Automotive industrial communication becomes more global and increasingly challenging. An efficient industrial communication system can reduce these challenges and contribute to your manufacturing success with the ability to: 

Proof point body shop

In a global plant structure, our products and systems for industrial communication in automotive production can help reduce installation, maintenance and diagnostic costs by providing greater openness and flexibility.

For example, body shop processes using PROFINET in fully automated robot cells will provide:

In the automotive industrial communication network, PROFINET complies with IEEE 802.3 (ETHERNET) and 802.11 (Wireless LAN) and can easily communicate with automation devices such as PLCs, PCs, HMIs, sensors or actuators.

Supporting data transmission rates up to 100 Mbit/s Full Duplex and short response times, PROFINET IO in automotive industrial communication is suitable for direct control of intelligent field devices, such as drives, motor starters, analyzers, process controllers or panels. It also is well suited for use with such remote I/Os as ET 200M, ET 200iSP, ET 200S.

Wireless networking: robust, secure and reliable

Integral to automotive industrial communication, Industrial Wireless LAN (IWLAN) can increase production flexibility, reduce complexity, cut operating costs, and enable automation cells interface despite complex space conditions.

An example is the safety integrated technology in PROFINET using IWLAN, which execute rapid changes and add-ons reducing life cycle costs.