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Made with PLCnext Technology

PLCnext Technology is much more than just a great vision. Operators and developers experience every day how PLCnext Technology opens the doors to the future! Experience a selection of projects that are already “Made with PLCnext Technology”.
There is much to discover. Let us enhance automation thinking together!

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Sustainability and digitalization – the perfect match for brownfield production sites

PLCnext Technology – every developer’s darling

Loaded, blue and just-in-time – AGV solutions from Phoenix Contact

Driving progress in redundance technology

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Optimize costs of energy and reduce CO₂-footprint with flexible energy management

Schedule applications in real-time

Using data from the internet in a PLC application

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Sustainability and digitalization – the perfect match for brownfield production sites

A look into one of the largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute India in Pune. Answers for existing and energy-intensive brownfield…
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PLCnext Technology – every developer’s darling

How the independent app development company Reisenbauer benefits from the open and adaptable PLCnext Technology Ecosystem.

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Collaborating on solutions

Craft Beer is trending. More and more small gastro and home breweries are being founded worldwide.

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Collaborating on solutions

Craft Beer is trending. More and more small gastro and home breweries are being founded worldwide.

Applications

Optimize costs of energy and reduce CO₂-footprint with flexible energy management

Schedule applications in real-time

Using data from the internet in a PLC application

Pushing data to and visualizing PLC variables in the cloud

Using apps from the online store in a PLC application

Using Open Source Software in a PLC Application

Applications

Pushing data to and visualizing PLC variables in the cloud

Using apps from the online store in a PLC application

Using Open Source Software in a PLC Application

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Loaded, blue and just-in-time - AGV solutions from Phoenix Contact

AGVs are an intelligent solution for making processes more efficient and increasing flexibility. Read how PLCnext Technology can help fulfill…
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Driving progress in redundance technology

An easy-to-implement combination of hard- and software makes traffic run smoothly at a tunnel system in Belgium.
Of course, it is very important for us to take care of IT security and always stay up to date.
Philipp Eiben Process monitoring Huntorf power plant
We can use PLCnext Control perfectly in order to connect the existing control system with future systems.
Jürg Oehlinger Market Manager Energy, PHOENIX CONTACT AG
In the past it was annoying if my system was not one hundred percent fail-safe.
Christoph Digwa Founder and owner of the estate brewery "Das Freie”
The importance of this technology is constantly increasing.
Uwe Krüger Head of Operations
Power Plants Group Wilhelmshaven
And the reaction time is really in the millisecond range. That must be right. Real-time execution is therefore very important to us.
Lukas Tanner Environmental and sustainability management
Schweizer Bundesbahn
The community is so much more creative than I ever could be by myself.
Manuel Fritsch Founder CraftbeerPi

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A smart factory that builds digital efficiency

PLCnext Factory is a good example of how Edge Computing with PLCnext Control keeps production processes running more smoothly.
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Industrial components for industrious processes

A successful collaboration between PLCnext Technology and Codecentric to create a next level distance tracking method.
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A forum that accelerates innovation

How the Crowd Intelligence of the PLCnext Community helped realize an Artificial Intelligence project.
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Creating tailor-made solutions

How PLCnext Technology helped a German solar park save energy and reduce costs.
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PLCnext Factory: Join us and enhance your automation thinking

The basic idea and spirit behind the Ecosystem PLCnext Technology can be experienced live: on a digital tour through our…
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Combining programming languages

The PLCnext Control combines features like a classical industrial programming language such as IEC 61131-3 and high-level language like C#,…
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Upgrading to future technologies

The key here was that the PLCnext Control could be seamlessly installed and was compatible with the existing technology.
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Performing real-time

Weeds in the track bed are a problem for railroad tracks. Because of the strong root penetration, some plants grow…
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