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The Expanding Role of Industrial Ethernet Connectors BEYOND THE FACTORY FLOOR: Nathan Moskal Technical Product Specialist - Product Management Team
Hirose Electric USA
Since the launch of Industry 4.0 in 2011, advanced artificial intel - ligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have improved manufacturing operations with the introduction of smart systems. As the smart industrial automation market grows, sensing, real-time monitoring and reporting have become standard practice. With these increasingly complex sys- tem requirements, high‑density, high‑bandwidth Industrial Ether- net solutions have become the preferred way to connect edge devices to enterprise systems. Ac- cording to Market Reports World, Ethernet-based networks are used in approximately 74% of U.S. dis- crete manufacturing plants, while smart factory initiatives influence 58% of network upgrade decisions. In addition, Industrial Ethernet
is expanding beyond the factory floor into new applications such as robotics/mobile machinery that require ultra-reliable high-speed data transmission. At the heart of this evolution is the ix Industrial connector.
Hirose ix Industrial right angle
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