{"id":2390,"date":"2023-11-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/de\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2024-09-11T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T08:27:40","slug":"safe-automation-future-communication-standards-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/safe-automation-future-communication-standards-and-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Safely into the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The year is 2035: all machines are net\u00adworked; com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate with each other. They exchange valu\u00adable data in real-time, which becomes infor\u00adma\u00adtion in the cloud, thereby ensuring opti\u00admised machine processes. The data itself, and access to it, is pro\u00adtected. Plant and machinery can there\u00adfore work reli\u00adably; the built-in safety tech\u00adnology does its job. Human and machine are pro\u00adtected. The trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of the automa\u00adtion world is com\u00adplete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the success factors for the safe automation of the future? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, open com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion stan\u00addards. Pro\u00adduc\u00adtion will only be able to draw on the full resources if we stan\u00addardise on a common denom\u00adi\u00adnator: machines speak one lan\u00adguage, use stan\u00addard\u00adised, open infor\u00adma\u00adtion tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies \u2013 as a result, data moves from A to B as quickly and effi\u00adciently as pos\u00adsible. OPC UA is the stan\u00addard for data exchange, facil\u00adi\u00adtating cross-vendor net\u00adworking of plants, including con\u00adnec\u00adtion to the cloud. And that\u2019s not just at con\u00adtrol level. As a member of the OPC Foun\u00adda\u00adtion<\/a>, Pilz employees are actively involved in both the steering com\u00admittee and tech\u00adnical working groups in the Field Level Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion (FLC) Group. Pilz\u2019s focus lies in the working group that deals with safety (Safety over OPC UA).

At sensor level, the future is already reality today: IO-Link Safety is the open com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion system for data exchange between func\u00adtion\u00adally safe devices, such as sen\u00adsors for example. Pilz is launching its first IO-Link Safety solu\u00adtion at the 2023 SPS exhi\u00adbi\u00adtion, thus enabling its cus\u00adtomers to take an impor\u00adtant step towards open\u00adness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The use of Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence (AI) is also another key driver for the future of automa\u00adtion. Net\u00adworking and digi\u00adti\u00adsa\u00adtion result in increased data volume in pro\u00adduc\u00adtion halls. The chal\u00adlenge: to con\u00addense the flood of data and gen\u00aderate knowl\u00adedge from it. In future, Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence can take over where human capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties reach their limits. The time that\u2019s saved can be used by employees for other activ\u00adi\u00adties. But can you also entrust the field of func\u00adtional safety to AI? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cur\u00adrently, Pilz experts are grap\u00adpling deeply with the dif\u00adferent aspects of AI, to find out how Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence can be reli\u00adably utilised in the sen\u00adsi\u00adtive area of machinery safety. They are also col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrating in var\u00adious research projects on the future of safe automa\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Production Employee<\/h4>\nHumans are indis\u00adpens\u00adable in intel\u00adli\u00adgent pro\u00adduc\u00adtion. Unlike machines, they can inde\u00adpen\u00addently assess sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions and make autonomous judge\u00adments; make deci\u00adsions. Work sta\u00adtions are adapted to the age and qual\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions of the work\u00adforce. In close coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion with the worker, for example, robots take on tasks that are phys\u00adi\u00adcally stren\u00aduous or par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlarly monot\u00ado\u00adnous, while humans carry out higher-grade tasks. <\/div><\/span><\/i>
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AGV<\/h4>\nStorage sys\u00adtems of the future will be fully auto\u00admated, for example \u2013 that\u2019s not only effi\u00adcient, but also makes work easier for humans in terms of ergonomics. <\/div><\/span><\/i>
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Control Cabinet<\/h4>\nIncreasing minia\u00adtur\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion is having an impact, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlarly in the con\u00adtrol cab\u00adi\u00adnets in the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion hall. These will be sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly smaller in the future, leaving valu\u00adable space free for other uses. <\/div><\/span><\/i>
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Safety Light Curtain<\/h4>\nSensor tech\u00adnology will become ever more impor\u00adtant in the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion hall of the future. Because it will supply the data for pre\u00addic\u00adtive main\u00adte\u00adnance, for example. <\/div><\/span><\/i>
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Control Room<\/h4>\nCen\u00adtralised view of decen\u00adtralised sys\u00adtems: con\u00adtrol intel\u00adli\u00adgence migrates to the periphery. The con\u00adtrol room takes over the higher level con\u00adtrol, trans\u00adparent to all machines \u2013 the new heart of the plant.<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Click on the <\/i> \u2011icon to learn more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Is the future of automation safe?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion halls of the future, data is the new gold. Wher\u00adever there is data, there will also be poten\u00adtial attackers wanting to tap it or pre\u00advent access to it. But that\u2019s not all: Pro\u00adduc\u00adtion could be halted; in the worst case, safety func\u00adtions on plant and machinery could be manip\u00adu\u00adlated, endan\u00adgering employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indus\u00adtrial Secu\u00adrity<\/a> pro\u00adtects Safety. As far as the stan\u00addards are con\u00adcerned, the EU Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion has recog\u00adnised the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion required for func\u00adtional safety and has made Indus\u00adtrial Secu\u00adrity mea\u00adsures manda\u00adtory by 2027. There is also the spe\u00adcially devel\u00adoped Cyber Resilience Act, which is cur\u00adrently only avail\u00adable in draft form, and the EU Direc\u00adtive NIS2, which came into force in Jan\u00aduary 2023. So, on the tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adical side, tech\u00adnical mea\u00adsures such as net\u00adwork seg\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion using indus\u00adtrial fire\u00adwalls must respond to the legal require\u00adments. Fire\u00adwalls sep\u00ada\u00adrate crit\u00adical net\u00adwork zones from each other, leading increas\u00adingly to pro\u00adtec\u00adtion against poten\u00adtial external attackers. Then there are organ\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtional mea\u00adsures, such as the reg\u00adular eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties and clo\u00adsure of secu\u00adrity loop\u00adholes. Both pro\u00advide added secu\u00adrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The industrial firewall SecurityBridge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Die The indus\u00adtrial fire\u00adwall Secu\u00adri\u00adty\u00adBridge pro\u00adtects indus\u00adtrial automa\u00adtion net\u00adworks from manip\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion and unau\u00adtho\u00adrised access.
Indus\u00adtrial Fire\u00adwall Secu\u00adri\u00adty\u00adBridge on the Pilz Web\u00adsite<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

As market leader in the field of machinery safety, Pilz grasped this con\u00adnec\u00adtion between Safety and Indus\u00adtrial Secu\u00adrity at an early stage, and has added the impor\u00adtant aspect of secu\u00adrity to its existing range of ser\u00advices. With its training course for CESA \u2013 Cer\u00adti\u00adfied Expert for Secu\u00adrity in Automa\u00adtion<\/a>, Pilz pro\u00advides cus\u00adtomers with key expert knowl\u00adedge of the stan\u00addard IEC 62443, detailing how com\u00adpa\u00adnies can apply it when intro\u00adducing cyber secu\u00adrity mea\u00adsures into their own pro\u00adduc\u00adtion. With the new Indus\u00adtrial Secu\u00adrity Con\u00adsulting Ser\u00advice, experts from Pilz come on site and sup\u00adport cus\u00adtomers, from the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion require\u00adments analysis and iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of appro\u00adpriate coun\u00adter\u00admea\u00adsures through to secu\u00adrity ver\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of plant and machinery. The number one objec\u00adtive remains the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of humans. This is the only way to bring the ideal vision of a pro\u00adduc\u00adtion hall from 2035 to life; a post-trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion pro\u00adduc\u00adtion hall..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visit Pilz at SPS 2023 in Nuremberg!<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How can we safely over\u00adcome the chal\u00adlenges of dig\u00adital trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion? At the exhi\u00adbi\u00adtion smart pro\u00adduc\u00adtion solu\u00adtions (SPS) from 14 \u2014 16 November 2023 in Nurem\u00adberg, the automa\u00adtion com\u00adpany Pilz will be showing tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies and solu\u00adtions that make machinery Safe and Secure. The focus is on: Iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and Access Man\u00adage\u00adment (I.A.M.), safety gate sys\u00adtems, con\u00adnec\u00adtivity with IO-Link Safety and Fail-Safe over EtherCAT (FSoE<\/a>). In the expert panel, live on the exhi\u00adbi\u00adtion stand, spe\u00adcial\u00adists from Pilz will explain the new tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adical and nor\u00adma\u00adtive devel\u00adop\u00adments in Safety and Secu\u00adrity, such as the effects of the new Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, for example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our presentation programme<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Machinery Directive becomes Machinery Regulation! What will change for you?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The new EU Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion 2023\/1230 will replace the existing Machinery Direc\u00adtive 2006\/42\/EC, which has been in force since 29.12.2009. It was pub\u00adlished in the EU Offi\u00adcial Journal on 29 June 2023 and enters into force in Jan\u00aduary 2027. Man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adturers and oper\u00ada\u00adtors now have time to famil\u00adiarise them\u00adselves with the new Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion. If you com\u00adpare the automa\u00adtion and engi\u00adneering of today with the require\u00adments and tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies of 14 years ago, it is clear that the revi\u00adsion is more than sen\u00adsible. Digi\u00adti\u00adsa\u00adtion and net\u00adworking, as well as the new related issues of Indus\u00adtrial Secu\u00adrity and Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence, have sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly changed fac\u00adtory halls and the plant and machinery within them. Other changes that need to be noted will be cov\u00adered in the pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What we offer for the Machinery Regulation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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How best to pre\u00adpare for the new Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion (MR)
The new Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion is coming \u2013 but what actual impact will it have on your processes? We\u2019ll show how you, as a machine man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adturer or oper\u00adator, can best pre\u00adpare to inte\u00adgrate the MR mean\u00ading\u00adfully into your processes and plan projects geared towards the new spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions in good time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Safety and Security on the machine \u2013 With the right access management, you\u2019re on the safe side<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Machinery safety is in a state of trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion. Safety, meaning the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of humans from machinery, is already enshrined in the Machinery Direc\u00adtive. With the new Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, secu\u00adrity mea\u00adsures to pro\u00adtect against manip\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion also become manda\u00adtory. Using a case study, we explain how you can resolve both Safety and Secu\u00adrity tasks in com\u00adpli\u00adance with the stan\u00addards, using the elec\u00adtronic Key-in-pocket main\u00adte\u00adnance safe\u00adguarding system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Safety locking devices for process and personnel protection \u2013 How do I find the right solution for my safety gate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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EN ISO 14119 reg\u00adu\u00adlates the require\u00adments on mov\u00adable guards. When it comes to finding the right safety locking device, cri\u00adteria such as the type of safety gate, the instal\u00adla\u00adtion sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion or the ques\u00adtion of manip\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion pro\u00adtec\u00adtion have an impor\u00adtant role to play. Find out more about how to find the optimum solu\u00adtion for your appli\u00adca\u00adtion, so you work safely and eco\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adcally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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IO-Link Safety \u2013 Intelligent, safe communication up to field level<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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With IO-Link Safety, the open market stan\u00addard for sensor com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion (IO-Link) can now also be used for func\u00adtional safety. In addi\u00adtion to the classic IO-Link ben\u00ade\u00adfits, such as sim\u00adpli\u00adfied instal\u00adla\u00adtion due to stan\u00addard\u00adised wiring or expanded diag\u00adnostic options, IO-Link Safety also offers sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant ben\u00ade\u00adfits in the area of safety. In the pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion you\u2019ll dis\u00adcover more about its func\u00adtion\u00adality and appli\u00adca\u00adtion in prac\u00adtice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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SPS \u2013 smart pro\u00adduc\u00adtion solu\u00adtions on the Pilz Web\u00adsite<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The automa\u00adtion world is changing. Now more than ever. Key\u00adwords such as Indus\u00adtrial Secu\u00adrity, Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence (AI), as well as open\u00adness and stan\u00addard\u00adi\u00ads\u00ada\u00adtion, are hot topics. As a reli\u00adable partner for plant and machinery safety, Pilz takes its cus\u00adtomers by the hand and walks the journey with them \u2013 through the trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion and into the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,16,19,45,22,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-digitisation","category-industrial-security","category-issue-3-2023","category-openness","category-trends"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3800,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions\/3800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}