PROFINET

The increasing digitalization of companies and the resulting networking in almost all areas is opening up tremendous economic potential. PROFINET – the leading Industrial Ethernet standard for automation – supports you in creating end-to-end, integrated processes and configuring networked interfaces. The goal is to further automate production across all levels and make the best possible use of resources. Thanks to the standard’s openness, you will benefit from all future innovations. Maximum flexibility provides you with greater freedom for customized machine and plant concepts. Its unrivaled efficiency allows you to use resources optimally, while its unique performance ensures high precision and product quality. And if you're wondering what the next step is for digitization with PROFINET – straight talk TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking).

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Take new paths towards digitization with PROFINET and its decisive advantages, such as openness, flexibility, efficiency and performance.

Implement customized automation solutions quickly and easily – with specialized PROFINET profiles PROFIdrive, PROFIsafe and PROFIenergy.

Discover the complete range of Siemens’ products that “speak PROFINET” up to software solutions and tools as well as areas of application for industrial communication.

Increase performance and speed with the fastest and open Ethernet standard in machine building and plant engineering.

Rely on end-to-end, secure, and fast communication throughout your plants.

The simple migration from PROFIBUS to PROFINET offers a seamless upgrade of existing facilities and opportunities. With the simple migration from PROFIBUS to PROFINET you can take advantage of the open nature and flexibility of the future-proof PROFINET standard.

Fit for the future What makes industrial communication future-proof? Openness for manufacturer-independent networking. Flexibility for customized plant concepts. Efficiency for fast commissioning and maximum plant availability. Performance for large quantity structures and fast transmission. Or in short: PROFINET.

Combining their individual strengths, both standards interact to ensure seamless vertical communication throughout the automation and the IT world.

Good reasons for a change

Whether you want to implement completely new plant concepts, drastically reduce cabling, optimize your diagnostic options, or rely on maximum machine precision and availability, the solution is PROFINET – where everything runs through a single cable.

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References PROFINET proves itself daily in a wide variety of applications. The large number of available devices with a PROFINET connection ensures that there are solutions for practically every application and sector. Explore two examples of many thousands here.

Festo AG & Co. KG

Esslingen (Germany)

Valve terminals for the digital enterprise

The challenge: High safety requirements for pneumatic valve terminals with proportional technology
The solution: Use of PROFINET with corresponding profiles – including PROFIsafe; network topology can automatically be read with the PRONETA tool
“The capability of being able to send safety-relevant signals via the same bus system with no additional expenses is an important customer benefit, which we can provide with PROFIsafe, the safety profile of PROFINET.” (Olaf Westrik, in charge of development of Netware Devices, Festo AG & Co. KG)

Windhoff Bahn- und Anlagentechnik GmbH

Rheine (Germany)

A day saved, stability gained

Application: Underfloor lifting systems for hoisting trains weighing up to several hundred tons for maintenance and repair
The solution: Design and implementation of a new automation standard complete with visualization, based on the TIA Portal – plus switching from PROFIBUS to end-to-end PROFINET communication
Result: Commissioning shortened by one day and faster troubleshooting thanks to PROFINET – another day saved due to elimination of need to set the bus addresses via DIP switches

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