PROFINET
We make PROFINET better
The real-time Ethernet system from the specialist in the field of industrial communication.
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Technology
Find out more about open standards of communication and information technology of PROFINET.
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System overview
From cabling and infrastructure to controllers, Phoenix Contact offers an unrivalled product portfolio for PROFINET.
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E-learning
Phoenix Contact offers a number of useful E-learning modules about PROFINET.
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Phoenix Contact Competence Center
Phoenix Contact supports PROFINET users with a variety of professional services.
PROFINET is the leading real-time Ethernet system with the greatest market relevance. Find out more about the basic principles, methods of operation, and advantages of this consistent and future-proof technology. Phoenix Contact offers years of expertise and a comprehensive, fully-developed portfolio of products for PROFINET.
Your advantages
- Consistent communication from the company management level to field level
- Scalable real-time communication including synchronous motion control
- Detailed and informative diagnostics
- Integrated safety technology to protect people, machinery, and the environment
- Consistent implementation from consultation and hardware and firmware integration to certification
PROFINET is used here
PROFINET supplies drinking water to customers
A water treatment plant covers considerable distances in often difficult terrain. Several controllers are cascaded together in a redundant network architecture. Thanks to the use of PROFINET, a consistent architecture based on industrial Ethernet is ensured.
Cruising with PROFINET
Modern fire extinguishing systems are used in the latest generations of cruise ships. Redundant controllers are used to monitor these systems. The PROFINET devices are grouped in a single ring over nine decks. The PROFINET system aids lean cabling and efficient error analysis, which is particularly important on board.
Safe take-off and landing with PROFINET
As a result of growing air traffic, the availability of take-off and landing strips is of fundamental importance. In one case, an existing control system has been extended with two redundant PROFINET controllers which communicate in the network with gateways. Here, optimum communication can be achieved in the control system with the aid of the PROFINET system.
More at a glance with PROFINET
A large conveyor system covers several production halls and is controlled centrally by a PROFINET controller. Access management can be achieved thanks to the logic operations of the OPC and PROFINET variables used in the control program. Various panels are positioned along the conveyor line, which transmit information to employees – saving the inconvenience of referring to a central visualization monitor.
Reliable control of large PROFINET networks
In very large applications, such as in the automotive industry, a well-organized infrastructure is the basis for high availability. In systems with lower-level cells, depending on the design, several hundred controllers work with thousands of terminal devices within one large network. Managed Switches are used in the individual cells. They are deeply integrated into the control application in PROFINET mode. The Switches ensure communication across the cells. In this way, any errors can be visualized.
PROFINET in the blades of wind turbine generators
To achieve consistent PROFINET communication in wind turbine generators, fiber optic technology is also required in the rotating parts of the wind turbine generator. A pair of media converters convert the PROFINET signals at both ends using a multiplex method. This makes it possible to communicate with the rotor hub via a single fiber.
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