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PROFINET Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for PROFINET. PROFINET is an Industrial Ethernet network for advanced manufacturing and automation. It connects devices, systems and cells, facilitating faster, safer, less costly and higher quality manufacturing. PROFINET easily integrates existing systems and equipment while bringing the richness of Ethernet down to the factory floor.
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Articles
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A four-pair Profinet cabling solution for extended plant
- 05/20/12 Industrial Ethernet Book, May 2012 By Bernd Horrmeyer, Phoenix Contact Four-pair Profinet cabling can provide the basis for the latest industrial Ethernet solutions. Using this system, high-performance devices, plus a strong, simple installation technology for industrial environments, can be used with confidence in complete automation systems. |
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Automation Usage of IT Network Technology
- 05/07/12 Automation.com, May 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Participants of the Pharmaceutical Automation Roundtable discussed the topic of networking approaches while considering the differences between manufacturing automation control system networks and business IT networks. |
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Creating Value in a Hyper‐connected World
- 03/16/12 Automation.com, March 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Tom Koulopoulos discusses innovation, big data, connections and collaboration at the recent PROFINET Executive Forum. If we open our minds and use data, connections and collaboration, we create a recipe for intelligence (success). |
White Papers
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Creating value added with Condition-based maintenance
- 04/11/12 Automation.com, April 2012 By Josef Schindler, Siemens Industry Describes how the Simatic Maintenance Station offers support for condition-based maintenance through plant-wide diagnostics in both continuous and discrete automated production processes. |
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Assessing PROFIenergy's potential
- 01/09/12 By PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e. V. (PNO) PROFIenergy is a Profile of the real-time Industrial Ethernet protocol PROFINET, developed in response to calls from the AIDA group of automotive manufacturing companies for an open, standardized method of controlling energy consumption in automation systems. This white paper will quantify the energy saving possibilities of PROFIenergy and assess its deployment opportunities. |
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Distributed Modular I/O Technology Guide
- 10/05/11 By Balluff The focus of this whitepaper is to inform controls engineers working for machine builders about the advantages of distributed modular I/O on an industrial network and how to select the best out-of-the-cabinet controls solution for manufacturing equipment. |
Application Stories
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Ethernet powers fast return for car maker
- 04/21/12 Industrial Ethernet Book, April 2012 By Jörg Lochmüller and Andreas Mühlthaler, BMW Production in the body-inwhite section of the BMWS’s Dingolfing plant has used Profinet IO (PN IO) throughout the entire welding cell involved in the manufacture of BMW 7 series cars. |
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Decentralised pneumatics system offers production cost savings
- 03/10/12 Control Engineering Europe, March 2012 The use of Rexroth pneumatic valves with integrated Profibus helpd ice-cream manufacturer GB as improving its process reliability. Glace achieved significant savings in materials, energy, installation and labour costs as well. |
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Honeywell to modernize Colombian printing facility
- 02/28/12 Honeywell will upgrade the plant to Profibus, and update the existing controllers on El Tiempo’s Goss Newsliner and Universal press lines. |
Resources & Literature
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Industrial Ethernet, 2nd Edition - $69.00
This best-seller is a convenient installation, troubleshooting, and reference tool on one of the hottest topics in automation and process control. It will help you understand Ethernet and TCP/IP terminology and provide important information about industrial protocols and standards. |
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Pepperl+Fuchs publishes Application Guide for FieldConnex Fieldbus
- 02/02/12 This guide walks PROFIBUS and Foundation fieldbus users through a logical process to identify the proper application of all FieldConnex bus solutions. |
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I am Profinet Video
- 12/29/11 Video shows testimonials from various manufacturers who have employed Profinet in their products. |
Training News
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Certified Network Engineer Classes for 2012
- 12/29/11 PI North America and PROFI Interface Center announce Certified Network Engineer classes. These fee-based classes result in certification of the student who passes the theoretical and practical exams. Three types of classes are offered: PROFIBUS DP, PROFIBUS PA, and PROFINET. |
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Training Schedule for PROFIBUS and PROFINET
- 12/29/11 Twenty one free training classes are scheduled for 2012. There are two different curricula: PROFIBUS and PROFINET. Specific dates and venues are selected at least 30 days prior to the class. |
Training & Seminars
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Product Announcements
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Lenze adds PROFINET and EtherCAT to 8400 Motec Drives
- 05/22/12
PROFINET and EtherCAT make it possible to seamlessly integrate the relatively simple variable speed 8400 motec drives into existing, high-performance communications networks. |
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B&R adds Profinet to SafeLOGIC safety controller
- 04/30/12
SafeLOGIC safety controller model for Profinet allows execution of the safety-related application program and monitoring the overall configuration of the application. |
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BrainChild introduces Smartpanel HMIs
- 04/17/12
SmartPanel HMIs support Ethernet, MPI/Profibus-DP, ProfiNet, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP, CANopen, EtherCAT and BACnet/IP. |
Company & Organization News
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Ford Powertrain Standardizes on PROFINET
- 04/03/12 Automation.com, April 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Ford's Powertrain Group has taken a complete systems approach to automation, driven by goals to improve operations, efficiency and flexibility. PROFINET has been an enabler for Ford's manufacturing architecture and became one of the tools used to achieve their goals. |
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FDI Cooperation formed to support fieldbus Device Integration
- 02/07/12 FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International and OPC Foundation founded the company. |
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How China is Stealing Our Secrets
- 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism. |
Project News
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ABB to control paper mill in South Africa
- 03/01/12 ABB will supply switchgear, MCCs, Profibus instrumentation, drives and an 800xA control system to Sappi Southern Africa. |
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Innovasic to supply SoC to Advantech for EtherNet/IP
- 04/12/11 Advantech selected the Innovasic RapID Platform and fido1100 System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solution to provide EtherNet/IP connectivity in their ADAM-6100 Ethernet I/O modules. |
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Innovasic supplies RapID Platform to Deutschmann Automation
- 11/22/10 Deutschmann incorporated RapID Platform into their UNIGATE IC and UNIGATE CL Profinet gateway products. |
Events
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