/IPC/Drives Show 2009 at the end of November in Nuremberg, Germany, so for the benefit of U.S. blog readers who enjoyed Thanksgiving at home, here are excerpts from my report at the show. To read my full reports, visit www.profiblog.com... Read more
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