Behind this average size a broad range of different growth expectations becomes visible. It reaches from a decline in production over stagnation up to growth expectations of more than 50%.
The still dominating role of the European Union countries for the machine export has dramatically been relativized since 2008. And even the export shares into the BRIC countries show up noticeable shifts.
The new Quest study covers the current changes of the machine-builders in regard to Ethernet and field buses at the machines, the control technology, the drive technology, IO-Link and RFID, in what respect changes of the control system and the drive technology are joined with changes of suppliers and with a view beyond 2012: how the machine-builders are evaluating a comprehensive integration of the machines’ automation. Now the machine-builders can compare their changes with those of their secto
The new Quest study determines the robots use at the machines in the German machinery industry until 2014.
19% of the investigated machine-builders intend to change the use of robots at the machines this year, be it to use robots for the first time or be it to extend current uses as the Quest study „What the machine-builders want to change in automation technology 2011“ reports.
The implementation of IO-Link shows neither an erratic upward development nor a tough stagnation but a continuous, step by step spreading with more and more machine-builders in more and more sectors of the German machinery industry.
Packaging machines belong to the pacesetter of the use of real time Ethernet compared with the total machinery industry. However, the fast pace of using Ethernet will be weakened in the future to 2012.
Machine-builders in Germany who are changing the control technology at the machines this year prefer integrated control technologies. This reveals the new Quest study as the Quest Trend Magazine reports.
The intended technology changes in the control and drive technology, the implementation of robotics, energy efficient drives, I/O modules and IO-Link and RFID this year.
The new Quest study unveils trends and innovations to Ethernet from the machinery industry’s point of view.
