As an engineer with over 20 years of experience in industrial automation, I have witnessed the evolution of industrial control from traditional PLCs to Industry 4.0. I remember in 2015, I took on a remote monitoring project for a large pharmaceutical company. At that time, the client wanted to achieve real-time data collection and analysis … Read more
Solving Technical Challenges in Smart Manufacturing: A Complete Solution for Siemens PLC Industrial Automation Control System Design and Implementation Introduction: The Mysterious Gateway to Automation Industrial automation has become the core competitiveness of modern manufacturing, and the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) is undoubtedly the “universal key” in this field. This article will provide a comprehensive … Read more
Successful Case Studies of Siemens PLC in Industrial Automation: Providing Referable Automation Solutions for the Industry Introduction: How PLCs Become the “All-Rounders” in Industrial Control? For professionals in the field of industrial automation, PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) are like the “brains” of the production line, capable of controlling motors, managing conveyor belts, and implementing complex … Read more
Recently, Siemens announced that its industrial equipment, commonly used in petrochemical plants and large renewable energy power plants, has 54 security vulnerabilities. Among these, the most severe vulnerabilities can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks or remote code execution on arbitrary servers, putting power plants at risk of failure and halting electricity generation. More alarmingly, … Read more
Introduction: The “Virtual Laboratory” of Industrial Programming Imagine spending three days and nights writing a PLC program, only for it to “crash” during on-site debugging. Every engineer has experienced this frustrating moment. Today, we will unveil Siemens PLCSIM Advanced V5.0, this “virtual laboratory,” in simple terms, covering everything from installation to practical use, making it … Read more
PROFIBUS: Siemens PLC Distributed Control System Architecture for Building Scalable Automation Platforms unsetunsetIntroductionunsetunset In the field of industrial automation, an efficient and reliable communication network is the foundation for building intelligent production systems. PROFIBUS, as a standard fieldbus protocol launched by Siemens, has become an important link connecting various devices and control systems. This article … Read more
Author Introduction Wulijitu, Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Shanghai University, PhD in Economics, main research areas: industrial organization, strategic management; Wang Jiahui, Master’s student at the School of Economics, Shanghai University, main research area: industrial economics. Research Background The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a product of the deep integration of new … Read more
Domestic PLCs cannot replace foreign brands like Siemens and Mitsubishi not because of their performance and functionality, but fundamentally because brands like Siemens have stood the test of time and earned the trust and reliance of a large customer base through long-term practice and engineering. Factors such as brand, ecosystem, user habits, application technology environment, … Read more
The PLC programs in automation control systems often encapsulate years of technological accumulation and core algorithms of enterprises. As industrial competition intensifies, protecting PLC programs from illegal copying and theft has become an important issue in the field of industrial automation. This article introduces a Siemens PLC program encryption solution practically applied at the Aerospace … Read more
After many years of experience in the automation industry, one of the most frustrating issues is the problem of program piracy. Today, I will discuss the encryption and protection solutions for Siemens PLC programs, helping everyone better protect their intellectual property. 1 The Necessity of Encryption There have been too many similar situations encountered on-site: … Read more