01 Key technologies for connecting data at the control layer and IT layer
A communication protocol used to control object linking and embedding, the key technology to get through the isolated control layer industrial automation data and IT layer data, provides the premise for the efficient integration of data. It is not limited to manufacturing because it really just defines standard methods for reading and writing variables, calling methods, and organizing data objects using a semantic model. It also defines standard security mechanisms to support trust relationships between applications and encryption of all communications.
02 Develop Industry 4.0 roadmap for equipment and plant
Industry 4.0 is a globally recognized technical concept used to define the practice of intelligent manufacturing. Understand how to design their production processes, how to meet future needs, and provide standard solutions. However, users will still have to face many unsolvable problems before products that match these new standards are available.
The Industry 4.0 Open Alliance starts with coordinating and connecting the objective needs of machine and cloud services between different vendors, with the aim of achieving an ICT channel that allows shared use, rather than installing and configuring each system individually.
Open Industry 4.0 defines a reference architecture that provides specification recommendations for edge and cloud computing to reinforce the interconnectivity between devices and machines from different vendors.
A key point of a mature Industry 4.0 migration is the coordination of disparate data by using an information model that adheres to industry standards. The purpose of using information models for data coordination is to reduce the integration effort of Industry 4.0 systems. When process data interfaces are similar across production units, IT systems can be invoked in a uniform manner. The real benefits begin when multiple IT systems are used in a factory. When a solution is scaled to multiple production sites, the benefits grow exponentially.
03 To the Future
We are always concerned about the latest trends of the automation industry, combined with the depth of experience accumulated in the past, concerned about the growing and booming automation industry market and its huge potential, we also believe that an increasingly mature industrial automation industry chain will be built.
