With increasing automation on the factory floor, there is a growing need for data exchange over networks - hence increasing demands on traditional Ethernet cables in sophisticated systems, which must stand up to harsh conditions such as extreme temperatures, humidity, vibrations, and electromagnetic interference, while still supporting high data rates.
As “smart” machines become more prevalent in industrial production, smart factory networks where plants can communicate intelligently with one another to facilitate self-optimisation, are the future of digital transformation. Greater openness, efficiency and performance in industrial communication is required. Is your network infrastructure ready for the next Industrial Revolution?
PROFINET or Process Field Network is an advance communication protocol based on Industrial Ethernet, and is widely adopted and used as a benchmark when designing a smart factory.1
Its guidelines specify the structure as well as the mechanical and electrical properties of cables that can be used in PROFINET networks, such as permissible design and colour of cable outer sheaths and cores, defines plug connector faces, and much more.
