23 May 2025 The German sensor-maker Sick Sensor Intelligence has announced a new generation of absolute encoders designed to help deliver higher machine and system productivity. Available… Read More
7 August 2024 Weidmüller has announced an unmanaged switch with SPE (single-pair Ethernet) connections that transmit data reliably over distances of up to 1km. The 10Base-T1L SPE… Read More
27 February 2024 Phoenix Contact has a new Profisafe safety controller that operates as an expansion module for its AXC F 2152 or AXC F 3152 PLCnext controllers. Read More
28 September 2022 Parker Hannifin has announced a pair of multi-axis motion controllers that combine machine logic, real-time motion control, safety functions and visualisation in a scalable format. Read More
26 May 2022 Profinet and Ethernet/IP are now the front-runners in the industrial networking market, with each holding 17% of the global market, according to the latest annual… Read More
4 January 2022 Three companies – the industrial communications specialist Moxa, the chip-maker Intel, and the German software stack developer, port industrial automation – have collaborated to develop… Read More
13 April 2021 After battling to dominate the global industrial networking market for several years, Profinet has now overtaken EtherNet/IP to take an 18% share of the market,… Read More
26 October 2018 Siemens has announced an entry-level, Profinet-enabled motor management device which monitors, protects and controls constant-speed motors and incorporates predictive maintenance functions. The compact Simocode pro… Read More
29 January 2018 The first device that can link Profinet and CC-Link networks made its debut at the recent SPS IPC Drives exhibition, less than a year after… Read More
9 May 2017 PI (Profibus and Profinet International) is the latest organisation to adopt the IEEE’s TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking) technology, which combines the bandwidth of IT (information technology)… Read More
