Electricity and Control August 2022

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT : PRODUCTS + SERVICES

Continued from page 8 market share and now makes up for 66% of the global market of new installed nodes in factory automation (65% last year). EtherNet/IP and PROFINET hold first place in the network rankings with 17% market share, and EtherCAT is gaining ground, now with 11% market share. Modbus-TCP is also growing, to a 6% market share. Fieldbuses are at 27% market share compared to 28% last year. However, HMS notes that despite losing one percent market share, the actual number of installed fieldbus nodes is expected to grow by 4% in 2022 compared to last year, following several years of decline. The reason for this calculated estimate is that factories tend to favour established industrial network solutions in uncertain times such as these, following from the impact of the pandemic and the challenging component situation. PROFIBUS remains the most installed fieldbus with 7% market share, followed by Modbus-RTU at 5% and CC-Link at 4%. Interestingly, the Modbus technologies TCP and RTU continue to be widely used in modern factories, together accounting for 11% of the market in 2022. Wireless grows by 8%, which is on par with the over all growth rate of the network market, and thus retains a 7% market share. Typical use cases include cable re

placement applications, wireless machine access and connectivity to mobile industrial equipment. The market is still awaiting the deployment and impact of 5G in next generation factory automation installations. Anders Hansson, Chief Marketing Officer at HMS Networks, says, “Industrial network connectivity is ab solutely key to reaching productivity and sustainability objectives in modern manufacturing, and this is the main driver for the growth we see in the industrial network market. Factories are constantly working to optimise productivity and sustainability, as well as quality, flexibil ity and cybersecurity, and we know that sound industrial networking is key to achieving this too. While we see growth across all network areas, it is particularly interest ing to see that the established fieldbus technologies are getting back to growth again.” Note: The study includes HMS’ estimation for 2022 based on the number of new installed nodes in factory automation. A node is defined as a machine or device connected to an industrial field network. The presented figures represent HMS’ consolidated view, considering insights from colleagues in the industry, its own sales sta tistics and overall perception of the market.

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