IO-Link: Because less is more
Analogue wiring or IO-Link after all? Once you have familiarised yourself with the technology, you will find that switching to this modern standard is very easy – and it comes with numerous advantages. You can discover them in the latest episode of Impulse – the ifm show.
Topics of this edition
- Overview: What is IO-Link and how is it different from analogue wiring? A short but descriptive answer. (00:00 – 01:59)
- Interview: Joachim Uffelmann, Chairman of the IO-Link Steering Committee, on the advantages and long-term viability of IO-Link. (02:00 – 08:28)
- Application: Bauermeister manufactures fully automated coffee grinders. Using IO-Link has significantly reduced the wiring complexity and eliminated faulty wiring. (08:29 – 10:48)
- Insight: Christoph Schneider uses an example from ifm’s production to demonstrate how condition monitoring information is easily generated from sensor data thanks to retrofitting. (10:49 – 19:40)
Host
Guests
Joachim R. Uffelmann is Vice President Technical Management at ifm and responsible for a product group focused on decentralised signal processing, refinement and industrial power supply.
Shaping the technical orientation of central automation solutions, he supports product developments from the concept phase to market launch, and drives innovative technologies in industrial communication. A particular focus of his work is IO-Link, whose international development he has significantly influenced.
As Head of the IO-Link Steering Committee and Committee Head C for IO-Link within the PNO (PROFIBUS User Organisation), as well as Chairman of the CANopen Special Interest Group (SIG) IO-Link, he is deeply involved in standardisation activities. He is also a member of the PNO working group "Communication Technologies for Industry 4.0" and contributes to the ZVEI sections "Electronic Components and Systems" and "PCB and Electronic Systems". Joachim R. Uffelmann shares his expertise through publications, training courses and teaching materials.
Christoph Schneider is Vice President Product Management at ifm solutions gmbh and responsible for Product Management Applications at the Siegen site. Since joining the ifm group in 1992, he has held numerous roles in product management, technical consulting and digital Industry 4.0 solutions.
For more than 30 years, he has worked as an experienced expert in IIoT applications, condition monitoring, TPM, software and application strategies, as well as the digitalisation of industrial production processes.
Since 2016, he has played a key role in shaping the direction and further development of ifm’s software and solution portfolio and regularly represents the company as technical expert in industry collaborations and digitalisation projects.
