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    Could Ethernet-APL help bring O-PAS into hazardous areas?
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    Suppliers launch switches and other solutions to bring Ethernet’s physical layer safely into hazardous areas.
    Source: Profibus Nutzerorganisation and Jim Montague
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    Profibus Nutzerorganisation exhibits 14 different Ethernet-APL products at Hannover Fair 2025
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    How Ethernet-APL technology improves plant safety and efficiency with 10 Mbps communication speed and simplified parameterization, while ensuring compliance with cybersecurity...
    Source: ODVA and Jim Montague
    Figure 1: ODVA’s exhibit at Hannover Fair 2025 included a demonstration of five present or prototype Ethernet-APL devices, including Vegapuls 80 GHz radar level transmitter from VEGA, and StoneL Axiom position indicator from Valmet. They were joined or accompanied by two APL field switches from Phoenix Contact and Pepperl+Fuchs, and two PACs from Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric.
    ODVA and Rockwell Automation demonstrate how Ethernet-APL’s common interfaces let switches, controllers work with transmitters and indicators.
    Electrician connects a high-power cable to an industrial socket panel, performing setup tasks related to electrical installation and temporary power distribution systems.
    Phoenix Contact explains how Ethernet-APL’s operating profiles provide electricity safely
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    The challenges of migrating from Foundation Fieldbus to Ethernet APL
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    Source: Beckhoff
    Portfolio is ready for upcoming IEC 61076-2-118 standard updates
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    Earnest early adopters deployed a substantial installed base of Foundation Fieldbus devices, so now we have a template for a plausible path to migrate them to Ethernet-APL
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    Exploring the convergence of industrial process control and space technology
    Bridge to the future
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    FieldComm Group’s Plant of the Year honorees illustrate the progress made in productivity, efficiency and sustainability