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The data collected in production alone is not enough to make predictive maintenance a reality. The article describes all the necessary steps - from importing the data to integrating predictive models into existing IT systems.
read more...Fast data analysis is useful in production - for example, to be able to react immediately to problems in production or to a cyber attack. An in-memory database, which works up to 100 times faster than conventional systems, is predestined for this.
read more...While data in smart factories needs to be collected, analyzed and made available in real time wherever possible, other priorities apply to distributed (M2M) applications - above all the handling of application data and the security of communication.
read more...If fast response times are required for data analysis, a cloud solution can reach its limits. An alternative is supercomputer technology: In combination with customized analysis software, it promises analyses in real time.
read more...Follow-up with Dr. Thomas Kuhn
The BMBF project 'Basic System Industry 4.0', funded with 12 million euros, was launched on July 1. Project manager Dr. Thomas Kuhn explains what the planned 'operating system' for production plants is all about.
read more...One challenge of the IoT: the flexible configuration of the interface connection between the 'things' and the platforms. The open source software 'Node-RED' offers a suitable construction kit for creating the corresponding interfaces.
read more...Belden presented the first switch based on 'IEEE 802.1 real-time Ethernet TSN' for its Hirschmann brand at the Hannover Messe 2016. Computer&AUTOMATION spoke with Dr. Oliver Kleineberg about the present and future of TSN at Belden.
read more...Is OPC UA in conjunction with the real-time Ethernet variant TSN "the" communication standard for Industry 4.0-based manufacturing? The speakers at the "Industrial Ethernet TSN" congress on September 27 in Stuttgart will get to the bottom of this question.
read more...Nine months after its market launch, the new Microsoft operating system Windows 10 has already achieved a proud share of the operating systems installed in companies. This is driven by the free provision and a range of new functions.
read more...The Industry 4.0 platform and the Industrial Internet Consortium now want to pull together. However, the platform favors OPC UA, while the IIC stands for DDS. Thomas Burke and Dr. Stan Schneider, representatives of the two standards, describe the path to an agreement.
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