CANopen Application Examples

Using CANbus, CAN bus, Controller Area Network
Curious where CANopen is used?
As CANopen is integrated into deeply embedded networks, we often don't know about its usage unless somebody tells us about it...

The following application examples were found in magazines, on-line publications or newsgroups/mailinglists and all do not only use the CANbus/CAN bus/Controller Area Network but specifically the higher-layer protocol CANopen.

For a list of commercially available CANopen nodes and products, see the CANopen product guide and product database at www.canopen.org

Industrial Machinery

  • Packaging Machines
  • Injection Molding Machines
  • Blow Molding Machines
  • Weaving Systems
  • Knitting Systems
  • Sewing, Folding, Packaging
  • Industrial Freezers
  • Printing machines
  • Semiconductor manufacturing
  • Blade Grinders

Railway

  • Las Vegas Monorail
  • Production/Switch Tamper
  • Light Rail Vehicles, Trams
  • Locomotives
  • MPV/CargoSprinter
  • Train Communication Network
  • Ticketing Machines

Specialty Vehicles

  • Police cars
  • Taxis
  • Turret Trucks
  • Fork Lifts
  • Mining Trucks
  • Rubber Tire Gantry Cranes
  • Telescopic mobile elevating platform
  • Construction machinery

Building Automation

  • Elevators

Medical

  • Process Optimized Operating Room
  • Hospital Beds
  • Blood dialysis

Maritime

  • Control by wire of ships
  • Subsea installations (SIIS)

Restaurant Appliances

  • Coffee Machine by WMF

Laboratory Equipment & Research

  • Nuclear Research at CERN
  • Magnetic and Physical Property Measurement
    by Quantum Design

Avionics

  • Electric Motorglider Antares