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Industrial Data Communication - Industrial Ethernet Catalogue 2016/2017

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Intended Use for Industrial Ethernet

The trend to network industrial plant components using Ethernet protocols is well established in all market segments, including automotive, general machine construction, process industry, transportation, and energy. Requirements differ in terms of protocols, environmental conditions, certifications, and standards. Weidmller offers a comprehensive and high-quality product range of active and passive components for Ethernet communications to meet these differing requirements.

Basic requirements of these industrial markets are high reliability, availability, and safeguarding against failure, met by extremely high MTBF times of our network components. Weidmller's high-quality STEADYTEC connector system ensures maximum reliability and simple operation, creating a complete communications infrastructure for industrial applications in machine construction, process and plant engineering, and energy.

Automotive

Car manufacturers, particularly through initiatives like AIDA, drive the use of Industrial Ethernet, favoring PROFINET for machine communication. Homogeneous Industrial Ethernet is used from corporate management down to production. In North America, EtherNet/IP is prevalent. Different requirements for connector systems and active network devices arise from these protocols. Harsh environmental conditions, such as in industrial robotics, demand torsion-resistant cabling and increased EMC for components. Weidmller offers copper and fiber-optic connectors, passive hand-tools, and active devices with fast recovery time (under 20 ms) for network failure prevention.

General Machine Construction

Key aspects include networking machine segments, device parts, and connecting to higher-level office networks. Serial devices are integrated into the Ethernet infrastructure to protect investments and accommodate various protocols, with Weidmller offering protocol-converting active components. Rising data volumes due to applications like camera-based quality control are met by high-performance Gigabit switches and 10 Gigabit capable connectors. The extensive plug-in connector range also addresses demands for EMC, shock, vibration, and temperature resistance, facilitating easy on-site assembly. Dragline cable-compatible connection cables are used on moving parts, and wireless modules cover hard-to-reach areas.

Machinery - in detail

Seamless information flow is required to optimize production cells, from machine segment communication to exchange with higher-level networks, enabling constant monitoring of robot activities. Weidmller offers a comprehensive Industrial Ethernet product portfolio from field to control level with STEADYTEC technology for reliable and standardized connection solutions. Active components guarantee uninterrupted operation with high-speed ring redundancy and redundant power supply. Network management functions handle data traffic. Power-over-Ethernet switches supply operating voltage to cameras in parallel to data traffic. This portfolio supports communication at control, infrastructure, and machine levels, ensuring open communication channels with robots.