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Happiness is a comms system called CC-Link
A CC-Link communications system links inverters controlling the speed of the key conveyors in a cigar factory, ensuring quality is never jeopardised, even in the big pre-Christmas rush.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 August 2008
Pump control keeps water supply constant
If the active master PLC processor fails for any reason, the standby PLC processor takes control immediately with a "bumpless" changeover.
News from Engineeringtalk, 24 July 2008
Explaining worldwide fieldbus differences
All fieldbus protocols share the same, really rather short, history, but that does not mean they are anything like equal.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 May 2008
Open communications cut energy use in major plant
CC-Link is based on a twisted-pair cable, so installation is cheap, making it particularly attractive for networks that cover large areas.
News from Engineeringtalk, 17 March 2008
Support for UK OEMs in Asia
CLPA has a myriad of branches across Asia that it can put at the service of UK OEMs in helping to market their products.
News from Engineeringtalk, 21 February 2008
New standard accelerates industrial Ethernet
CC-Link IE (Control and Communication Link Industrial Ethernet) is the first completely integrated gigabit Ethernet network for industrial automation.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 February 2008
Control system monitors entire facility
GB Innomech decided to integrate as many functions as possible into one central control system that could constantly optimise the entire building for energy performance.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 February 2008
Fieldbus protocol offers key to Asian markets
Less well known in Europe, CC-Lick was developed by Mitsubishi Electric in Japan in the 1990s and released to the public domain as an open system in the 2000.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 January 2008
Turkish CC-Link office targets growing market
The initial focus of the new CC-Link office is to provide local language CC-Link services.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 January 2008
Automation fieldbuses change the world quietly
Steve Jones, General Manager of the CC-Link Partner Association, reviews the principles of fieldbus communications and looks at the advantages.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 December 2007
Polish universities receive fieldbus help
Donated equipment will be used by both undergraduates on general engineering and production courses and postgraduates studying robotics and automation in greater detail.
News from Engineeringtalk, 26 November 2007
Fieldbus suits low-density networks
CC-Link is an industrial field-level network that processes both control and information data at high speed, to provide efficient, integrated factory and process automation.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 October 2007
Fieldbus provides secure communication
CC-Link Safety enables the communication of information relating to the operation of safety devices, such as emergency stops and light curtains, on production machinery.
News from Engineeringtalk, 25 September 2007
Users' group appoints new General Manager
Fieldbus users' group the CLPA or CC-Link Partners' Association has appointed Steve Jones to replace retiring Malcolm Robins as General Manager for its European operations.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 July 2007
Fieldbus stakes its claim in Nuremberg
Following the very successful attendance at last year's SPS/IPC/Drives/Electric Automation show at Nuremberg, the CC-Link Partner Association will be exhibiting again this year.
News from Engineeringtalk, 9 October 2006
Field-level network moves to ISO standard
CC-Link has progressed from a Japanese de-facto standard to a global standard with the approval of international standard ISO15745-5.
News from Engineeringtalk, 17 July 2006
Five good years for Fieldbus body
Five years of success for association promoting and marketing the open benefits of the CC-Link Fieldbus.
News from Engineeringtalk, 23 May 2006
Chinese approval for communications link
Fieldbus CC-Link achieves China's National Standard GB certification, which is good news for CC-Link users who are aiming to develop and expand business in China.
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 April 2006
CC-Link enables maximum-speed communication
The new Festo CPX-terminal has been designed for easy, flexible connection of pneumatic and electrical control loop systems to automation systems.
News from Engineeringtalk, 15 March 2005
Fieldbus offers a trouble free solution
Becatron Mechatronica installed a CC-Link system to manage energy saving and machine safety for ITS, Europe's largest rewinder of aluminium foils and cling films.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 March 2005
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