Industrial Ethernet August 2014 Market Intelligence Report

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1 Industrial Ethernet August 2014 Market Intelligence Report

2 Industrial Ethernet August 2014 Market Intelligence Report Executive Summary An electronic survey of Industrial Networking readers was conducted in August, 2014, in order to identify usage and application trends of Industrial Ethernet among the magazine s readership. Detailed survey results are presented on the pages that follow, with key findings summarized below: 91% of survey respondents currently recommend, purchase or specify Industrial Ethernet equipment with the following most common applications: HMI to controller 86% Controller to controller 73% Machine control 66% Maintenance and diagnostics 59% Device-level network 48% Batch/Process control 47% Electronic Drives 44% Front-office/enterprise integration 28% Process Safety 23% Machine/Cell safety 20% Building environmental controls 19% Physical/Perimeter Security 14% Nominal data rate required by most Industrial Ethernet specifiers was 100 MBps on Cat6 Copper (29%), followed by 21% at Gigabit with Cat5/6 Copper, and a further 21% 10 MBps with Cat5 Cooper. 11% 100 Mbps with Fiberoptics, nearly 7% Gigabit with Fiberoptics, and almost 2% 10 MBps with Fiberoptics. At 87%, PLCs top the list of Industrial Ethernet-enabled equipment planned for installation in the next 18 months. HMI (73%) and remote I/O (70%) round out the top three for planned purchases of Ethernet-enabled equipment. At most respondents plants, control engineers claim to maintain primary responsibility for Industrial Ethernet projects (68%). At 8% of facilities it is the IT department s responsibility, and at 24% of facilities the responsibility is shared. When asked about the benefits of Industrial Ethernet, the majority of respondents indicated interoperability (67%), open standards (61%), low cost (47%), web-enabled data access (40%), uniformity (40%), and leverages corporate IP infrastructure (21%). 2

3 Factors most often mentioned as limiting usage of Industrial Ethernet included legacy equipment (42%), cost (18%), security fears (32%), lack of deterministic behavior (16%), experience (24%), maintenance (6.5%), and training (29%). The top three most commonly deployed flavors of Industrial Ethernet included standard Ethernet or Ethernet TCP/IP IP (82%), Modbus TCP/IP 56%, and EtherNet/IP (64%). 3

4 1. Do you recommend, specify or purchase Industrial Ethernet equipment? No 9.2% Yes 90.8% Yes 90.8% No 9.2%

5 2. How are you using Industrial Ethernet? (Mark all that apply) % % % 28.1% % 20.3% 14.1% 0 Batch/Process control Machine control Building environmental controls Machine/Cell safety Frontoffice/enterprise integration Physical/Perimeter Security HMI to controller All Others Batch/Process control 46.9% Machine control 65.6% Building environmental controls 18.8% Machine/Cell safety 20.3% Front-office/enterprise integration 28.1% Physical/Perimeter Security 14.1% HMI to controller 85.9% Controller to controller 73.4% Maintenance and diagnostics 59.4% Process Safety 23.4% Electronic Drives 43.8% Device-Level Network 48.4% Other (please specify) 6.3% Responses "Other (please specify)" Left Blank Historian data Remote I/O SCADA dcs/plc control

6 3. What data rate and medium do you primarily use? Other (specify) 9.7% Gigabit with Fiberoptics 6.5% 10 MBps with Cat5 Copper 21% 100 Mbps with Fiberoptics 11.3% 10 MBps with Fiberoptics 1.6% 100 Mbps with Cat6 Copper 29% Gigabit with Cat5/6 Copper 21% 10 MBps with Cat5 Copper 21.0% 100 Mbps with Cat6 Copper 29.0% Gigabit with Cat5/6 Copper 21.0% 10 MBps with Fiberoptics 1.6% 100 Mbps with Fiberoptics 11.3% Gigabit with Fiberoptics 6.5% Other (specify) 9.7% Responses "Other (specify)" Left Blank 10 or 100 or Gigabits MBps with and without FO, 100 mb with cat 5e SONET all of the above dependant on the devices connected to the network fieldbus/hart

7 4. What type of Industrial Ethernet-enabled equipment do you plan to install in the next 18 months? (Mark all that apply) % 80 73% 69.8% % 4.8% 0 PLCs/PCs/PACs HMI Remote I/O None Other (please specify) PLCs/PCs/PACs 87.3% HMI 73.0% Remote I/O 69.8% None 6.4% Other (please specify) 4.8% Responses "Other (please specify)" Left Blank VFD VFD's & Virtualized Servers physical security

8 5. What group has primary responsibility for Industrial Ethernet projects? Shared Responsibility 24.2% IT Department 8.1% Control Engineers 67.7% Control Engineers 67.7% IT Department 8.1% Shared Responsibility 24.2%

9 6. What benefits of Industrial Ethernet interest you the most? (Mark all that apply) % 61.3% % 40.3% 40.3% 25 21% 6.5% 0 Interoperability Leverage corporate IT infrastructure and support Low Cost Open standards Uniformity Web-enabled data access Other (please specify) Interoperability 67.7% Leverage corporate IT infrastructure and support 21.0% Low Cost 46.8% Open standards 61.3% Uniformity 40.3% Web-enabled data access 40.3% Other (please specify) 6.5% Responses "Other (please specify)" Left Blank EtherNet/IP Redundancy industrial protocols for information from the switches remote programming via internet

10 7. What factors limit your use of Industrial Ethernet? (Mark all that apply) % % 24.2% 16.1% 32.3% 29% 16.1% 6.5% 8.1% 0 Cost Experience Lack of deterministic behavor Legacy equipment Maintenance Security fears Training None Other (please specify) Cost 17.7% Experience 24.2% Lack of deterministic behavor 16.1% Legacy equipment 41.9% Maintenance 6.5% Security fears 32.3% Training 29.0% None 16.1% Other (please specify) 8.1% Responses "Other (please specify)" Left Blank IT and the lack of knowledge beteen control engineers and IT engineers RJ45 connectors vs hugely expensive industrial connectors Sometimes, customer resistance customer specifications reliabity

11 8. Do you use these "flavors" of Industrial Ethernet? (Mark all that apply) % % 55.7% % % 3.3% 9.8% 3.3% 4.9% 1.6% 0 'Standard" Ethernet or Ethernet TCP/IP Foundation HSE EtherNet/IP Powerlink EtherCAT Profinet CC-Link IE sercos III Modbus TCP/IP other (specify) 'Standard" Ethernet or Ethernet TCP/IP 82.0% Foundation HSE 8.2% EtherNet/IP 63.9% Powerlink 3.3% EtherCAT 9.8% Profinet 27.9% CC-Link IE 3.3% sercos III 4.9% Modbus TCP/IP 55.7% other (specify) 1.6% Responses "other (specify)" Left Blank IEC 61850

12 9. What is your job function? Research and Development 3.2% Plant Operations 3.2% General Administration 3.2% Engineering 23.8% Control system design/engineering 50.8% Tech support 4.8% Company management 11.1% Control system design/engineering 50.8% Company management 11.1% Tech support 4.8% Research/development 0.0% Engineering 23.8% General Administration 3.2% Plant Operations 3.2% Research and Development 3.2%

13 10. What is your machine builder industry? System integrator working with both process and discrete 17.7% System integrator working mostly with discrete industry end users 1.6% Process Industries end user 35.5% System integrator working mostly with process industry end users 14.5% Industrial machine builder 19.4% Discrete Industries end user 11.3% Process Industries end user 35.5% Discrete Industries end user 11.3% Industrial machine builder 19.4% System integrator working mostly with process industry end users System integrator working mostly with discrete industry end users 14.5% 1.6% System integrator working with both process and discrete 17.7%

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