- An industrial machinery manufacturer wanted to aggregate multiple applications into CNC machines
- Laser and machine-control systems needed to be integrated seamlessly for scalable sensing and improved control
Case Studies
CNC Machine Applications on One Wire
26 Jun 2026A compact TSN switch architecture for combining machine control, remote I/O, and vision-camera traffic inside CNC machinery.
Overview
ChallengesThe main challenges were
- Different proprietary networks made integration and maintenance difficult, especially when machines were shipped overseas
- The network devices had to be compact, reliable, Gigabit-capable, and suitable for high-volume camera data as well as deterministic control traffic
ObjectivesThe system needed to
- Create a built-in unified TSN network for CNC machines
- improve scalability and efficiency
- integrate proprietary networks
- support both critical control and machine vision traffic
Solution DeliveredThe solution included
- An 8-port full-Gigabit TSN managed Ethernet switch connected remote I/O, servo-driver control traffic, machine-vision cameras, and an industrial PC
- This allowed critical and non-critical traffic to share a standard Ethernet TSN infrastructure in a compact machine-side installation
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Conclusion
This story is attractive because it shows modern machine builders how TSN can simplify machine architecture. It combines deterministic motion/control communication and vision data inside one compact industrial network.
