Manufacturing at the Speed of Light

摘要

From Japan comes CC-Link IE, a token-passing Ethernet running at 1 Gbps on a fibre optic backbone. Although everyone has played with PC based automation, for machine control the PLC has shrugged of all competitors, with its robust architectures, deterministic networks and rugged operating performance. And now it's the PLC's turn to turn up the heat.In manufacturing, high speed and large capacity industrial networks are increasingly in demand to meet the need for faster control, reduced cycle times and to support the rapid and secure transfer of information.