PROFIBUS Automation Technology provides rich benefits for almost any application in Factory Automation. Devices such as remote I / O, drives, ident systems, motor starters as well as weighing & dosing systems, human machine interfaces, energy-systems and so on are connected via a single cable. More than 2.500 PROFIBUS-compliant products are available from which you can select best-in-class devices to suit your individual needs, with alternative sources usually available. In all control environments a huge number of vendors support PROFIBUS.

Fieldbuses are industrial networking systems developed to replace centralized parallel wiring and prevailing analog signal transmission. Today, communications increasingly occur horizontally at the field level as well as vertically through several hiearchical levels.

PROFIBUS is mainly used at the field level with interfacing capabilities downward to the sensor/actuator level as well as upwards to the production and enterprise levels.

PROFInet is the solution of PROFIBUS International for distributed automation systems, linking automation components using open, standardized technologies both vertically and horizontally around the plant. PROFIBUS segments can be linked to PROFInet via Proxies.

Unparalleled benefits

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Designing a new manufacturing line?
Automating a machine?
Building a new plant or revamping existing units?
Operating machines or performing maintenance?
PROFIBUS can provide you with optimal solutions, by:

• saving money and time during planning, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of the installation.
• requiring much less space and fewer components
• giving you the freedom to stay with your favorite suppliers or select products from new vendors
• providing your maintenance engineers with a totally new sense of involvement through 'talking' to field devices over the bus from anywhere in your plant.

PROFIBUS guarantees benefits for all

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• End users will benefit from increased plant availability and efficiency, reduced life cycle costs, optimized process control and best possible long-term product quality
• System integrators, CEFs, and contractors will benefit from an open communications standard, an extensive range of compliant products, and an unified engineering technology. Another big advantage is the reusability of software-components
• OEM companies will benefit from an open communications protocol and quality standards that are internationally accepted, with world-wide expertise, support and spare parts.

Your decision to use PROFIBUS will be one of your most profitable ever taken

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• If you are responsible for a new automation investment, technically or financially, for engineering, operation or maintenance, for availability and efficiency, or for product quality: Choose PROFIBUS and you will realize your responsibility in the best possible way, because no other automation technology is more versatile!
• If you plan a major automation project but have to start with a first small step: Choose PROFIBUS, because no other automation technology provides better long-term continuity and investment protection
• If you want to implement distributed automation structures for open communication in outstanding new plants: Choose PROFIBUS and gain access to Ethernet via the versatility of PROFINET!

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