Isn’t Profinet a Siemens product? No, Profinet isn’t ‘just Siemens,’ as many questioners ask. Yes, Siemens is a strong supporter and adopter of the Profinet technology. As are many other automation ...

Industrial automation has made high-quality, low-cost manufacturing and process control an everyday occurrence. Industrial automation systems have been constructed with many fieldbus systems, such as ...

However, vast differences exist between the relatively benign environment of the office and the plant, which includes dirt, electrical noise, power surges and explosive conditions. To bridge these two ...