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Six Trends in Building Industrial IoT Infrastructure
By Cory Jenkins, Director of Product Management, HARTING Americas
structure required for advanced man- ufacturing. According to HARTING America’s president and CEO Jon DeSouza, these are miniaturization, modularization, iden tification, inte- gration, customization, and digitaliza- tion.
S “All six are important for realiz-
ing the full potential of the Industri- al Internet of Things (IIoT), includ- ing the analytical benefits derived from big data,” says DeSouza. “Glob- ally, a great deal of emphasis is being placed on gathering, distilling and analyzing data at the edge and in the cloud. At the same time, HARTING is focused on integrated solutions that include power and signal trans- mission, which are indispensable to optimizing IIoT manufacturing.”
Miniaturization. As more data from ever-smaller devices and sen- sors is added to the IIoT environ- ment, more connection points are re- quired. As a consequence, applica-
ix key trends are driving HART- ING’s development program for the cyber-physical control infra-
tions cannot become larger, so com- ponents must either offer higher den- sity or have a smaller footprint. One of the products DeSouza points out is HARTING’s ix Industrial®. This new connector series delivers Cat 6A per- formance for 1/10 Gb/s Ethernet. This new standard requires 70 per- cent less installation space than the legacy RJ45.
Modularization. Modularization means offering flexible, reconfig- urable production elements that have standardized interfaces for me- chanical connections and power, data and signal transmission. HART- ING’s Han-Modular® series illus- trates this trend. Introduced to the market in 1994, this connector con- cept allows the combination of multi- ple connection types into a single in- terface for significant space-saving and flexibility, as well as future- proofing. Last October, the company
launched a new campaign focusing on Han-Modular to capitalize on this trend. In the six months following
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the launch, the company’s Americas group saw a 23 percent increase in Han-Modular sales, a 27 percent in- crease in sample orders and a thirty- fold increase in Han-Modular web- page views. Modular connectors have a lot to offer the industry.
ment. For example, the MICA has been used for energy monitoring in factory settings. It can monitor the amount of power used at the machine, measure power quality, provide in- sights into machine health, and en- sure process quality.
“Globally, a great deal of emphasis is being placed on gathering, distilling and analyzing data at the edge
and in the cloud. At the same time, HARTING is focused on integrated solutions that include power and signal transmission, which are indispensable to optimizing IIoT manufacturing.”
Identification. Adding tracking functionality to systems through RFID and other technologies allows an object to store information about itself throughout its entire lifecycle and have that information easily re- trieved. This is especially important in the industrial space. In 2006, HARTING introduced an industrial RFID solution developed specifically for reliability in harsh operating con- ditions, with a product lineup that has continued to grow over the past dozen years.
Integration. Implementing commu- nication protocols allows systems and subsystems to talk to one another. Among its many current and planned functions, HARTING’s MICA (Modu- lar Industry Computing Architecture) serves as a communications hub in a decentralized IIoT production environ-
Customization. Adapting standard components to the needs of specific industries is highly cost-effective and responsive to customer needs. HARTING customized the hood of its popular, economical Han-Eco® series of thermoplastic connectors to make them suitable for data center appli- cations. This is why the customized Han-Eco was selected as the connec- tor for Microsoft’s open-source Proj- ect Olympus data center developed through the Open Compute Project.
Digitalization. Digitalization is tak- ing things that typically do not trans- mit data or are analog and making them digital so that they can be inte- grated into larger IIoT systems. The flexible configuration possibilities with MICA mean shop floor and ma- chine operations can be retrofitted to perform digital, networked applica- tions for more efficient production processes, predictive maintenance and documentation of process data. The HARTING Technology
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Group, family owned and based in Germany, employs more than 4,600 people globally, with subsidiaries and branch offices in 44 countries. With production facilities in Europe, Asia and the Americas, the compa- ny’s portfolio of connectivity solu- tions focuses on multiple levels, from the machine to the device and into the communication infrastructure. HARTING works in almost all indus- trial markets with a focus on require- ments for robust, reliable connectivi- ty solutions. The company’s core business is intelligent and high-per- formance connection technology. “Innovation has always been a
hallmark of HARTING; it’s always been a part of our corporate DNA,” says DeSouza. “Yet, I can’t remem- ber another time when we have been involved with so many developments that are changing how things are made.”
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