
Controllers with OPC UA server
Baumüller has implemented the areas of data access, security and methods within the standardized OPC UA interface and provides an OPC UA server for its controllers with the ProDataX software tool.

Cooperation based on data will determine the production of tomorrow. If you want to keep up, you have to develop new business models based on this. However, many companies are afraid of losing control over their own data and risk missing the boat. But there are data protection-compliant solutions based on the Gaia-X principles.
Cooperative driving is a typical task for mobile systems in production facilities. Because high latency times and packet losses can occur in WiFi channels, the reliable data exchange of AGVs cannot be achieved using this radio standard alone.
A wide variety of hardware components and software versions, different transmission paths and operating systems as well as their spatially distributed nature make IoT setups complex and heterogeneous. Those who can keep track of everything are lucky.
Uniform access to distributed and heterogeneous data sources is a key to the adaptable factory. To avoid dependencies, this key must remain in the hands of the manufacturing company. This can be achieved with a separate architecture layer that creates a uniform data space across value chains, locations and clouds.

Interview with Stefan Hoppe, OPC Foundation