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Industrial Automation Switches & Devices


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Automation Booklet: Industrial Networking for Control and Automation

Antaira provides a wide range of industrial automation switches and devices that support manufacturing and process automation—making it easier, safer, and more cost-effective to maintain and operate.

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Factory Automation


Applications

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.

Challenges
  • Factory environment with harsh conditions
  • Legacy serial equipment networking capability
  • Cable installation time
  • Cable distance restrictions
  • Reliable data communication
  • Long lasting MTBF networking equipment
  • Flexible network layout
Application Requirements
  • Harsh environment industrial grade networking devices
  • Capability to connect legacy serial devices to TCP/IP network
  • Seamless and reliable data transmission
  • Redundant network with fiber link
  • Rapid deployment
  • Ease of use network configuration user interface
  • Shock & vibration resilience
  • High MTBF and wide operating temperature range support
Key Products
  • STW-611C/612C
  • STE-501C
  • LMX-1002C-SFP
  • APN-210N

Food and Beverage


Applications

Today, equipment suppliers are providing new industrial Ethernet-based equipment and IP based application software and no longer provide further support for legacy serial-based devices. With this mixture of industrial Ethernet switches and serial communication devices, it is difficult to monitor production processes. A serial-to-Ethernet device server can provide Real COM drivers or socket tunneling for legacy equipment connection in TCP/IP format. A reliable Ethernet network has become a critical part of a bottling plant’s infrastructure, due to harsh environments. Industrial managed Ethernet switches with fiber-optic solutions can be used to overcome this concern, because of their reliability, long lasting industrial grade design, and data transmission immunity. Layer 2 managed switches with data routing software can also increase the determinism of a bottling plant’s control network. A built-in ring redundancy feature eliminates any downtime concerns, and event handling software functions can send out alert emails to improve real-time monitoring and management.


Furthermore, some production areas in the facility might have cabling restrictions. In these instances, industrial wireless solutions (IEEE 802.11) can be considered, not only for its flexibility but also for its rugged wireless network signal sharing and built-in data management software.

Challenges
  • Extreme temperature and humidity concerns
  • Open network technology standard
  • Legacy equipment
  • Real-time data transmission
  • EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) environment
  • Redundant network for 24/7 operation
  • Long lasting MTBF equipment
Application Requirements
  • Harsh environment industrial grade networking equipment
  • Capability to connect legacy serial devices to TCP/IP network
  • Fiber optics to prevent EMI
  • Rugged wireless communication solution
  • Reliable data routing with built-in network management software
  • Self-healing redundant network support
  • Shock & vibration resilience
  • High MTBF and wide operating temperature range support
Key Products
  • STW-612C
  • STE-6104C-T
  • APN-310N-T
  • LMX-1002C-SFP-T

Machine Vision


Applications

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.

Challenges
  • Harsh environments
  • Mixed measurement devices and communication interfaces
  • Bandwidth for high-level image data processing
  • Automatic pass/fail inspection
  • Cabling restrictions
  • Remote access, control, and monitoring
Application Requirements
  • Harsh environment industrial grade networking devices
  • Capability to connect legacy serial devices to TCP/IP network
  • Low power voltage input support
  • Fiber optics to prevent EMI
  • Rugged wireless communication
  • Reliable data routing with built-in network management software
  • Self-healing redundant network support
  • High MTBF and wide temperature range support
  • Ease of use and rapid deployment
Key Products
  • STE-501C/502C
  • STW-612C
  • APN-210N-T
  • LMP-0601G-SFP-24-T

Material Handling


Applications

It is critical for manufacturers to implement a proficient network, because most material handling systems, machines, and equipment come with mixed communication interfaces, stand-alone processes, and are not efficiently networked. For example, AS/RS systems rely on a networked front-end computer terminal for status reports, and it is difficult for a control room to monitor field device status if downtime occurs. A serial-to-Ethernet device server can be networked instantly with field legacy equipment to improve efficiency and real-time monitoring. Due to the scope of the material handling facility, PoE or IP-based video cameras can be networked for safety and real-time process monitoring. Network downtime is also a major concern for process data exchange. A redundant ring network provides fast network recovery if any unexpected link failure occurs.


Instead of a hardwired infrastructure, an industrial wireless solution for device networking can be considered to overcome the immense facility or cabling restrictions.

Challenges
  • Temperature or humidity concerns
  • Wide area coverage
  • Cabling restrictions
  • Mixed communication interface equipment
  • Real-time data transmission among individual process sections
  • EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) environment
  • Redundant network for 24/7 operation
  • High MTBF network equipment
Application Requirements
  • Harsh environment industrial grade networking equipment
  • Capability to connect legacy serial devices to TCP/IP network
  • Rugged wireless communication
  • Reliable data routing with built-in network management software
  • Self-healing redundant network support
  • Shock & vibration resilience
  • High MTBF and wide temperature range support
Key Products
  • STE-501C/502C
  • STW-612C
  • APN-320N-T
  • LMP-1002G-SF-T

Process Automation


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.

Challenges
  • Extreme temperature and humidity concerns
  • Restricted process control areas
  • Real-time data transmission
  • Unpredictable EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) environment
  • High resolution PoE cameras for production monitoring
  • Low power voltage requirements
  • Extensive redundant network implementation
Application Requirements
  • Harsh environment industrial-grade networking devices
  • Capability to connect legacy serial devices to TCP/IP network
  • High Ethernet port counts and bandwidth support
  • Fiber optics to prevent EMI and distance limitations
  • Reliable data routing with built-in network management software
  • Self-healing redundant network support
  • Shock & vibration resilience
  • High MTBF and wide temperature range support
Key Products
  • IMC-1000A-SFP-T
  • STE-6104C-T
  • LNP-0702G-SFP-24-T
  • LMP-0602-M-24-T
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