Safety + Security: Manufacturer, reports, information at INDUSTRIAL Production

Protect Ethernet interfaces

Pilz is expanding its portfolio of operating and signaling devices with the control element PIT oe ETH. It is equipped with an Ethernet port that can be activated and protects freely accessible Ethernet interfaces in industry against unauthorized access.

Cybersecurity

Protective tool in everyday life

Cybershield is a company founded in 2021 with a focus on operational technologies and has set itself the goal of significantly advancing IT security in the OT sector and supporting customers.

Machine safety

Implementing a retrofit with legal certainty

Is a machine still safe after it has been converted, retrofitted or extended? Machine operators must ask themselves this question if they want to use their system for a different purpose or modernize it to bring it up to the latest state of the art.

New calculation tool from Pilz

Safety Distance Calculator determines safety distances

The browser-based Safety Distance Calculator software tool from Pilz enables users to calculate safety distances for all standard safety light grids quickly and easily. The digital calculation tool determines the necessary safety distance based on the values entered.

Wireless data exchange

Safety transmission via 5G

High reliability with minimal latency is just one aspect of the appeal of 5G. In particular, safety transmission via such a mobile network is proving to be a much-discussed topic. The next generation of the standard now promises a major step forward for wireless industrial data exchange. But will the requirements of industrial users actually be met, or is this still wishful thinking?

LAN router

Safety in production

A new security router from Weidmüller is now available from Conrad. It offers users greater network security and simple remote maintenance of systems and machines.

Advertorial

Brownout: What it means for companies and how they can prepare

Many companies have been dealing with power outages since 2022. Energy became scarce for the first time and the term "brownout" haunted the media. Fortunately, the expected scenarios of a possible gas or electricity shortage did not materialize in the winter of 2022/23.

Advertorial

Blackout: When nothing works anymore

The book "Blackout - Tomorrow it's too late" by Marc Elsberg from 2012 and the subsequent film adaptation with Moritz Bleibtreu in the leading role confronted many people with the topic of blackouts for the first time. Manipulated smart meters had triggered a long-lasting Europe-wide power outage.