UK industrial automation distributor Routeco and Israeli wireless industrial automation provider CoreTigo have partnered to meet increasing demand for Industry 4.0 factory automation solutions in the United Kingdom.

The two companies have agreed to pursue a joint effort of pushing industrial automation forward and creating new applications and capabilities. Through the partnership, Routeco is expending the spread of IO-Link Wireless communication in its territories, shifting machines to wireless communication, and unbinding their full capabilities.

IO-Link Wireless is a deterministic, low latency (5 msec), highly-reliable and scalable universal wireless communication protocol. Based on the IO-Link IEC 61131-9 standard, it is designed specifically for factory automation, coexisting with other networks – both wired and wireless.

Both Routeco and CoreTigo see IO-Link Wireless as essential for advanced industrial manufacturing. Ranging from a 5 Msec low latency and deterministic nature, through scalability, reliability and coexistence capabilities, the partners see it as addressing the needs of current and future industrial automation and manufacturing.

IO-Link Wireless presents reliability of 1 e-9 Packet Error Rate (PER), which compared to everyday wireless communications protocols such as Wi-Fi, Zigbee and BLE (Bluetooth low energy), is 1 million times better (1e6).

Complementing Routeco’s portfolio, some of CoreTigo’s main solutions target the packaging, automotive, pharmaceuticals and metal working industrial sectors.