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OPC Unified Architecture
Interoperability for Industrie 4.0 and the Internet of Things

OPC UA Security Advise

Whitepaper
Practical Security Recommendations
for building OPC UA Applications

Success stories

SOLAR ENERGY

The Norwegian systems integrator Prediktor is a leading provider of asset management and real-time data management solutions to renewable- and energy asset owners. It is also a global technology leader in OPC and OPC UA. Mapping work- and production-flows with a view to automating management and control has been Prediktor’s focus from the company’s foundation in 1995.

Learn about OPC UA in super large power plants like Benban Solar Park in Egypt by company Scatec.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Rosendahl Nextrom develops and manufactures equipment for the global cable, fiber optics and battery industry. The company is part of the KNILL GROUP, an Austrian group focused on industrial manufacturing. It supplies production technologies for battery machines (BM-Rosendahl), machines for the production of cable, wire and shocktubes (Rosendahl), as well as fiber optics and fiber optic cables (Nextrom). Numerous products in the brands’ portfolio demonstrate global market leadership. Depending on the area, the company covers between 25 and 60 percent of the market.

With automation solutions from Siemens and the OPC UA communication standard, Rosendahl Nextrom flexibly connects all production steps. Orders for cable or battery machine production can be implemented more efficiently and complex operating data can be collected simultaneously.

Modelling Factory Automation

Miele is the world’s leading supplier of premium domestic appliances. These include the product segments cooking, baking, steam cooking, refrigeration and freezing, coffee preparation, dishwashing, laundry and floorcare. In addition, there are dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers for commercial use, as well as cleaning, disinfection and sterilization equipment for medical facilities and Laboratories.

In May 2017, the first working group began operations with the objective of reviewing the OPC UA standard. In 2018, Miele decided to rely on OPC UA in the press shop and body shop for the production of washing machines. Since 2018, the utilization of OPC UA for production communication has  continuously increased in the BU Laundry. Today, OPC UA standards are also implemented when existing plants are remodeled, wherever possible. New plants are already equipped with OPC UA at the factory.

Cloud / Modelling
Process Industry

Equinor is a broad energy company of 21,000 colleagues committed to turning natural resources into energy in more than 30 countries worldwide. As the largest operator in Norway and international leader in offshore operations and renewable energy, Equinor is shaping the future of energy.

Digitalization is transforming the way Equinor works to support their strategies and goals, which are to use data to improve safety; reduce development and operating costs; increase recovery and discovery; and reduce greenhouse emissions.

Cloud / Modelling
Factory Automation

Groupe Renault’s plan is to implement the use of OPC UA-enabled devices and equipment at all production sites worldwide, and to implement end-to-end data communication from the sensor to the machines to the cloud and back again using the OPC UA communication standard. Today, OPC UA is already being used in 17 of the 38 production sites with a total of 3,300 OPC UA-enabled devices.

Field Level Communication (FLC)

Overview

Technical Paper
Extending OPC UA to the field: OPC UA for Field eXchange (FX)

Safety

Technical Paper
OPC UA Safety: Functional Safety Communication with OPC UA