Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) have been used in industry for over 50 years to control industrial machines or installations. PLCs are ideal for this because they offer special functions that are crucial for the perfect, real-time control of industrial machines or installations. PLCs provide the certainty that the various (sub)… Read More
Until June 30th 2022 you can still submit your ideas for the xplore 2023 and show how you would make the world a better place and a little more sustainable. Tell us your ingenious tech idea. The best ideas will be nominated to be realized with hardware from Phoenix Contact including PLCnext Technology. Read More
The demand to achieve the highest possible safety level leads to increasingly complex requirements for the necessary safety-oriented application software within a PLC. Read More
A lot of information is (freely) available in the cloud and on the internet. For example, think of energy prices, water levels in our rivers or weather information at a certain location in the world. It can be very interesting to use this actual information including the predictions in future… Read More
Sharing, analysing and processing data is crucial for being able to utilize new technological applications related to Industry 4.0. Think of cloud-based services and databases that help to enable predictive maintenance, for example. But also, simply pushing PLC variables to the cloud offers insight to make production more efficient, for… Read More
Since the arrival of Smart Devices, everyone knows the so-called App Stores, online marketplaces for software, from which applications can be installed directly on a Smart Device. These App Stores allow users to easily extend the functionality of their Smart Device and adapt it to their personal wishes and requirements. Read More
Sharing software applications is not (yet) common in industrial automation. The manufacturer’s software libraries are used to develop applications themselves, but different users share virtually nothing with each other – while many benefits can be gained there. Buying functionality can be more efficient and cheaper than reinventing the wheel yourself. Read More
A holistic cloud security concept not only saves time and money, but also protects against manipulation, data loss and unauthorized interventions. Read More
Artificial Intelligence can help to establish smart and sustainable analyses of raw data to drive processes and developments to quickly make the right decision. Read More
The engineering software PLCnext Engineer has been extended by a simulation feature which is now available for download. Read More
