Energy potential savings is a great topic of today´s automation world. The Institute for Automation & Industrial IT, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, has published an interesting study which confirms potential savings of 50% or more during idle phases as a result of PROFIenergy.
Please read more in the according press release...
An exhibit at the PI booth at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010 will feature the first PROFIenergy pilot plant with live demonstrations of operating principles and user benefits.
Following conclusion of the specification work for PROFIenergy, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) has now completed the related test specification and test system functionality for certification. The certification tests of the energy management functions will take place in the PI Test Labs accredited for PROFINET. Dr. Peter Wenzel, Executive Director of PI Germany, handed out the first two PROFIenergy certificates for devices manufactured by Siemens at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010.
In the Whitepaper “The PROFIenergy Profile” a clear explanation of the backgrounds, use cases, mechanism and implementation is given.
The Whitepaper may be downloaded here...
After less than one year of development time, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) is now introducing PROFIenergy – a trendsetting PROFINET-based solution for energy management of production equipment.
