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IoT and wireless SPS IPC Drives 2018: Product innovations at a glance
Around 1700 automation suppliers are expected at SPS IPC Drives 2018. With this, the show aims to further consolidate its importance as a trade fair for smart and digital automation. In this article we present interesting IoT (Internet of Things) products and solutions.
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The strong focus that IT companies such as SAP are putting on industrial communications issues, such as OPC UA and TSN, shows how IT and automation are increasingly merging.
This process is also reflected in the automation trade fair SPS IPC Drives and in the hall allocation: at SPS IPC Drives 2018 in Nuremberg (27 - 29 November 2018), the subject of software and IT in production can be found in Halls 5 and 6. There, innovations in the fields of industrial web services, virtual product development/design, digital business platforms, IT/OT technologies, fog/edge computing and cloud computing and much more will be on display. Numerous suppliers will also be addressing the topic of cybersecurity at their exhibition booths, demonstrating how companies can protect themselves against cyber-attacks.
SPS IPC Drives 2018: New products and solutions
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1468500/1468574/original.jpg "<b>COPA-DATA</b> comes to the SPS IPC Drives 2018 with zenon as a software platform. In addition to the well-known features of zenon, new application templates are offered: Among other things, they contain finished project components such as visualization, symbols, calculation logics, as well as evaluations, thus ensuring greater efficiency. The platform presents itself as a comprehensive solution for digital transformation, from data acquisition to machine operation to business intelligence.<br>
In addition, COPA-DATA will show its industrial software straton, an integrated development tool based on IEC 61131-3 programming languages (ST, IL, FBD, SFC, LD). Users benefit from a wide range of configuration and programming options for industrial automation.<br>
Another focus topic is Smart City. COPA-DATA shows how the various features of the city of the future can be networked. This is possible thanks to intelligent data acquisition and processing. The company will also be presenting its Workflow Management solution, which allows smarter production steps. The assistance system ensures greater efficiency and fewer errors thanks to digital user guidance. <br>
COPA-DATA at SPS IPC Drives 2018: Hall 7, Booth 590")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1468500/1468575/original.jpg "Version 11.5 of the automation platform VBASE by VISAM comes with many new functions in the areas of communication and safety, which will be presented for the first time at SPS IPC Drives 2018. Additional interfaces increase the system's communication and connectivity capabilities for HMI, SCADA and MES applications. New safety features protect the system against unauthorized access. <br>
On the communication side, it is especially the support of new protocols that characterizes the update. With MQTT, VBASE now supports one of the most important IOT and M2M protocols for sending messages via the Internet. The protocol offers real push communication and is scalable to several thousand clients. The MQTT broker can be freely selected in VBASE, and VISAM GmbH also offers a cloud service under VBASE.cloud. <br>
The integration of OPC UA is another step towards greater vendor independence. The platform-independent protocol promises secure and reliable communication from the sensor to the ERP system. VBASE 11.5 can perform both as an OPC UA server and as a client.
Thanks to the additional support of the BACnet protocol, large building automation projects can now be implemented even more easily and versatilely with VBASE 11.5. <br>
VISAM at the SPS IPC DRIVES: Hall 7, Booth 303")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1468500/1468576/original.jpg "With sphinx open online, the <b>in-integrierte informationssysteme GmbH</b> offers an IoT platform that makes it possible to merge relevant real and business data from different sources, plants and systems, process them intelligently, and actively influence systems. Virtual images of different physical or logical objects (Digital Twins) can be combined with each other. The "Model in the Middle" concept integrated into the platform functions like a brain and takes over analysis, prognosis, decisions, etc. - right up to networking digital twins.<br>
The unique selling point of the "Model in the Middle" approach implemented online in the IoT platform sphinx open is that all innovative technologies can be combined in a consistent system - even as external services from other providers. It promotes data fusion, historization, analysis, machine learning, prediction, speech recognition and synthesis as well as rule-based action and intervention in systems. This allows closed control loops to take place beyond system boundaries.<br>
The IoT platform makes it possible to create various digital twins by displaying and analyzing information from various sources. The "Model in the Middle" represents the system structure of digital twins. Intelligent services can be based on the model in the Middle™. <br>
in-integrierte informationssysteme GmbH at SPS IPC Drives 2018: Hall 5, Booth 5-349")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1468500/1468577/original.jpg "<b>akquinet AG</b> together with Harting Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG will show at the SPS IPC Drives trade fair how companies can realize their industry 4.0 projects and what opportunities this creates.<br>
akquinet AG presents itself as a member of the MICA.network of Harting Softwarelösungen for IoT and Industry 4.0 with the Edge Computing System MICA. The solutions, based on open source technologies from Red Hat and standards in M2M communication, demonstrate the interaction of the different technologies and the integration with individual function plates from MICA. "Together with Harting, we will be using examples to show how medium-sized companies can also approach digitization from the first step to an integrated solution," says Heinz Wilming, Business Development IoT/Industry 4.0 at akquinet. <br>
akquinet at SPS IPC Drives 2018: Hall 10.0, Booth 140")
Specials @SPS IPC Drives 2018: Hackathon, guided tours and more
At the joint stands, visitors will receive comprehensive insights into specific topics and the opportunity to obtain advice from suppliers on individual requirements: Automation meets IT in Hall 6, MES goes Automation in Hall 6, wireless in automation in Hall 5 and AMA Centre for Sensor, Measuring and Testing Technology in Hall 4A.
The forums of the VDMA associations in Hall 5 and the ZVEI in Hall 6 offer subject-specific lectures and panel discussions. Visitors will not only be able to find out about current industry topics, but also exchange ideas with experts in a personal dialogue. In 2018, the accompanying Automation 4.0 Summit will again complement the programme on the first two days of the fair: Edge computing in the industry - possibilities and limits, TSN and OPC UA in in the industry, IoT platforms in the industry, sensor technology for industry 4.0.
For the first time at SPS IPC Drives 2018, a hackathon will take place under the motto "Digital Ideas for Smart Automation". The aim is to jointly develop useful and creative software products for the automation industry. The results will be presented on the first day of the fair. The award ceremony will also take place as part of this presentation.
Following last year's success, guided tours on IT security in automation, smart production and smart connectivity will be held again in 2018. These guided tours will enable trade visitors to find out about important innovations and exhibits in these special subject areas in a targeted and focused manner.
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