Ed Housler continues his demonstration of Siemens automation solutions, including PROFINET and SIMATIC machine vision sensors. PROFINET is the open and manufacturer independent Industrial Ethernet Standard from PROFIBUS International, ensuring a uniform communication from the office-world through to the field level. PROFINET makes use of IT-Standards, such as TCP/IP and makes real-time communication for automation tasks and high performance motion control applications a reality. In addition to RFID systems, SIMATIC sensor solutions include: proximity switches (recording, counting, measuring, monitoring or positioning solid, liquid or powdery substances), vision sensors (for automatic parts recognition by means of shapes, dimensions, samples, outlines, or colors), fail-safe sensors (for protecting both man and machine in an industrial environment) and code reading systems (for reading and verification of 1-D and 2-D codes, such as bar codes and data matrix codes).
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