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CC-Link Partner Association

Visit the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) web page (am.cc-link.org) to learn about how the CLPA can open new doors into the rapidly expanding Asian markets with the market leading IIoT Ready automation networks in Asia - CC‑Link & CC-Link IE Field.
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Trade association for the promotion of CC-Link and CC-Link IE compatible products and technology.

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The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) is an organization of manufacturers of CC-Link and CC-Link IE compatible products and users of CC-Link and CC-Link IE technology. The CC-Link Partner Association is one of the world’s largest open industrial automation network associations. The CC-Link Partner Association operates globally to oversee, manage and maintain the specifications for the family of industrial open-technology automation networks – CC-Link and CC-Link IE. The CLPA promotes the activities of our members’ as well as the worldwide adoption of CC-Link (CC-Link IE) technology for network communications in industrial and process automation. The CLPA exists to support member companies, to provide technical assistance in developing CC-Link (CC-Link IE) compatible products, to conduct conformance testing, and to promote these compatible products to the marketplace.

The CC-Link family of industrial open-technology automation networks process information, control data, & diagnostics to provide efficient, integrated factory-wide industrial and process automation. These CC-Link networks deliver IIoT Ready high speed, deterministic communication seamlessly linking a wide assortment of automation devices over a single network. This ‘Family of CC-Link Networks’ is ideally suited for machine automation, cell or process control in a wide variety of industries. The CC-Link family includes fieldbus and Safety networks: CC-Link & CC-Link Safety; and the most advanced Industrial Ethernet networks; CC-Link IE Field & Control. These Ethernet-based networks operate at 1Gbit, providing extremely fast and inherently deterministic IIoT Ready communication from the field/sensor/actuator level to the control level of a manufacturing operation.

The CC-Link family of industrial open-technology integrated automation networks include:

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      •  IIoT Ready Industrial Ethernet network linking field level devices to controllers, as well as controllers to controllers at an ultra-fast 1Gbit speed. Delivering absolute deterministic communications all without the requirement of switches or detailed knowledge of Ethernet networking. CC-Link IE Field is IEC approved for safety communications and meets or exceeds industry safety network standards and can provide integrated motion control and/or energy management functions all on a single Industrial Ethernet network.
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     •  Open-technology fieldbus network with performance up to 10 Mbps providing absolute deterministic behavior and cost effectiveness, flexibility and ease of use
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     •  Open-technology fieldbus safety network that is IEC / ISO approved and meets or exceeds industry safety network standards. It provides cost effectiveness, flexibility and ease of use to automation safety networks, all while delivering full compatibility with the CC-Link network.

Why choose CC-Link? Primary reasons include CC-Link and CC-Link IE Field are high-performance, cost effective, flexible, as well as easy to install and use. These networks are globally accepted and CC-Link IE is an industry leader with IIoT Ready Gigabit Ethernet networking. Also; CC-Link is a market leader in Asia, the fastest growing market in the world. There are over 17 million installed nodes & over 1500 CC-Link compatible products on the market. Many American manufacturers are incorporating CC-Link compatibility because of its technological advantages, strength and market leadership in Asia

Are you ready for the IIoT Revolution – CC Link IE is!

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CLPA's 25th Anniversary!
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The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) announced today that it has added energy management functions to CC-Link IE, the open automation network technology, to create CC Link IE...
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This new generation of distributed modular I/O can be used in a cost effective way to replace standard slice I/O and distributed I/O solutions.
Jan. 4, 2013

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How Time-Sensitive Networking enables Ethernet to merge multiple traffic types on the same network.
July 8, 2022

Blogs

John Wozniak, CLPA-Americas
Understanding the performance capabilities of your industrial network is critical to assessing its ability to handle current and future data sharing needs.
May 10, 2019
John Wozniak, CLPA-Americas
The CC-Link Partner Association has created a new industrial open network specification, CC Link IE TSN, as the next-generation CC-Link IE network.
Feb. 22, 2019
2019: The Year of the Industrial Network Protocol
The OPC Foundation, CC-Link Partner Association and ODVA have all made announcements about major moves planned for 2019, indicating serious movement toward greater device and ...
Nov. 28, 2018
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As part of a modernization strategy to increase quality and become more competitive-as well as position the facility as a smart, connected factory-a major Chinese tire manufacturer...
March 5, 2018
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With its ability to address the bandwidth, cybersecurity and speed/determinism issues related to the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0, CC-Link IE makes a case for...
Nov. 21, 2017
Interoperability and the Industrial Ethernet Rebound
A variety of reasons have contributed to the slowing of industrial Ethernet’s growth rate over the past several months, but all signs continue to point toward it becoming the ...
Dec. 20, 2016
John Wozniak Senior network specialist, CC-Link Partner Association
A look at how CC-Link IE’s Seamless Message Protocol simplifies integration of Schaeffler’s FAG SmartCheck for potential use within Industrial Internet of Things applications....
Feb. 17, 2016
How the Internet of Things is Changing Industry Investment
Research by the Industrial Internet Consortium highlights how the Internet of Things is turning the venture capital model upside down when it comes to investing in industry.
Jan. 14, 2016
Japan’s Take on the Industrial Internet of Things
A first-person account of how the Japanese market is approaching Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things based on observations from two major automation fairs held recently in...
Jan. 6, 2016
CC-Link IE and Profinet Partner on Industrial Ethernet
Increasing use of Ethernet on the plant floor, coupled with growing demands for interoperability, drive this latest industrial partnership.
Dec. 10, 2015

News

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The CC-Link Partner Association names former president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, Thomas J. Burke, as Global Strategic Advisor and will accelerate the construction...
May 12, 2020
Hilscher to Introduce CC-Link IE/Profinet Coupler
Connecting devices using the CC-Link IE and Profinet protocols will get easier with the upcoming release of Hilscher’s new NT 151 coupler.
Aug. 29, 2017
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The OPC Foundation pursues interoperability in industrial automation by creating and maintaining open specifications that standardize communication of acquired process data, alarm...
April 28, 2016
Interoperability and Protocol Organizations Embrace the Cloud
OPC Foundation and ODVA point to the cloud as a principal focus of their strategies moving forward.
April 27, 2016
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Responding to demand by Mexican manufacturers for local CC-Link service, training and support, the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) announced today that it has opened a branch...
April 15, 2016
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January is a significant milestone for the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) in the Americas, as it marks exactly 15 years since the founding of the organization and the birth...
Jan. 15, 2016
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The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) and PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) are announcing a close collaboration with the objective of promoting and disseminating the use...
Dec. 7, 2015
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he Nagoya, Japan-based CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), whose objective is to promote the widespread use of the Ethernet-based industrial open network CC-Link IE, has announced...
Aug. 10, 2015
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Continuing to strengthen CC-Link’s position as a leading global open automation network technology, the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) announced that Molex, a global manufacturer...
Dec. 18, 2014
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The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) has put together the comprehensive Gateway to Asia (G2A) program of engineering and marketing services to help American device makers develop...
April 15, 2014

Articles

Mitsubishi Electric’s lineup of MR-J5 servo technologies.
By delivering accurate and precise control over position, speed and torque, servo drives meet exacting industry requirements while embracing the latest innovations to enable the...
Nov. 16, 2023
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As automated systems involving motion control become more complex, Time-Sensitive Networking enables Ethernet to provide deterministic network communications.
July 25, 2023
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Learn how the CC-Link IE protocol is designed to boost the performance of industrial networks with the use of gigabit Ethernet and Time-Sensitive Networking.
June 6, 2023
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The CC-Link Partner Association shares news of time-sensitive networking applications being implemented in industry.
April 28, 2023
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While Time-Sensitive Networking technology can deterministically move data from one place to another via Ethernet, it’s the industrial Ethernet protocols that address specific...
July 28, 2022
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Explaining this new technology’s application in four industry verticals applications, Tom Burke of the CC-Link Partner Organization highlights the variety of ways in which Time...
Dec. 1, 2020
Can There Be Too Much Automation?
Mitsubishi Electric reintroduces humans into areas of its Kani factory that were once totally automated to boost production efficiency.
March 5, 2019
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CC-Link IE TSN combines industry leading gigabit bandwidth with Time Sensitive Networking in order to deliver open networking solutions for smart factory construction
Jan. 18, 2019
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The New York Zoo needed an automated gate system for its elephant habitat that allowed for remote operation.
Feb. 8, 2017
No matter how many things you can get connected, the benefits don’t add up if the network they’re on is flawed.
Sept. 14, 2016

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When it comes to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), data communication is everything. Freeing manufacturing equipment of the communication bottleneck improves the precision...
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CC-Link open network technologies have won a swathe of new industrial standards’ certifications relating to Japan, China and the worldwide semiconductor industry.
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