To achieve the level of dynamic control required for multi-ton loads of shipping containers traveling in three dimensions at high speed, data must be collected from several sources in real-time and processed instantly, so that the exact position and velocity are always known and can be adjusted.

Journey to securely streaming, smoothing, and storing time series embedded IoT data. A streaming database processes new real-time data, updating any registered queries’ results right away. And a time series database offers a software system tailored for the storage and delivery of associated pairs of timestamps and values.

Before Industry 4.0, OT devices and systems were “air-gapped” to isolate them from risk. That is not possible today. Industrial switches, media converters and wireless routers must feature robust, DoD-compliant layer 2 and layer 3 security that helps manage network traffic at scale.

An intuitive, operator-centric platform leverages artificial intelligence to automatically optimise operations while maximising equipment monitoring, visibility and diagnostics. The future of manufacturing will be driven by data analytics offering unique actionable insights into the performance of machines as well as processes.

As digitalization progresses, ever greater volumes of data need to be exchanged constantly between devices and machines. Especially in industry, conventional communications technologies are running up against their limits, and Ethernet, or in this case Industrial Ethernet, is emerging as the new standard.

The Digital Data Chain combines future-driven technologies offering an efficient exchange of data and information based on a uniform standard, on all levels, and with international validity. In the future, all of a plant’s components will be quickly identifiable via an ID Link using standard mobile devices.

Open source test tools for device and chip manufacturers offer numerous opportunities and possibilities for boosting the potential of real-time Linux and TSN. Test tools can help push forward broad acceptance of TSN, and ultimately make this future technology more readily available to all users.

Machine connectivity is a central component of the digital factory. IoT applications, monitoring, and data analysis can only be implemented if they have access to machine and process data residing in PLCs and other devices.

This Connectivity Showcase presents the viewpoints of eight industry experts. With Factory Automation Connectivity Solutions, manufacturers are collecting data in real-time to monitor, track, and optimize production processes, and improve safety, reduce downtime and increase production speed and efficiency.

Industry experts provide their perspective on the megatrends and technology shaping the development of Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) applications. The lure of the technology continues to the convergence of IT-OT applications on a single network especially in tandem with high-speed, Industrial Ethernet networks.