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CC-Link, The Non-Stop Open Network ™, is the leading open network in Japan and Asia, and integrating CC-Link technology into your product can open new doors into these markets. It is also becoming well accepted in both Europe and North America due to its ease of use, strong productivity features and high performance.
CC-Link offers a comprehensive open network architecture that reaches from enterprise IT connectivity to simple digital I/O on the shop floor. It is also the only open gigabit Ethernet technology for automation today, linking both controller and field devices throughout a plant.
With a global installed base of almost 9,000,000 nodes, more than 1100 products from 250 manufacturers and over 1500 partner companies, it’s time you saw what CC-Link can do for your business.
Latest News
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20/04/2012 – CHANGES IN THE NETWORK SECURITY LANDSCAPE
Security requirements for industrial Ethernet networks are quickly migrating from Enterprise networks to process control and other industrial environments. The recent issues with the Stuxnet malware has given us all a wakeup call, and we need now to take a fresh look at how security is managed within industrial networks. John Browett of CLPA looks at the potential threats to industrial network security, and how to mitigate them.
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15/02/2012 – CC-Link announces integration of motion control into CC-link IE Field Ethernet based open network
Open networks are an established feature of the modern automation landscape. The benefits they offer in terms of freedom of choice, flexibility, performance and cost savings are widely accepted. In recent years, this acceptance has also spread to the adoption of Ethernet for open network technologies. The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) has been at the forefront of these developments, introducing CC-Link IE (Industrial Ethernet) in 2007 and following this with CC-Link IE Field in 2009. These networks offer the highest performance Ethernet based open network currently available, with 1Gbps transmission speeds. Hence whether networking multiple controllers or connecting multiple field devices to a controller, CC-Link IE offers an industry leading Ethernet based solution.