Shanghai,November19,2018---ThefourthIndustrialRevolutioniswitnessingtheever-advancingconvergenceofthephysicalwiththedigitalworld.Thedrivetogenerateaddedvaluefromdatagleanedfrommachineshasseenarapidriseinthenumberofsensorsandactuators.Asaresult,networkinginmachinesandsystemsandtheattendantnumberofconnectionsisincreasinginleapsandbounds.Inthefuture,everymachineandeverycomponentinfactoryhallswillexchangelargeamountsofinformationanddata.Atthisyear;selectronicatradefair(13-16November2018/HallC2,Booth548),HARTINGwillbepresentinginnovative,targetedconnectivitysolutionsfortheIIoTworld.

InfrastructureadaptstonewdemandsinordertoensurethatitremainscompatibleforthecomingIIoTandthatthedemandforevermoreintelligentsensorscanbemet.Devicesaregettingsmallerandsmarter,andtheconnectorthatsneededisdevelopinginstepwiththistrend.HARTINGkickedofftheprocessofstandardisingnewinterfacestandardswiththenewheroofIndustrialEthernetcommunication(Captainix)backin2016.Today,theHARTINGixIndustrialisamarket-availableconnectorthatenablesdevicemanufacturerstodesigntheirdevicesupto40%smaller.

Inordertomanufacturedevicesefficiently,connectivitymustsupportanoptimalmanufacturingprocess.SMT/SMDassemblytechnologyforallinterfacesisrequiredtoachieveefficientproduction.Inordertofurthersupportautomatedproduction,printedcircuitboardsocketsareavailableonrollsinwhichdevicesocketsareaccommodatedinpickplace-compatiblemanner.Subsequenthandlingoftheinterfacesonthedevicesisalsogearedtowardsperformance.Cuttingassemblytimewhilesimultaneouslysimplifyingandimprovingoperationisoneoftheindispensablecornerstonesofamoderninterface.

ThePushPulllockingtechniquerepresentsaverysignificantaspecthere,sincepreviouslyemployedinterlockssuchasscrewtechnologywillnolongerbeadequateforevershrinkingconnections.Asaresult,thehandlingaspectofconnectivityisassumingincreasingimportance.HARTINGPushPulltechnologyincreasesoperatingsafetyandefficiencyduringuse.

Inordertoalsomakethepowersupplycomponentofdevicessimultaneouslysmalleryetmorepowerful,HARTINGwillenhanceitsM12Powerseriesinspring2019byaddingthestandardisedKcodingforpowersupply.Offering7.5kWat630voltsand16amps,thedeviceinterfaceprovidesenoughpowerforcompactyetpowerfuldrivesandrepresentsafuturespace-savingalternativeto7/8-inchsolutions,whilealsokeepinginstepwiththeminiaturisationtrend.

TheHARTINGixIndustrialallowsdevicemanufacturerstodesignupto40%smallerdevicesTheM12PowerinK-codingisidealforcompactandpowerfuldrives.Atthisyear;selectronicatradeshow,HARTINGwilldemonstratehowPCB-mountedconnectorsmakecommunicationintheIIoTworldpossible.