The growing pace of industrial automation and networking
across industrial control systems presents manufacturers
with new and bigger challenges. They need industrial-grade
components that can withstand harsh manufacturing envi-
ronments, meet the latest energy eiciency standards and
oer robust levels of security, especially as communication
over the Internet of Things increases.
An industrial PC, for instance, must be t for purpose. In
other words, it must have a robust architecture that can
weather rugged environments; a stable high-performance
design that won’t crash; and a long innovation cycle for an
extended service life. In addition, it must be secure against
manipulation and cyber attacks.
This same applies to all other industrial control and auto-
mation applications – Human Machine Interfaces (HMI),
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), micro PLCs, in-
dustrial power supplies, industrial sensors, motor controls
and drives, industrial communication devices and line
actuators. Although these applications stretch over three
solution layers – the supervisor, control and eld levels –
the same standards of performance, ruggedness and
security apply at each layer.
Industrial Automation
The industrial automation advantage
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