Engineers who design industrial machines still have to contend with a hodgepodge of networking technologies — perhaps a fieldbus or two for all the I/O, a proprietary motion control network and ...

Traditionally, motion-control system architectures have fallen into two camps: central and distributed. A new Ether-net-based approach can't be categorized as either one. It overcomes the limitations ...

Stratix 8000 modular managed switches use Cisco Catalyst switch architecture for integration into control networks. The switches can be configured using Allen-Bradley RSLogix 5000 programming software ...

ETHERNET Powerlink, an open standard for real-time Ethernet solutions, provides a digital replacement for traditional control signals, analog demands, and feedback signals. For the advanced control of ...

Machine builders are enjoying a new level of machine design flexibility through the use of a single network for their entire machine, including VFD and servo drives for integrated motion control. That ...

For a company that makes axles for global automakers, squeezing out costs while providing high reliability over the long term are both critical factors. American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) began ...

Evolving from simply an IT network, Ethernet has become the dominant network technology linking controllers with SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) and plant-wide information systems.