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法滿足客戶的需求。隨著對服務和數據需求的增加，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，而且也有利于生產的其他方面。這一想法是，可分析的數據越多，效率越高，停機時間越短，設備故障的風險越低，維護的管理也越好。

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.

工業網絡是安全解決方案和連接的一部分。一些較舊的現場總線技術本質上是安全的，但需要一定的時間來確保某些以太網技術的完全安全。潛力巨大的高端解決方案新技術，機會猶在。

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《離散機器安全組件年度報告》的最新研究，安全I/O的收入預計將比標準I/O的收入增長更快。安全I/O中的數字模塊仍然是全球最受歡迎的，并極有可能保持這樣，因為模擬模塊成本更高，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.

基本驅動器是最常見的，在新興國家同樣隨處可見，因為它們的成本較低，而且這些國家在制造業安全實踐的立法方面不太嚴格。不過，在在歐洲、中東和非洲市場，先進驅動器的銷售開始快速增長。

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.

成熟市場對機器安全組件的關注正在從價格轉向功能更多、效益和連接性。這種轉變意味著成熟市場傾向于使用高端組件。IHS Markit預測，從全球來看，到2018年激光掃描儀的收入將超過2級光幕，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器安全市場不大可能發生，因為該市場的價格壓力仍然很高。

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。成熟市場正在尋求先進的解決方案，考慮到這一需求，這將會推高高端PLC的價格，而平均售價則會下降。