The role of industrial Ethernet in factory networking is expanding, but how will it help to shape the industrial landscape? Here are ways the technology can help organizations and their operations.

Futureproof networking solutions are designed to help businesses seamlessly merge their IT and OT systems, and prepare them for transitioning to a digitalized future. Businesses can worry less about their industrial networks and focus on fully embracing digital transformation, so they can leverage digital innovations.

This Connectivity Showcase presents the viewpoints of eight industry experts. With Factory Automation Connectivity Solutions, manufacturers are collecting data in real-time to monitor, track, and optimize production processes, and improve safety, reduce downtime and increase production speed and efficiency.

Managed and unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches are the most common type of industrial power sourcing equipment to embed IEEE 802.3bt technology. Below are five reasons to upgrade your existing Industrial Ethernet switches to models with IEEE 802.3bt.

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Universal I/O is a relatively young technology that will continue to deliver value to process operators. Advances combined with the benefits of universal I/O will mean process operators can expect more efficient workflows and fewer headaches when deploying new and smarter process applications.

An intuitive, operator-centric platform leverages artificial intelligence to automatically optimise operations while maximising equipment monitoring, visibility and diagnostics. The future of manufacturing will be driven by data analytics offering unique actionable insights into the performance of machines as well as processes.

As digitalization progresses, ever greater volumes of data need to be exchanged constantly between devices and machines. Especially in industry, conventional communications technologies are running up against their limits, and Ethernet, or in this case Industrial Ethernet, is emerging as the new standard.

The Digital Data Chain combines future-driven technologies offering an efficient exchange of data and information based on a uniform standard, on all levels, and with international validity. In the future, all of a plant’s components will be quickly identifiable via an ID Link using standard mobile devices.

Machine connectivity is a central component of the digital factory. IoT applications, monitoring, and data analysis can only be implemented if they have access to machine and process data residing in PLCs and other devices.