Manufacturers are examining different network architectures to drive plant efficiencies, and the OPC UA standard is providing scalable results all the way to the enterprise suite. Though there is ...

OPC UA including APL, TSN, and 5G for the field: The Field Level Communications initiative reaches a major milestone. Figure 1. FLC initiative developing extensions to the OPC UA framework for field ...

The connectivity technology OPC UA embedded on a chip instead delivered via a PC server is redefining industrial automation architectures. The OPC Foundation (www.opcfoundation.org) has been working ...

The rise of Industrial IoT in oil and gas operations is bringing rapid change to the ways the industry manages information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT).

Exchanging data between Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices and the cloud presents a bewildering array of options. Cloud providers, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google IO, and many ...

In many injection molding applications, the user manually sets the mixing ratio of the base material, additives, and masterbatches typically on a separate control unit mounted on the press. This works ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE As part of its push towards Industry 4.0, ...

Leveraging the computing industry’s Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) technologies, PLCopen and other open standards organizations (including the OPC Foundation) developed an open standards ...