Month: June 2024

Awarded for its sustainability Awarded for its sustainability |  NORD receives the silver EcoVadis certificate This year again, NORD was assessed by the rating agency EcoVadis. The drive specialist achieved 68 out of 100 points and was awarded the silver sustainability certificate. The company improved compared to previous years and is well above the industry average. NORD-EcoVadis.jpg: NORD achieved 68 out of 100 points in the EcoVadis rating and was awarded the silver sustainability certificate. Image: NORD DRIVESYSTEMS“In the combined assessment, we rank among the top four percent of the manufacturer…

Softing Industrial presents Ethernet-APL Field Switch at ACHEMA 2024 Softing Industrial announces the presentation of its new “aplSwitch Field” at ACHEMA 2024. This state-of-the-art 16-Port Ethernet-Advanced Physical Layer (Ethernet-APL) Field Switch with optional PROFIBUS Process Automation (PA) proxy is designed for use in Zone 2 and establishes seamless connectivity down to the field level.  The aplSwitch Field establishes seamless connectivity down to the field level.© Softing IndustrialThe “aplSwitch Field” enables the transparent connection of “Two-Wire Intrinsically Safe Ethernet” (2-WISE) Ethernet-APL field devices to higher-level Industrial Ethernet networks, providing these devices with intrinsically…

The Game Changer for Process Industries: Ethernet-APL One cable for data and power delivery what was promised.  The key technology Ethernet-APL fulfils all promises and brings digitalization to every corner of a process plant: the fast and efficient communication of large amounts of data is barrier-free and reliable in potentially explosive areas.At 10 Mbit/s, the transmission of enormous amounts of data over long distances is at least 300 times faster than with current technologies such as HART or fieldbus. Users can therefore access information from highly diagnosable and configurable devices.The Ethernet-APL…

 Author: Dr James Jeffs, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx   One of the main reasons that electrification is so appealing in any industry is the reduction in operating costs offered by electric machines. This is especially true across the construction, agriculture, and mining (CAM) industries. Large machines with high uptimes, like mining haul trucks, can consume millions of dollars in fuel over their lifetime. As such, the potential total cost of ownership benefits are astronomical. Despite this, IDTechEx’s discussion with customers of CAM machines reveals that the upfront cost of electric…