Increasing demand for smart high-end safety solutions
高端智能安全解決方案需求上升

Safety components alone are not enough to satisfy customer needs. Safety solution packages are becoming popular, as the demand for services and data is increasing. Smarter safety solutions meet safety requirements but also benefit other aspects of production. The idea is that the more data that can be analysed, the greater efficiency, the shorter the downtime, the lower the risk of equipment failure, and the better management of maintenance.

單單配備安全組件已無(wú)法滿足客戶的需求。隨著對(duì)服務(wù)和數(shù)據(jù)需求的增加，安全解決方案包遍地開花。更智能的安全解決方案不但可以滿足安全要求，而且也有利于生產(chǎn)的其他方面。這一想法是，可分析的數(shù)據(jù)越多，效率越高，停機(jī)時(shí)間越短，設(shè)備故障的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)越低，維護(hù)的管理也越好。

Industrial networking is part of safety solutions and connectivity. Some older fieldbus technologies are inherently safe; but it has taken some time to ensure that some Ethernet technologies are fully safe. There are still opportunities for newer technologies with great potential for high-end solutions.

工業(yè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)是安全解決方案和連接的一部分。一些較舊的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)總線技術(shù)本質(zhì)上是安全的，但需要一定的時(shí)間來確保某些以太網(wǎng)技術(shù)的完全安全。潛力巨大的高端解決方案新技術(shù)，機(jī)會(huì)猶在。

According to the latest research from the Discrete Machine-Safety Components Annual Service, revenues from safety I/O are projected to grow faster than those from standard I/O. Digital modules in safety I/O remain the most popular globally; and most likely to remain so, as analogue costs more and can be seen as unnecessary.

根據(jù)《離散機(jī)器安全組件年度報(bào)告》的最新研究，安全I(xiàn)/O的收入預(yù)計(jì)將比標(biāo)準(zhǔn)I/O的收入增長(zhǎng)更快。安全I(xiàn)/O中的數(shù)字模塊仍然是全球最受歡迎的，并極有可能保持這樣，因?yàn)槟M模塊成本更高，而且非必要。

Basic drives are the most common and becoming commonplace in emerging countries since they cost less and there is less stringent legislation on implementing safety practices in manufacturing. However, in EMEA, sales of advanced drives are starting to grow quickly.

基本驅(qū)動(dòng)器是最常見的，在新興國(guó)家同樣隨處可見，因?yàn)樗鼈兊某杀据^低，而且這些國(guó)家在制造業(yè)安全實(shí)踐的立法方面不太嚴(yán)格。不過，在在歐洲、中東和非洲市場(chǎng)，先進(jìn)驅(qū)動(dòng)器的銷售開始快速增長(zhǎng)。

The focus on machine-safety components in mature markets is shifting from price to providing more features, benefits and connectivity. This shift means the mature market tends to use high-end components. Globally, IHS Markit predicts that revenues of laser scanners will surpass those of Type 2 light curtains in 2018; and revenues from safety PLCs will surpass those from safety relays in 2019. Neither of these trends is predicted to occur in the Asia-Pacific machine-safety markets, where price pressure remains high.

成熟市場(chǎng)對(duì)機(jī)器安全組件的關(guān)注正在從價(jià)格轉(zhuǎn)向功能更多、效益和連接性。這種轉(zhuǎn)變意味著成熟市場(chǎng)傾向于使用高端組件。IHS Markit預(yù)測(cè)，從全球來看，到2018年激光掃描儀的收入將超過2級(jí)光幕，2019年安全PLC的收入將超過安全繼電器。但這些情況在亞太機(jī)器安全市場(chǎng)不大可能發(fā)生，因?yàn)樵撌袌?chǎng)的價(jià)格壓力仍然很高。

The requirement for -- and the use of -- safety PLCs are gradually increasing every year. Mature markets are seeking advanced solutions. With this need in mind, there will be a push on the prices of high-end PLCs, and so the ASP will decrease.

安全PLC的需求和使用每年都在逐漸增加。成熟市場(chǎng)正在尋求先進(jìn)的解決方案，考慮到這一需求，這將會(huì)推高高端PLC的價(jià)格，而平均售價(jià)則會(huì)下降。