ProSoft Insights / Application stories

Continuous steel casting ensured – thanks to EtherNet/IP-PROFINET communications

Contact Us

Search Insights

Categories

Tags

Recent Posts

Why a Strong Data Foundation is a Must in AI for Manufacturing

24 Nov, 2025 / Technology focus

To truly scale AI for manufacturing, the foundational step is to build a unified and ac...

Know Your Network Before You Set Up Your Automated Warehouse System

30 Oct, 2025 / Technology focus

Before any advanced automated warehouse systems can deliver on their promise, a critica...

Improve Your Warehouse’s Efficiency with Secure Connections

09 Oct, 2025 / Technology focus

Your warehouse’s intricate dance of logistics and efficiency hinges entirely on a robus...

How to Track Overall Equipment Effectiveness in a Multi-Site Operation

18 Sep, 2025 / Work Smarter

Traditional metrics like overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) offer valuable insights ...

  • Friday May 17 2019
  • Lauren Robeson Menting - Global Communications

Continuous steel casting ensured – thanks to EtherNet/IP™-PROFINET communications

For a steel end user in Italy, the need to manage continuous casting of its product is paramount. To handle that for their application, the machine builder needed to connect a Rockwell Automation® CompactLogix™ with three PROFINET keyboards used for manual machinery control.

Connecting the keyboards to the EtherNet/IP™-based controller was necessary to enable real-time communications. The machine builder found a solution with ProSoft Technology’s PLX82 EtherNet/IP-to-PROFINET gateway. Now the delivery of important information – and continuous steel casting – is ensured.

 

Learn more about ProSoft Technology’s Rockwell Automation solutions