Do you know the advantages of industrial switches?

If you are in the security industry, you are definitely familiar with industrial switches. Perhaps you have a deeper understanding, but do you have a comprehensive understanding? Today, the editor will take you to see why industrial switches are so popular in the market.

Before discussing the advantages, I think we need to first understand what industrial switches are?

Industrial switches are relatively different from ordinary switches. At the beginning of their design, ordinary switches did not consider the needs of industrial networks, nor did they consider harsh industrial environments and severe electromagnetic interference. Therefore, the performance of ordinary switches has significant stability issues.

It is in this situation that industrial switches have strengthened their functions on the basis of ordinary switches, with richer and more flexible port configurations and product series, which can meet the needs of various industrial fields. With the rapid development of industries such as electricity, metallurgy, and transportation, the demand for industrial switches in various industries is gradually increasing.

So, what are the advantages of industrial switches compared to regular switches?

1. Super strong anti-interference ability

Industrial switches have strong anti-interference functions, such as high protection levels in lightning protection, waterproof, anti-corrosion, anti-static, etc., but commercial switches do not have these functions.

2. Using industrial grade components

Industrial switches have high requirements for product components and can withstand harsh environmental tests, thus being able to adapt well to industrial environments.

3. Long service life

Industrial switches adopt industrial grade solutions from the casing to the components, resulting in higher reliability and longer service life, typically exceeding 10 years. The service life of ordinary commercial switches is approximately 3-5 years.

4. Wide temperature operation

Industrial switches generally use metal casings, which provide better heat dissipation and stronger protection. They can basically operate normally within the temperature range of -45~+75 ℃ and can adapt to complex temperatures and humidity. However, the working range of commercial switches is relatively narrow.

5. Fast redundancy

Industrial switches generally have fast ring network and redundancy functions, with a redundancy time of less than 20ms. Although commercial products can also form redundant networks, the healing time can reach 10-30 seconds or more, which is too long and not suitable for industrial environments.

So when choosing a suitable industrial switch, what are the main influencing factors to consider?

1. Real time performance

Data often has a certain degree of latency during transmission, so when selecting products, this factor must be taken into consideration. In a standard factory automation system, the system generally does not exceed 10ms in time.

2. Compatibility

Industrial switches and other components should communicate using the standard TCP/IP protocol. In any case, there is no compatibility issue between industrial switches and commercial switches.

3. Product reliability

In industrial environments, reliability is crucial, and these factors to consider generally include hardware tolerance, installation methods, redundancy methods, fault diagnosis, etc.