First SPE product range from LAPP
Published on : Tuesday 12-12-2023
SPE portfolio - LAPP offers all components for SPE connection solutions from a single source.
Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) is a key future technology for industry. At the SPS trade fair in Nuremberg LAPP was the first company ever presenting single-source SPE connection solutions – from cables to connectors.
In the factory of the future, everything will be connected – including the Internet and the cloud. Until now, this was just a vision, as generally, in industrial reality two systems are used: whereas Ethernet has long been established as a communication standard at the control and control levels of the automation pyramid, various fieldbus systems dominate lower down at field level. A new infrastructure was needed to enable continuous networking. It was to be compatible with the Ethernet networks higher up. At the same time, it should be cost-effective and space-saving since space is scarce in many machines and systems.
The solution is Single Pair Ethernet Technology. SPE enables consistent and uniform Ethernet networking right down to the field level, also known as the sensor/actuator level, and the transmission of energy and large amounts of data in real time with just one data pair connection of four data pairs – otherwise the standard in Ethernet cables. Production facilities can be optimised using artificial intelligence and big data. SPE is also the ideal solution for applications with limited space, while at the same time saving weight and space. This means SPE is almost as fast as multi-pair Ethernet, but it allows much larger distances, is more compact and requires less installation effort.
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