Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), since its standardization in 2016, has been moving forward to revolutionize industrial communication by providing deterministic data transmission, precise time synchronization, and traffic prioritization, which are critical for real-time industrial applications.

The process industry is facing the challenging task of increasing the efficiency of its systems, reducing production costs and ensuring the safety of people and the environment. This is leading to innovative approaches when developing new field devices and upgrading existing ones in the process industry.

Like many networking techniques, VLANs have made their way to industrial facilities. In this article, we’ll examine the many advantages VLANs bring to industrial environments. In this environment, VLANs emerge as a key tool by meeting the dual needs of network administrators for traffic management and security.

Preventing power surges is the leading cause of serial device server failures. Industrial automation systems can be complicated enough as it is without an additional requirement to deploy, maintain, and support yet another device just to provide serial line surge protection.

In a significant advancement for the industrial automation sector, Siboni and CoreTigo are proud to announce their continued cooperation, utilizing CoreTigo’s IO-Link Wireless technology within Siboni’s servo motors. Based on the IO-Link IEC 61131-9 standard, it is designed specifically for factory automation applications.

The challenges industrial environments face when processing AI data at the edge can include cost and power constraints, as well as limited memory resources. While cloud solutions can accommodate higher costs and power requirements, edge applications often operate within stricter financial and energy limits.

The traditional approach to temperature monitoring in process control applications involves challenges that can increase initial setup and ongoing maintenance costs, while also complicating monitoring system management and reducing operational efficiency.

Cybersecurity has become the number one issue for factory networks. Experts predict that artificial intelligence and machine learning will make an impact, the IT and OT worlds will grow closer together and that resilient network infrastructure and structured frameworks will strengthen industrial cybersecurity solutions.

The major stages for building effective OT cybersecurity include a solid foundation with secure networking devices, deploying solutions that offer OT-centric layered protection and developing an ability to monitor network status and identify cyberthreats.

By putting together and adopting the IEC 62443 standard, industrial automated control system stakeholders have paved the road for dependable and safe infrastructures. Secure authenticators are the bedrock of the future of IEC 62443 standard-compliant components requiring robust hardware-based security.