Industrial powerline communication for machine tools and industrial robots

Abstract

Machine manufactures are facing a challenging moment: on one hand the need to lower the prices, on the other hand the need for more machine flexibility and availability. In this context, Industrial Powerline Communication (IPLC) can play a capital role, by reducing the costs and increasing flexibility. In this paper the requirements and constraints of Powerline Communication (PLC) and Industrial Communication are merged and a solution to this problem proposed. This solution consists of a ferrite filtering, with the task of building a Daisy Chain Network topology on top of a PLC bus.