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Antaira’s M12 series of industrial switches do all of the above, as well as provide dust and water tight connections allowing the industrial Ethernet switch to be mounted in places where few other devices would survive. While this solution would run all on its own, a wireless radio can be added to the solution to transmit the general health of the vehicle when it returns to the barn for refueling or recharging.

Applications

Online purchases are rapidly increasing which has led to warehouses being utilized to house products of all sizes more than ever. Reducing warehouse labor costs and increasing operating efficiencies has never been more important. Automated warehouses have become required to keep costs down. With automated technology in place, it has allowed for faster and efficient delivery services.

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Machine Vision is becoming much more critical in automation applications, especially where robotics is involved. GigE Vision is a global standard communication protocol that has been adopted by machine vision camera manufacturers. While GigE Vision allows for faster image transfers using standard cabling, the bandwidth requirements are significantly greater than previous generations of machine vision cameras. In addition, in order to simplify wiring, many GigE Vision cameras will use PoE for power so only one cable needs to be run. Aggregating multiple GigE Vision cameras into one link into the Industrial PC (IPC) will often require a 10G link from the PoE switch to the IPC running the software.

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To improve efficiency and remote management on the CNC shop floor, industrial networking is required from both device level and infrastructure level. Implementing an industrial serial communication device server can replace the front-end PC, eliminate manual monitoring processes, and provide remote management. A Virtual COM Driver, provided with most serial device servers today, can provide continued use of existing application software found on the shop floor.

For network infrastructure, there are two types of connectivity solutions: hardwiring or wireless. A hardwired Ethernet for plant automation can incorporate network redundancy through a ring topology to ensure that connectivity and data will not be lost. Wireless networks for industrial automation can be beneficial if the locations of the machines require relocation regularly.

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The latest generation of machine vision systems offer substantial improvements by providing industrial Ethernet switches and other Ethernet devices to communicate directly with PLCs, robot controllers, PCs and human machine interfaces (HMIs). However, there is still serial-based equipment such as sensors, readers, cameras, and vision systems that are not easily networked. Also, production processes may need to network multiple machine vision systems together to distribute images throughout the production line. Building an industrial automation device infrastructure will increase flexibility, scalability, and reliability in harsh environments, commonly found on the production line, to allow mixed-model processing within machine vision systems.

Industrial device networking solution products with network redundancy features allow manufacturers to perform not only 24/7 operation, but also excellent remote management of machine vision equipment. In addition, user-friendly network communication and management software can support high image data processing pertinent to machine vision applications.

Applications

Each local process section in the pulp & paper industry is still integrated with a large amount of legacy serial-based equipment that is unequipped for an Ethernet network. In order to provide networking capability, an industrial serial device server can convert serial data into TCP/IP data to transmit through the Ethernet network.

Due to the influx of various measurement devices being incorporated into every process section, having a layer 2 industrial managed Ethernet switch can assure data routing within the local network. Built-in fiber optics can provide an efficient Ethernet infrastructure solution to cover large area distance concerns, prevent EMI, and provide network redundancy. In addition, some process areas can benefit from the latest high resolution PoE (Power-over-Ethernet) cameras. Industrial Gigabit managed Ethernet switches can have built-in PoE features and high bandwidth capabilities to perform real-time video streaming.