Case Studies: How turn EtherCAT Advantages into

Commercial
Success
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective
Martin
Rostan
Easier to
implement
Executive
Director,
Well proven Technology Group
EtherCAT
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22/09/2016

Your Goals as a Machine Builder /

System Integrator
EtherCAT is:
Faster

Employ Industrial Ethernet

Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology

Sell more Machines / Plants!

Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open

Industrial Ethernet is just a

means to achieve
competitive advantages.

Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Your Selling Points or: how do you

differentiate yourself from your competition
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Quality
How does the
Throughput, Efficiency
communication
Price
system /
Availability
the electrical
Energy Efficiency
equipment
Safety
Expandability
influence these
Ease of Integration
selling points?
(into plant environment)
Worldwide Support,
User Friendliness
Suppliers Reliability, After Sales Service,

Your Selling Point: Quality

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Or: how good does the machine / plant do what it was

purchased for?

Robotics: Repeat Accuracy

Plastics Machine: low part Variety, Precision
Press: Forming Quality determined by Precision in
Force/Time Distribution
Assembly Line: Precision
Woodworking Machinery: Precision
Machine Tooling: Precision
Semiconductor Equipment: Process Accuracy
Packaging Machine: Process Accuracy

Customer and User Benefits

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Better Bus Performance

=
Better Control Precision
=
Better Product Quality

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Crucial for Precision: Performance of

Control- and Communication System
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology

Example: Robotics
Kuka Robotics, Germany:
Kuka Robots are driven by EtherCAT and Safety over
EtherCAT.

Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Crucial for Dynamics: Performance of

Control- and Communication System
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Example:
Humanoid Robots
MARLO, bipedal robot build by
Jonathan Hurst at Oregon State
University for Prof. Jessy Grizzle,
University of Michigan

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Medulla microcontroller board

It provides an interface between the varied
input and output protocols used on the
robot and the unified EtherCAT interface
used by the control computer.
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Crucial for Precision: Performance of

Control- and Communication System
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology

Raw Material Reduction due to better Performance:

Husky HyPAC Injection Molding Machine
Initially presented at Siemens Industrial Ethernet
Symposium, Chicago, October 2006

Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

(please find presentation at http://www.ethercat.org/pdf/english/

Speed_without_Haste_Chris_Choi_IIES_2006.pdf)
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Crucial for Precision: Performance of

Control- and Communication System
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

Example: Plastics Industry

Husky (Canada): HyPAC Injection Molding Machine

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Crucial for Precision: Performance of

Control- and Communication System
EtherCAT is:
Faster

Transition Pressure Control Plastics Machine

Industrial
Ethernet

2500

Actual Value
(Profibus 2 ms)

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

2250

Pressure SP
2 ms
250 s

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open

Pressure (psi)

Cost effective
2000

Command
Value

Actual Value
(EtherCAT 0.25 ms)

1750

Conformance
Safety
Redundancy

1500

Versatile
1250
3.4

3.45

3.5

3.55

3.6

3.65

3.7

Time (s)

Source: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.

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Crucial for Precision: Performance of

Control- and Communication System
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Due to EtherCAT > 100 t Material Saving / Year

And Energy Saving accordingly

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Decisive Factors: Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Example:
Metal Forming
Husler AG,
Switzerland:
Plate bending
machines
for plates up to
450 mm thick

Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Michael Fabianek, Husler AG:

The extremely short cycle time of
EtherCAT fits perfect with our concept.
The quicker the position data is available
to us, the more accurate we can control
the machine. This also leads to less
vibrations in the machine and thus to a
longer lifetime of mechanical parts
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Decisive Factors: Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Example:
Mobile Machines
Doerfer
Companies, USA:
Wheelift heavy
transporter

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Ron Howell, Doerfer Companies:

The performance of EtherCAT is impressive and the equipment
is very easy to integrate. EtherCAT can expertly handle highspeed Motion Control and work in parallel with many other
fieldbus networks. Depending on the
Wheelift transporter, 8 to 24 servo axes
are individually controlled. Synchronous,
coordinated motion would have been very
difficult to accomplish on this scale using
traditional PLC systems. Our cycle times
for critical motion functions are 1 ms or
less.
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Also most important for Precision:

Synchronization Features
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance

EtherCAT Distributed Clocks:

Synchronization with max. Precision

Example: FPD
Manufacturing
Kleo Halbleitertechnik GmbH,
Germany: Laser
lithography system
for LCD screen
production

Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Stefan Scharl, Kleo:

EtherCAT enables us to achieve short
sampling rates, short cycle times of
around 50 s and stable real-time
capability as the basis for high-precision
positioning of the laser beams.
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Decisive Factors: Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Example:
Measurement
Application
BMW AG: Engine
Test Bed

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

BMW Research & Innovation Center,

Munich, Germany
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Decisive Factors: Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Example: Testbed/
Measurement Application
Ingenieurgesellschaft IgH:
High Lift Slat Flap Testrig
(Airbus)

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

September 2016

Example:
European XFEL X-Ray Laser,
Hamburg, Germany
91 EtherCAT controlled
magnet assemblies
(undulators)
in the accelerator

Decisive Factors: Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance

Dr.
Suren Karabekyan, XFEL:
Safety
EtherCAT
Redundancy communication is a key component of our facility. It enables us to
configure
a very robust and reliable control system with redundant ring topology,
Versatile
even in a large installation such as ours. Overall, it is a very cost-effective solution,
which is particularly important in the context of research projects funded via public
institutions.

September 2016

Decisive Factors: Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Control Configuration for an Undulator Section

September 2016

Decisive Factors: Performance, Safety

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Example:
Packaging
Multivac, Germany:
Packaging
Machines

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Alois Allgaier, Multivac:

EtherCAT brings us a big step
forward technologically. The signals
are captured more quickly and the
machine cycle times are optimized.
This enables us to better exploit the
potential of the PC-based control
system with its high-performance
processors and to control the axis
modules of our plant more rapidly
and precisely.
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Decisive Factors: Performance, Flexibility

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Example:
Packaging
Conflex, USA,
Shrink packing
machine

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Joe Morrissey, Conflex:

The Industrial Ethernet fieldbus, EtherCAT helped immensely in
terms of ramping up our control speed on the ServoFlex
machines.
Beyond top performance, Conflex
had to choose a fieldbus that will be
supported well into the future (like
EtherCAT) and wont go obsolete in
a few years.
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Decisive Factors: Reliability, Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Example: Electric
Propulsion Drives
and Main Drives
Elpro EFM-Drives
GmbH, Germany:
Large Drives,
up to 8 MW
Frank Mayer, EFM:
Reliability is the first priority for propulsion
systems on board and each component that can
be omitted cant cause additional failures. The
availability of ruggedized speed and position
encoders with EtherCAT interfaces are reducing
the numbers of parts in the loop and providing a
safer operation. The DC-Synchronization
mechanism shall also be named as the most
significant reason for the success of EtherCAT
for electric drives and is the key benefit for a
stable system performance.
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Synchronization
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy

Source: konflikty.pl

Versatile

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Also most important for Precision:

Synchronization Features
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology

Example: Bowling Robot

ARM Automation, Austin, TX:
E.A.R.L. (Enhanced Automated
Robotic Launcher)

Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Joe Geisinger, CTO of ARM Automation:

Thanks to the distributed clock function
of EtherCAT, we have achieved optimum
synchronization and precision. This
provides the precision to coordinate the
external I/O with the control and position
of the drives in the sub-millisecond range:
the position of the E.A.R.L. robots end
effector is communicated to the EtherCAT
drives to determine the exact time at which the ball needs to be
released.
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Synchronization of multiple Networks

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

EtherCAT networks can be coupled via EtherCAT Bridge

Bridge provides hardware synchronization of several
networks

Flexible Topology

Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

SLAVE

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SLAVE

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SLAVE

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SLAVE

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SLAVE

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Decisive Factor: Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Example:
Packaging
Machines
Ferag: Postpress
processing
modular strapping
(SmartStrap)

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Besides the real-time characteristics,

the simple installation, ultra precise
diagnostics and the possibility to
communicate with older CAN-based
devices in the plant via gateways have
all proven to be important.
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Decisive Factor: Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster

Wave Making System: HR Wallingford, UK

Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance

256 paddles in total

The basin
137 m long 37 m wide 5 m deep

Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factor: Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factor: Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factor: Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster

Customer Feedback HR Wallingford, UK:

Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factor: Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster

Customer Feedback HR Wallingford, UK:

Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factor: Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Changi Airport,
Singapore:
Kinetik Rain
Sculpture by
MKT GmbH,
Munich, Germany

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factor: Synchronization

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

Kinetik Rain Sculpture:

1,216 Axis in total,
192208 per EtherCAT Segment

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factor:
Performance + Synchronization
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Example:
3D Printing
Fastbrick Robotics
Ltd.: Worlds largest
mobile 3D Printer;
Hadrian automated
3D bricklaying
machines

Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Mark Pivac, CTO Fastbrick Robotics Ltd.:

EtherCAT is an outstanding industrial
fieldbus technology that can handle the high
number of drives, sensors and fast control
cycle times in the Hadrian automated 3D
bricklaying machines. EtherCAT is an open
standard which has resulted in a wide
selection of vendors supplying compatible
equipment.
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Decisive Factor:
Performance + Synchronization
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Example:
3D Printing
Fastbrick Robotics
Ltd.: Worlds largest
mobile 3D Printer;
Hadrian automated
3D bricklaying
machines

Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

Mark Pivac, CTO Fastbrick Robotics Ltd.:

EtherCAT is an outstanding industrial
fieldbus technology that can handle the high
number of drives, sensors and fast control
cycle times in the Hadrian automated 3D
bricklaying machines. EtherCAT is an open
standard which has resulted in a wide
selection of vendors supplying compatible
equipment.
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Decisive Factor: Performance + Openness

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

Example: Automotive
TOYOTA Motors, worlds largest* car maker, selects
EtherCAT

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

* 2015 Sales Figures

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Toyota selects EtherCAT

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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ETG Press briefing at Hanover Fair 2016

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

Mr. Morihiko Ohkura, General

Flexible Topology
Manager
of the Production
Easier to
Engineering
Innovation Division at
configure
Toyota Motor Corporation explains:
Cost effective

Easier to
Iimplement
am pleased

to announce that Toyota

Motor
Corporation will make the most
Well proven
of EtherCAT in our new factories to be
Open
built around the world. We have
Conformance
conducted
thorough analysis and

Safety
evaluation to compare various
RedundancyEthernet technologies.
industrial
Versatile the performance, determinism
I believe
and simple wiring characteristics of
EtherCAT, in addition to its openness,
best fit with the needs of Toyota to
evolve production systems with
Industrial IoT concepts.
22.09.2016

We strongly encourage our suppliers

to prepare high-quality EtherCAT
components
our strong interest in the new
technology, EtherCAT P. The concept
to integrate communication and power
lines perfectly matches our lean
production philosophy, TPS: the Toyota
Production System. Simply put, the
fewer cables, the better.
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Your Selling Point: Throughput / Efficiency

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy

Or: how fast does the machine / plant do what it was

purchased for?
Throughput / Efficiency have direct impact on
Return of Investment
Not only machines and plants with closed loop control:
Every Application with Transitions benefits immediately
from faster control technology with EtherCAT
Examples for Transitions:
Wait for cylinder end position, then
Wait until part has arrived, then
Wait for threshold of pressure, force, torque, weight,
temperature, then

Versatile

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Example: the most simple machine

EtherCAT is:
Faster

Simple Pneumatic Cylinder, going back and forth

Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy

How does the communication and control system influence

its performance?

Versatile

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Efficiency Gain Demonstrator: Hardware

EtherCAT is:
Faster

EK1100

EL2202

EL1202

Industrial
Ethernet

BK3120

KL2134

KL1114

PROFIBUS

EtherCAT

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Out 1

Out 2

In 1

In 2

Out 1

Out 2

In 1

In 2

Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety Y1

Y2

Redundancy
Versatile
S1

S2

pneumatic cylinder
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X1

X2
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Efficiency Gain Demonstrator: Software

EtherCAT is:

PC Control

Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

HMI

Flexible Topology
Easier to
Task
configure

1/SPS 1
(0,1 ms)
Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Windows
NT,
2000,
XP
Task 2/SPS 3
Task 3/SPS 3
(1 ms)

EtherCAT

(2 ms)

Task 4/SPS 4
(10 ms)

PROFIBUS

Well proven
Open
Conformance

EtherCAT

PROFIBUS

Safety

Redundancy
Identical PLC program in all 4 Tasks
Versatile
Identical Mechanics + Sensors

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Efficiency Gain Demonstrator: Results

EtherCAT is:

PROFIBUS
Faster
Cycle time (ms)
Industrial
Ethernet
20

Flexible Topology

10

Easier to
2configure

EtherCAT
Cycle time (ms)

Efficiency Increase
(%)

11.7 %

5.7 %

0.1

1.17 %

Cost effective

Easier to
implement

EtherCAT and XFC: Increase the Efficiency of each Standard Machine

proven
Well
Just
by using an EtherCAT powered Control System:
Open
No faster sensors / actuators needed
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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I/O Reaction Time and Control Cycle Time

EtherCAT is:
PROFIBUS-Timing

Tresp, PROFIBUS

(synchronized, not free running!)

Faster

Tresp () = 2.5-3 Cycles

Industrial PLC
Ethernet

PROFIBUS
Flexible
Topology
Easier toK-Bus
configure

Input
Cost effective

Easier to
Output
implement
Well proven

EtherCAT-Timing
Open
Conformance

PLC

Safety

Tresp () = 1.5 Cycles

EtherCAT-In
Redundancy
Versatile

EtherCAT-Out
Input

CPU Time

Output
t
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Cycle Time Reduction = Efficiency Gain

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Machine-Cycle Time Reduction in %

(= Gain of Machine Efficiency)

Nr 2 Tc 2 Nr1 Tc1
Td%
Tt
Td%
Nr1
Nr2
Tc1
Tc2
Tt

= Maschine Cycle Time Reduction (%)

= No. of Control Cycles for I/O Reaction System 1
= No. of Control Cycles for I/O Reaction System 2
= Control Cycle Time 1 (the shorter Cycle Time)
= Control Cycle Time 2 (the shorter Cycle Time)
= Time between 2 Control Transitions

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Cycle Time Reduction = Efficiency Gain

EtherCAT is:

30,00%

Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

25,00%

Flexible Topology

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven

20,00%

Efficiency Gain

Easier to
configure

E.g.: 2 Trans/sec,
from 5 ms Profibus
to 0.1 ms EtherCAT:

20
10

3 % Efficiency Gain

15,00%

2
1

10,00%

Open
Conformance

5,00%

Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

0,00%
0,1

0,2

0,5

1,0

2,0

5,0

10,0

20,0

No. of Transitions / sec

with: Nr1 = 3, Nr2 = 1,5, Tc2 = 0.1 ms

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Decisive Factors: Topology + Throughput

EtherCAT is:

Example: Building Automation

Faster
NrnbergMesse GmbH, Germany
Industrial
LED
lighting system
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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NrnbergMesse GmbH, Germany

LED lighting system
is:
EtherCAT
Embedded
PC and EtherCAT
Faster
ensure fast control of LED
Industrial
lighting system of Hall3A at
Ethernet
Nuremberg Exhibtion Centre
Flexible Topology
toFaade illumination with 11
Easier
configure
880 m long LED light strips
Cost effective
105,600 LED tubes
Easier to
represent 16.7 million color
implement
combinations.
Well proven
Open
programmable lighting
Conformance
scenes in RGB colors, time Safety dependent color transitions
Redundancy
with slow fade-ins and fade Versatile
outs, display of letters and
short texts, and operation by
means of an iPad

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Implementation: iTectum GmbH, Nuremberg, 2014

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Decisive Factors: Topology + Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Example:
Logistics and
Material Handling
Numina Group,
USA: Shipping box
labeling + handling
system

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Mark Woodworth, Numina:

With EtherCAT we achieve the fastest
realtime speeds throughout with a
consistent performance, regardless of the
number of I/Os.
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Decisive Factors: Topology + Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Example: Welding
Automation
System
ARC Specialities,
TX, USA: Arc
Welding + Cutting
Machines for Oil &
Gas Industry

Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

22.09.2016

John Martin, ARC Specialities:

With the high-performance of EtherCAT, we can
monitor essentially any drive parameters we want
on the ARC-11RB. In addition, by using EtherCAT,
we save approximately one hour per axis in wiring
time on account of the simple topology. Fewer
components and more compact designs also
permit the use of smaller control cabinets.
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Decisive Factors: Ease of Use

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Example: Steel
Production
Danieli, Italy:
HiPAC control
system for hot and
cold rolling mill
application

In Production as of 5/2015: 20 steel mill plants in China, USA,

Italy, Germany and Austria

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Krzysztof Guzik,
Executive Manager
Flat Products,
Danieli Automation:
EtherCAT significantly improves system flexibility,
simplifies hardware design, system engineering and
installation. Thanks to HiPAC flexible architecture
enriched with high speed EtherCAT decentralized
periphery an important time to market and overall system
commissioning time reduction was achieved.
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Decisive Factors: Ease of Use

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factor: Ease of Use

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Oil Well Rod

Pump Control
ICS, CA, USA:
CardBuild Control
System for Pump
Optimization

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Craig Lamascus,
ICS:
We moved to EtherCAT since it allows us to
control the VFDs of oil well rod pump units
more precisely. This helps us to increase
well displacement and thus efficiency by
over 30 %. Furthermore, with EtherCAT we
have substantially less configuration effort.
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Decisive Factors: Ease of Use, Safety

EtherCAT is:
Entertainment
Faster
Statecore
and Eventions Products, the Netherlands: Show Control system
Industrial
forEthernet
Sensation 2012, the worlds largest dance event.
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Ease of Use, Safety

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Ease of Use, Safety

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Ease of Use, Safety

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Erik Berends, Managing Director of Statecore:

Due to its openness and universality EtherCAT is extremely well
suited to the tasks that we face with a show like the Sensation.
The execution of difficult and complex motion sequences is now
much simpler for the people who control the show.
There is a large audience to be dealt with, while at the same time
the safety of the artists must be guaranteed. That demands
correspondingly sophisticated safety technology.
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Your Selling Point: Price and Costs

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Device Costs
Infrastructure Costs
Engineering Costs
Setup Costs
Maintenance Costs
License Costs

Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Device Costs from the Communication

System Point of View
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Supplier Variety most important Pre-Requisite for low

Prices
How many Vendors support the Communication
System
How many Master Devices are available?

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Supplier Variety with EtherCAT

EtherCAT is:
Faster

YESWE ARE

Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Truly Open?

OPEN

Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Every fieldbus claims to be truly open!

Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety

What really matters:

how many master/controller makers support the
technology?

Redundancy
Versatile

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EtherCAT is:

Most fieldbus technologies are

Faster
dominated by one of the Gorillas
Industrial
The
Big Guy that makes
Ethernet
the master systems
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Sometimes the Gorilla is small

Faster
but nevertheless the only master
Industrial
vendor
Ethernet
EtherCAT is:

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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EtherCAT Master (Controller) Vendors

193

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open

YESWE ARE

OPEN

Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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EtherCAT Drive Vendors

156

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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EtherCAT I/O Vendors

ABB
EtherCAT

is:

ectronic

Kolektor Synatec

Schaeffler Engineering

Ackermann

elobau

Kollmorgen

ACS Motion Control

esd

Kuhnke

ADDI-DATA
Industrial

Schweitzer
Engineering
Laboratories / SEL

Festo

Lenze

Faster

Adlink
Ethernet

Foshan Shunde
Gather Win Information
AFT Fahrzeugtechnik
Tech.
Flexible Topology
Algo System
Galil Motion Control
Easier
to
Amoy
Dynamics
Gantner
configure
Anca
Motion
GE Intelligent
Platforms
AutomationX

Cost effective

B&R

Gefran

Easier
Balluff

Grossenbacher

to
implement
Baumller

HBM

BBH

Well proven

Helmholz

Beckhoff

Hitachi

Open
Belden

IDS

Berghof
Conformance

Imc/Additive

Brunner Elektronik

IPC DAS

Safety
Bosch
Rexroth

ISAC

CEC
Redundancy

IXXAT

Cosworth

Jger Messtechnik

CREVIS

Jetter

Versatile

CSM

Jumo

Deif

KEB

DEWESoft

KEBA

Dina Elektronik

Keyence

dSPACE

kk-electronic

Eckelmann

Knestel

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M-System
MaVi
Messung
NEXCOM
MicroControl

SERAD
SEW Eurodrive
SIPRO

Shanghai Xinhua
SHF
SMC

Microinnovations/
Eaton

SOFTLINK

Mikrap

Sontheim Industrie
Elektronik

MKS Instruments
MKT Systemtechnik
MSC
MTT
Murrelektronik
M-System
National Instruments
NCT
Omron
Panasonic SUNX
Parker Hannifin
Pilz
Phoenix Contact
Power Instruments

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TETRA
TexComputer
TR Elektronik
Turck
UFG Elettronica
Unidor
Unitro
VIPA

Wachendorff
WAGO
Watlow
Weidmller
Wenglor
Wieland Electric

Prima Electro
Renesas

106

EtherCAT Supplier Variety: Multi-Axis Demo

EtherCAT is:

35 different synchronized axes,

Faster
24 different vendors:
Industrial
1Ethernet
EtherCAT network!
Flexible Topology

WORLD RECORD

Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Device Costs from the

Communication System Point of View
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Interface Costs direct Influence on Device Prices

How much are the Chips, how much processing
power and memory is required by the
Communication Technology?
Are there Chips from multiple Sources?

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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EtherCAT Interface Costs

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

Master:
no dedicated plug in card (co-processor)
on-board Ethernet Port is fine

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy

Slave:
low cost Slave Controller
FPGA or ASIC, several suppliers
for simple devices: no C needed at all
no powerful C needed
32 Bit
C

Versatile

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EtherCAT Chips from Multiple Sources

ASIC

TI Sitara

Faster

AM335x

EtherCAT is:

ARM

Industrial
Ethernet

A8

Renesas

Renesas TI Sitara

R-IN32M3-EC

RZ/T1

C, P

ARM Cortex
A9 AM435x

Infineon

Beckhoff

ARM Cortex-M

ET1100

Flexible Topology

Hilscher
netX 50

Microchip

HMS

Hilscher

Easier to
configure
CostHilscher
effective

Cortex

LAN9252

Anybus
NP40

netX 51/52/6

Innovasic
Fido5000

Beckhoff

netX 100/500 ET1200

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance

IP-Core
for FPGA
of
IP-Core for

Safety
Redundancy

Versatile

IP-Core for

Altera Max10

Xilinx

Altera Stratix -IV Spartan -6

Xilinx

Spartan -3

IP-Core for

Xilinx Kintex -7

IP-Core for

ESC10/20:

Altera Stratix -V

Altera Cyclone -I

IP-Core for

Altera Cyclone -II

IP-Core for

IP-Core for

Altera Cyclone -III

Altera Cyclone -IV

ETG Folienmaster-Entwicklung 2016

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Altera

Cyclone -V

IP-Core for
IP-Core for

IP-Core

Intel Atom
E6x5C

IP-Core for

Xilinx Artix -7 + Zync

FPGA
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EtherCAT Infrastructure Costs

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Infrastructure:
no Switches / Hubs required
Standard Cabling
4pin Connectors
Option: Power over EtherCAT for Sensors

Cost effective

Easier to
implement

Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Infrastructure Costs

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Example:
Packaging
Machines
Radiator Specialty,
(NC), USA: Filling
and Packaging
Line

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Murray Williamson, Radiator Specialty:

One key factor to use EtherCAT was that we didnt have to use
switches: CAT-5e cabling goes right to the EtherCAT I/O Bus
Couplers. We feel that its the most versatile network out there.
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EtherCAT Engineering Costs

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Network Planing / Engineering:

Process data Performance independent from Stack
Performance of the Devices
Network Performance practically independent from
topology (no Switches, no Hubs)
No Network Tuning any more: Default settings will do

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Setup and Maintenance Costs (I)

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Addressing:
No manual Address Setting required
Addresses are assigned automatically
Addresses can be kept even when devices are
added later no re-addressing required
No MAC Address Handling required

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Setup and Maintenance Costs (II)

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Topology:
Automatic Topology Expected/Actual Comparison

Diagnosis:
Diagnosis with exact Localization

Cost effective

Every node
constantly
monitors
checksum

Easier to
implement
Well proven

Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Bit errors are

detected and
localized

Even Timing Errors (e.g. Time Window for Actual Values

missed) are detected and stored locally in the chip
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EtherCAT License Costs

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Master-Device:
Master-License is free of charge on principle

Slave-Device:
For Users free of charge on principle, Slave-License
as with CAN included in Chip Price

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Your Selling Point: Availability

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance

Condition Monitoring / Predictive

Maintenance: Detecting mechanical
wear before it becomes a problem
avoids unplanned shutdowns due
to equipment failure
With legacy fieldbus systems:
dedicated + costly measurement
system required
With EtherCAT: Vibration Analysis
with standard (Oversampling) I/O
Devices

Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Condition Monitoring

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Example: Wind
Energy
No insurance
without Condition
Monitoring

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Performance

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

Example: Science
ESO, Garching: PIONIER Instrument @ VLT-I, Paranal,
Chile

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Redundancy
Versatile

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ESO/G.Hdepoh (atacamaphoto.com)

Safety

129

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
ESO & B. Lazareff (LAOG)

Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Performance, Topology

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy

Example:
Radio
Telescope
Robert C. Byrd
Green Bank
Telescope, VA:
Retrofit of
Positioning
System of the
world's largest
fully steerable
single aperture
antenna.

Versatile

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EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Your Selling Point: Availability

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Availability of electrical components:

Best Availability is achieved if there are less active
devices: what is not there cannot fail
EtherCAT uses neither active Infrastructure Components
such as Switches or Hubs
nor their power supplies

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

IEC SC65C WG1 Meeting Pauillac, France, Jan 2004

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Your Selling Point: Availability

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

In Addition: EtherCAT High Availability Options

Cable Redundancy
Hot Connect of Devices and Network Segments
Device Exchange during Operation

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven

Master

Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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With Redundancy: Cable Failure

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

EtherCAT Master

Switchover
time: < 15 s

RX Unit

TX Unit

RX

TX

MAC 1

MAC 2

RX TX

RX TX

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Slave 1

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RX

TX

TX

RX

Slave 2

Slave N-1

RX

TX

RX

TX

TX

RX

TX

RX

Slave N

RX

TX

TX

RX

143

Decisive Factors: High Availability + Topology

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Example:
Theatre Stage
Control System
TTS GmbH,
Germany
Schauspielhaus
Nuremberg

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

TTS project manager Frank Kremer:

EtherCAT, encompasses the most important characteristics for
us: real-time capability, high bandwidth, cable redundancy and
impressive diagnostic properties.
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Decisive Factors: High Availability + Topology

EtherCAT is:
General
overhaul of the
Faster
whole
upper and lower
Industrial
machinery
of the stage
Ethernet
based
on PC control and
Flexible Topology
EtherCAT
Easier to
configure
control of 47 mechanical
Cost
effective
hoists,
10 point hoists,
Easier
to
4
stage
podiums
implement
Well
1 stage
proven trolley with
turntable etc.
Open
Conformance
total stage area:
Safety
20 x 35 m
Redundancy
Versatile

Implementation:
Schauspielhaus Nrnberg/
TTS Theatertechnische
Systeme GmbH, 2010
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Decisive Factors: High Availability + Topology

EtherCAT is:
General
overhaul of the
Faster
whole
upper and lower
Industrial
machinery
of the stage
Ethernet
based
on PC control and
Flexible Topology
EtherCAT
Easier to
configure
control of 47 mechanical
Cost
effective
hoists,
10 point hoists,
Easier
to
4
stage
podiums
implement
Well
1 stage
proven trolley with
turntable etc.
Open
Conformance
total stage area:
Safety
20 x 35 m
Redundancy
Versatile

Implementation:
Schauspielhaus Nrnberg/
TTS Theatertechnische
Systeme GmbH, 2010
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Your Selling Point: Functional Safety

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology

Safety door
lock with
tumbler

Safety drive
function
STO, SLS, SDI

Non-contact
protective devices,
e.g. Light curtain

Easier to
configure

Visualization
Diagnosis

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Working Area B

Emergency
Stop function

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Working Area A

Enable Switch

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Decisive Factors: Performance, Safety

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Example:
Material Handling
C. Gunnarssons,
Sweden, Board
handling plant

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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1,200 I/O Points
80 Safety over EtherCAT devices

153

Your Selling Point: Expandability

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Flexible tree structures arbitrarily extendable

Topology variants like Line, Star, Tree, Daisy Chain
+ Drop Lines possible; can be used in any combination!
Up to 65,535 nodes for each EtherCAT segment
Standard Ethernet cabling
Line

Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open

Master

Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

Star/Tree

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Drop Line

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Expandability: Protection of your Investment

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

EtherCAT instead of PCI

smooth migration path from legacy fieldbus to EtherCAT
seamless integration of existing fieldbus devices, e.g.:

AS-Interface
CANopen
CC-Link
ControlNet
DeviceNet
Ethernet/IP
FIPIO
Interbus
IO-Link
Lightbus

LonWorks
Modbus Plus,
RTU, TCP
PROFIBUS
PROFINET IO

maximum system expandability with low cost fieldbus

gateways
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Decisive Factors:
Fieldbus Integration, Performance
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet

Example: Robotics
DLR, Germany: Rollin Justin

Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors:
Fieldbus Integration, Performance
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Decisive Factors: Robustness

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety

EtherCAT in
Space:
RJo Joystick by
DLR
2 Slave Devices,
1 ms Cycle Time

Beckhoff EtherCAT
Chip passed
extensive
irradiation tests

Redundancy
Versatile

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Your Selling Point: Ease of Integration

EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure

Consistant Solution from the MES to the Sensor

Master to Slave
Slave to Slave
Master to Master
M2S

Cost effective
Switchports

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open

Master
M2M

Conformance
Safety

Switch
Gateways

Redundancy
Versatile
M2S
Master

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Your Selling Point:

Worldwide Acceptance + Support
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open

ETG Office

Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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EtherCAT Versioning
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open

There is only one

EtherCAT Version,
not one every year

Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Summary
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open
Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

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Selecting EtherCAT leads to competitive advantages

with respect to:
Quality high Performance leads to high Precision
Throughput, Efficiency Benefits also for sequential
Tasks
Price due to large Supplier Variety and low Costs
Availability Diagnosis Features, Remote Maintenance,
High Availability Options
Safety Safety over EtherCAT-Devices are available
Expandability due to flexible Topology and FieldbusGateways
Ease of Integration EtherCAT is Industrial Ethernet
World Wide Support EtherCAT is accepted globally
Stability there is only one version of EtherCAT

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Contact
EtherCAT is:
Faster
Industrial
Ethernet
Flexible Topology
Easier to
configure
Cost effective

Easier to
implement
Well proven
Open

ETG
Headquarter
Conformance
Ostendstrae
196
Safety
90482 Nuremberg
Redundancy
Germany
Versatile

Phone:
+49 (911) 540 56 20
E-Mail:
info@ethercat.org
Web:
www.ethercat.org
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About
EtherCAT
is:
About
EtherCAT
Technology Group (ETG):
Faster
The
EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is an association in which key user companies from various
industries
Industrialand leading automation suppliers join forces to support, promote and advance the EtherCAT
technology.
Ethernet With over 3,700 members from 62 countries, the EtherCAT Technology Group has become the
largest fieldbus organization in the world. Founded in November 2003, it is also the fastest growing
Flexible Topology
association
of its kind.
Easier to
configure
About
EtherCAT:
Cost effective
EtherCAT
is the fastest Industrial Ethernet technology and stands for high-performance, low-cost, ease of
use
and to
a flexible topology. It was introduced in 2003 and became an international standard and a SEMI
Easier
standard
in 2007. The EtherCAT Technology Group promotes EtherCAT and is responsible for its continued
implement
development. EtherCAT is also an open technology: anyone is allowed to implement or use it.
Well proven
Open

For further information please visit: www.ethercat.org

Conformance
Safety
Redundancy
Versatile

EtherCAT, Safety over EtherCAT, are trademarks or registered trademarks.

Other designations used in this presentation may be trademarks whose use by third parties for their own
purposes could violate the rights of the owners.
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