
Sensor network digitizes Kanban process
Steute's Wireless division has developed nexy, a wireless network solution that can be used to transmit sensor data to higher-level IT systems, among other things.
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Steute's Wireless division has developed nexy, a wireless network solution that can be used to transmit sensor data to higher-level IT systems, among other things.

Insys icom and the network security company Rhebo present their joint solution for secure and stable communication, data acquisition and data processing in industrial networks.
Network infrastructure and IIoT
Weidmüller has acquired a minority stake in the Taiwanese ORing Industrial Networking Corporation, thereby strengthening its expertise in network infrastructures and solutions for the Industrial Internet of Things.

Data, network and bus technology
In the 12th edition of the "Data, Network & Bus Technology" catalog, Helukabel presents its expanded product portfolio in these areas.

With the isometer series iso685, Bender offers state-of-the-art insulation monitoring devices.

Indu-Sol developed the Promesh P20 switch as a link between the IT level and the automation networks (Operational Technology - OT). The product has also been nominated for the Intec Award.
Data networks in factories must be fast, real-time capable and standardized, demands Oliver Riedel, Professor at the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart.

At Embedded World from February 27 to March 1, 2018 in Nuremberg, Fraunhofer IPMS in Dresden will be presenting Li-Fi communication modules that compete with WLAN solutions in industry. In comparison, wireless optical technology promises faster, interference-free and more secure infrastructures.