As enterprises seek to leverage the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) across a wider range of applications, network reliability has become more critical than ever to ensure the integrity of factory control and automation systems. Moxa's new eight-page "Smart Factory Network Solutions" guide details how Moxa's solutions can help you achieve 360° full-scale network reliability from edge to core, maximizing uptime and connectivity to maintain factory communications. The guide is available for download from Moxa's website.

360° network reliability

Factory network infrastructure is being built with an increasingly diverse range of industrial networking devices. Moxa's industrial Ethernet solutions achieve 360° network reliability by strengthening device robustness, redundant connections, and cyber defense capabilities. Gary Chang, Product Manager for Moxa's Industrial Ethernet Infrastructure Division, said, "Moxa's solutions provide network redundancy in the millisecond (mS) range, ensuring uninterrupted operation of industrial factory applications. Moxa's high reliability is achieved through components with high MTBF, fan-free and heat-free designs, wide operating temperature ranges, and superior EMI/EMS protection." Additionally, because 24/7 operational factory applications cannot tolerate risk, MOXA provides industrial cybersecurity solutions that prevent network threats in factory cells, zones, and fields without increasing costs.

SMART architecture

Moxa combines its comprehensive product portfolio and systematic expertise with SMART network architecture support to enable customers to fully leverage cyber-physical systems (CPS). This enables customers to maximize production and operational efficiency with both legacy and modern equipment. Moxa's SMART network infrastructure provides Ethernet connectivity for field networks, SCADA systems, and backbone networks to maximize factory communication and operational efficiency. This Ethernet connectivity is open, self-healing, easy to manage, highly secure, and interoperable.

Together with its global partners, Moxa offers a one-stop shop for industrial Ethernet solutions. It offers industrial Ethernet switches and extenders, industrial security routers, industrial Ethernet gateways, serial device servers, industrial wireless solutions, smart I/O solutions, and controllers, as well as automation-friendly network management programs that enhance the reliable IP communication infrastructure for factory automation. Moxa's SMART network architecture can be applied to all aspects of facility management and control automation systems, including environmental monitoring, legacy network integration, material handling, and process automation.