Many industrial organizations struggle to turn field-level sensor data into actionable insight, limiting visibility and making diagnostics, maintenance, and process optimization more difficult. This webinar will show how IO-Link enables standardized, bidirectional communication between smart field devices and IO-Link masters, making richer process, device, and diagnostic data available to PLCs, SCADA systems, and analytics platforms.
Overview
Industrial automation is moving beyond basic sensor connectivity toward more intelligent, data-driven decision-making. As organizations work to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and increase operational efficiency, conventional discrete and analog sensors can limit access to the device diagnostics, parameter data, and standardized communication needed to support modern maintenance and digitalization strategies. This webinar will explore how IO-Link enables smarter sensing by providing standardized, bidirectional access to process, device, and diagnostic data across industrial systems.
Through practical examples and real-world applications, attendees will learn how IO-Link devices and masters can make field-level data available to PLCs, SCADA systems, and industrial analytics platforms to support condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, process optimization, and intelligent asset monitoring. The session will also examine how IO-Link can simplify commissioning, accelerate troubleshooting, and provide a scalable foundation for Industry 4.0 and AI-enabled applications. Whether you are designing a new automation system or modernizing existing equipment, you will gain practical guidance for identifying high-value use cases and deploying IO-Link solutions that improve visibility, strengthen operational resilience, and enable faster, more informed operational decisions.
Key Takeaways
- Explain how IO-Link enables standardized, bidirectional communication between smart field devices, IO-Link masters, and higher-level control systems.
- Identify industrial applications where IO-Link can improve visibility, diagnostics, commissioning, and maintenance.
- Evaluate practical approaches for making IO-Link data available to PLCs, SCADA systems, and industrial analytics platforms.
- Use process, device, and diagnostic data to support condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and process optimization.
- Plan a scalable IO-Link implementation or retrofit strategy aligned with operational and business goals.
Speaker
With more than 20 years of engineering and technology leadership experience spanning energy, manufacturing, industrial automation, and digital solutions, Ebrahimi has led the development and commercialization of innovative technologies that improve equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and asset performance.
Ebrahimi holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and an Executive MBA from Texas A&M University. He has also completed executive education programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Digital Transformation. He is the author of more than 60 technical publications and the inventor of nine U.S. patents.
Drawing on extensive experience integrating intelligent sensors, PLCs, industrial communication protocols, and predictive analytics into real-world industrial systems, Ebrahimi brings a practical perspective that bridges advanced technology with measurable business outcomes. Attendees will gain actionable insights into implementing IO-Link solutions to build smarter, more connected, and more reliable industrial operations.