The increasing use of AI in industrial application can solve highly complex challenges. Read about examples of how such solutions can look in various application areas. Read More
How PLCnext Technology helped a German solar park save energy and reduce costs. Read More
Open ecosystems are the future of automation technology. By integrating all IT and OT devices, every process can be monitored and controlled. This minimizes downtime and saves time and costs. Read More
More and more components are being networked with each other, therefore the secure identification of components are getting more important. Read More
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
