12/02/06 - Comment - In all Openness




IN ALL OPENNESS


Jochen Bihl, Vice Chairman and Marketing director of the AS-International Association regards the openness of AS-Interface to almost every popular bus system as one of the main reasons for its worldwidely growing success. More and more users take with AS-i the first important step towards simplified automation even if they have not decided on the total concept for networking yet. That is why universal compatibility ensures completely safe investments.



The principle is "together" instead of "against". For us the field level system and the device level system are no competitors but partners. AS-Interface proves its strengths in any control: extreme simple and cost-effective networking of sensors and actuators.

So many user's uncertainty effected by the competiton among the different automation systems does not weaken but strengthen AS-Interface. No matter what automation system will win: AS-i is able to communicate with almost every automation system. This means: the future speaks AS-i.

For companies this precisely stands for: Whether they like to hold off with the decision on the total concept of their plants They can begin removing their cost-intensive cabling. They are safe with AS-i.

Ca. 250 members of the AS-i associations continously advance the AS-Interface by using their inventive talents and know-how. So the current innovation step 3.0 opens up a multitude of new application areas such as another applications with frequency inverters for conveyor s. Several additional functions for analog signals, diagnosis and for the field of process automation ensure even more flexibility and more efficiency.

Why don't you look and see ? Now with the following pages and at our stand during the Hannover Fair 2006.

See you in Hannover!




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The comment appeared in AS-i Magazin, issue 1/2006, page 7


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