Industrial Data Communication - Industrial Ethernet Catalogue 2016/2017
The Industrial Ethernet Catalogue offers a comprehensive range of active and passive components for industrial data communications. It provides solutions for various market segments including automotive, general machine construction, process industry, transportation, and energy, addressing differing requirements in protocols, environmental conditions, certifications, and standards. The catalogue aims to simplify the product range navigation and ordering process with features like internal page links and links to the online catalogue. Key benefits include high reliability, availability, safeguarding against failure, and simple operation through high-quality connector systems like STEADYTEC.
General Application
The trend to network industrial plant components using Ethernet protocols is well-established across 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 diverse needs.
Key Requirements & Benefits
Basic requirements include high reliability, availability, and safeguarding against failure, met by high MTBF times of network components. The STEADYTEC connector system ensures maximum reliability and simple operation. Weidmller's network components create a complete communications infrastructure for industrial applications in machine construction, process and plant engineering, and energy.
Automotive Sector
Driven by initiatives like AIDA, the automotive industry predominantly uses PROFINET for machine communication. Homogeneous Industrial Ethernet structures from corporate management to production are preferred. New North American production plants exclusively use Industrial Ethernet, often with EtherNet/IP. This sector has specific demands for connector systems and active network devices due to harsh environmental conditions, requiring torsion-resistant cabling, increased EMC demands, and robust components. Weidmller offers copper and fibre-optic connectors, passive hand-tools, and active devices with fast redundancy mechanisms (under 20 ms recovery time) to prevent network failures.
General Machine Construction
Key aspects include networking machine segments, device parts, and connecting to higher-level office networks. Serial devices are often integrated via protocol converters to protect investments and accommodate various communication protocols. The rising data volume from applications like camera-based quality control is handled by high-performance Gigabit switches and 10 Gigabit capable connectors. The extensive plug-in connector range also meets higher demands for EMC, shock, vibration, and temperature resistance, facilitating on-site assembly. Dragline cable-compatible connection cables are used on moving parts, and wireless modules cover hard-to-reach areas.
Machinery - Detailed Application
Seamless information flow is crucial for optimizing production cell output and efficiency, from machine segment communication to exchange with higher-level office networks. Weidmller's Industrial Ethernet product portfolio covers field to control levels, offering reliable and standardized connection solutions with STEADYTEC technology. Active components provide uninterrupted operation through high-speed ring redundancy and redundant power supply. Extensive network management functions handle data traffic. Power-over-Ethernet switches supply operating voltage to monitoring cameras in parallel with data traffic. The portfolio supports communication at control, infrastructure, and machine levels, ensuring open communication channels.
