Reshaping the automation pyramid

摘要

Stefan Hoppe and Rudiger Fritz discuss a multi-vendor demonstrator that will be on show at Hannover Messe this year to highlight the full potential of OPC UA in production facilitites. The market increasingly demands individualised products. Product life cycles are getting shorter and average lot sizes are getting smaller. Considering this, cost efficient production in a globalised and resource limited environment requires a highly flexible (IT) infrastructure that also works well in cross-enterprise networks.