Following development work and tests demonstrating the suitablility of the CAN-bus technology, DORNIER was able to launch it on the market in 1989. After 7 years it is now a proven and reliable system for our customers, which has made a triumphant advance into other sectors of the mechanical engineering industry.

It was announced at CeBIT in Hannover that 6 million CAN chips had been sold to date; this year alone the manufacturers are counting on a further 10 million chips. Other chip producers have thus also recognized the importance of the CAN-bus chip and will shortly be embarking on series production.

For DORNIER, too, the full value of this technology is far from having bee realized. Quite apart from the simple installation with just 2 data lines and a level of reliability which has now been proven in practice, there are other reasons for choosing the CAN-bus. For one thing, the system is designed to be universal and independent of clock frequencies. The CAN-bus thus always keeps pace with chip development and can be supplied for example by Pentium chips of any clock frequency.

Added to this is its flexibility in networking. It permits problem-free integration of all components, including equipment manufactured by third parties which already forms part of the weave room set-up. The mature, practice-oriented DORNIER control system can thus be expanded to embrace all electronically controlled components incorporated into the weaving process.