Pepperl+Fuchs is a German maker of industrial sensors and explosion-protection equipment. Its factory automation division produces inductive, ultrasonic, photoelectric and RFID sensors, many with IO-Link interfaces that expose diagnostic and parameter data to controllers and edge software. The process automation division supplies intrinsically safe interfaces, Ethernet-APL field switches, HMI systems and mobile devices certified for hazardous areas in chemical, oil and gas and pharmaceutical plants.
Focus: sensors, io-link.
Tags: io-link · sensors · ethernet-apl · rfid · hazardous areas
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