9. Industrial applications
Among the large number of references and industrial applications of the Profibus network, in the manufacturing and process sectors, we have extracted two cases based on a communication architecture integrating the Profibus-DP and Profibus-PA variants, representing the vast majority of current market requirements.
9.1 Glue production line
Founded in 1914, Wacker employs some 15,000 people, and is mainly active in the production of silicone and glue. The application presented in figure 29 is based on the architecture of a glue production line at the Cologne plant in Germany. The line design project began in January 1997, and is based on a two-level architecture...
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Standards
- Fieldbus standard for use in industrial control systems – Part 1: Introductory guide - CEI/TTR 61158-1 -
- Fieldbus used in industrial control systems – Part 2: Physical layer specification and service definition - CEI 61158-2 - août 2000
- Digital data communications for measurement and control – Fieldbus for process control systems – Part 3: Data link layer service definitions - CEI 61158-3 - janv. 2000
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