The design of special equipment and fully-engineered solutions is quite a challenge. The utilization of CANopen specifications will not only increase the performance and reliability of the communication between field-level devices in the plant, but also simplify and help to reduce the costs of the development process. Dienes is keen on developing its own electronics with the newest CANopen specifications, so that all controllers, I/O cards and inverters support the CANopen communication protocol with its respective device profiles. This enables the devices to reach a higher standardized level of configurability and connectivity.

The development of innovative filaments demands an efficient, systematic and, in part, self-optimizing experimental working system, which must be smart and flexible. In the Dienes Multimode plants, each process step is represented by a module, which has its own decentralized control. This is the key for module’s integration into any plant at any time with a reduced programming effort. In the Multimode Explorer tool developed by Dienes, all process data are permanently visualized and recorded with a high degree of transparency for further evaluation. In order to guarantee the operation of each smart modular unit, an error-free system and communication are required. Furthermore, a reliable system makes sure that all production parameters can be permanently visualized and recorded, enabling a complete traceability of the process.