February 2004

RELIABILITY OPTIONS

The main difference between an office grade network and an industrial network is the robustness or the hardness of the componentry you use. In addition to being hardened, industrial networks need technology to be applied in a different way. When Dresden airport decided to upgrade its handling capacity to meet increasing passenger volumes the new terminal was fully networked on Hirschmann's HIPER Ring principle.

February 2004 issue on the web

December 2003

BAGGAGE HANDLING SPEEDED UP

December 2003 issue on the web

October 2003

SAME TIME, DIFFERENT PLACE

October 2003 issue on the web

August 2003

30,000 ROBOTS CAN'T BE WRONG!

August 2003 issue on the web

June 2003

A REVOLUTION OVER ETHERNET? A self-powered Power over Ethernet (PoE) connection, uses the inherent ability of a copper to transmit both data and power from point to point over a UTP cable. It is a technology gaining acceptance in the industrial networking arena.

June 2003 issue on the web

April 2003

HOLISTIC SAFETY? It may shock you to read this, but some users of machinery still want to do only the bare minimum to comply with the assorted standards and regulations so that they will not be prosecuted by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive). Such users are not truly concerned with the safety of their employees.

April 2003 issue on the web

February 2003

MOVE OVER PLC? During the past three years, the percentage of process companies that believe programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are suitable for process control has risen by nearly 20%. But PLCs are still having a tough time displacing process controllers and a new breed of controller, the PAC, is emerging.

February 2003 issue on the web

December 2002

WE COME TO THE END OF A YEAR in which many companies have been successful in weathering stormy times. We can look forward to the fact that things are looking up and the general feeling is that industrial networks can make a contribution in more situations. The result will be more business.

December 2002 issue on the web

October 2002 Issue

THE POPULAR PRESS HAVE GOT A LOT TO ANSWER FOR. Certainly during the internet boom a few years ago they were coming up with extreme ideas for ways in which the internet could be used, especially in the home. Networking in homes is a serious business. In this issue we have a first look at home automation,

October 2002 issue on the web

August 2002 Issue

THEY SAY THE BIGGER THEY ARE, the harder they fall, and that has certainly been true recently for some large international companies. Reality has caught up with many organisations that still need solid business plans and have to make a profit.

August 2002 issue on the web

June 2002 Issue

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD A RECESSION, and now it's passed? I'm not so sure about that. Perhaps there never was a recession. What's clear is that the hunger for automation is still out there and this industry is still working hard to find new angles so that opportunities can be turned into sales.

June 2002 issue on the web

In our Building Control and Energy Management supplement Schneider Electric explains its Transparent Building system and shows how it has benefited Woolworths. There are stories from Phoenix Contact, ABB and Lenze.

Building Control Supplement

April 2002 Issue

THERE WAS A SECTION ON INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING within MTEC at February's exhibitions organised by Trident Exhibitions at the Birmingham, UK, NEC. Supported throughout by this magazine, there was something indefinable in the air which we can only describe as 'buzz,' and it went through all the shows.

April 2002 issue on the web

February 2002 Issue

HERE WE ARE AT THE START OF NEW YEAR, and it's going to be full of opportunity. And opportunity for industrial networking means opportunity for our readers, for our advertisers and of course their customers. But users need to be able to see real benefits.

February 2002 issue on the web

November 2001 Issue

HAVE YOU INVENTED ANYTHING LATELY? The old saying that there aren't many new things under the sun is as true in industrial networking as anywhere else. But when it comes to an application, when you try to find a better way of doing it, that's the beginning of innovation.

November 2001 issue on the web.

October 2001 Issue

THEY SAY, IF YOU'VE GOT IT, FLAUNT IT. Not necessarily in the context of industrial networking, but why not? As I talk to more and more people about the magazine, and readers continue to register from all over the world More companies have learned that: a) they are heavily involved with industrial networking; and b) once you get away from the realms of conventional IT, there are opportunities everywhere.

Also in this issue, we introduce the first of our supplements, this one covering Building Control and Energy Management, a growth area for all types of industrial networking as the potential of integrated systems spreads becomes more widely appreciated.

See the October 2001 issue on the web.

July/August 2001 issue

IT HASN'T BEEN A GOOD SUMMER IN THE AUTOMATION INDUSTRY.But does this signal the end of the industrial networking world? Absolutely not. Industrial life goes on, and there remains a desire to have more systems networked together, doing more things.

See our July/August 2001 Issue on the web

May 2001 issue

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March 2001 issue (relaunch issue)

See our Relaunch Issue on the web