This document appears to be from a presentation given by Peter Seeberg of Softing AG on making machines talk and industrial automation. Softing AG is an automation technology company with business units in industrial automation and automotive electronics. The presentation discusses the history of industrial communication technology and standards like OPC, the vision of Industry 4.0 and smart factories, and how OPC Unified Automation can help achieve plug-and-play interoperability in automated systems.

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Making Machines Talk
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
10th Japan Germany Industry Forum 2014, Tokyo (11.11.), Kyoto (13.11.), 2014
Peter Seeberg, Market Segment Manager, Factory Automation

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Softing AG

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Softing AG
On- and off-board communication and control technology

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Business Units of the Softing AG Group
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SEGMENT INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SEGMENT AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS
SOFTING
Industrial Automation
GmbH
Haar – Germany
Nürnberg – Germany
SOFTING
Italia srl.
Milano – Italy
SOFTING
North America inc.
Newburyport – USA
Buxbaum
Automation
GmbH
Eisenstadt – Austria
SOFTING
Services GmbH
Haar – Germany
SOFTING
Project Services
GmbH
Haar – Germany
SOFTING
Romania srl.
Cluj – Romania
samtec
GmbH
Filderstadt – Germany
SOFTING
Automotive
Electronic GmbH
Haar – Germany
SOFTING
Messen & Testen
GmbH
Reutlingen – Germany
Psiber Data GmbH
Krailling – Germany
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Development Inc.
Knoxville – USA
Softing AG Group
Founded 1979
Publicly traded since 2000
Headquarters near Munich, Germany
337 employees in 2013
52,5 Million € turnover in 2013

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35 Years Experience
Industrial Communication
Hardware and Software
Fieldbus, IE, OPC UA
Factory, Process Automation

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Moore‘s Law
1965
Annual Double # Transistors
Effectively: Every 2 Years

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Black Hole

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Explosion
Distributed Intelligence

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©Intel,1971

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©NipponCalculatingMachineCorporation,1971

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Before OPC

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OPC Classic

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OPC Unified Automation

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Goal & objectives
► The OPC
© Fraunhofer IAO

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Industrie 4.0
Lot Size One
Smart, Flexible Factory
Local production
24 Hour Delivery

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Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration

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Goal & objectives
► The OPC
Smart Factory Demonstrator
OPC UA Logical Control
5 Partners, 5 Modules
Information Model

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Plug and Play 3 Minutes Swap

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► T&H
Heart of Europe
Europe Economic Motor
Politically Stable
Number One Technology
High Level Infrastructure

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Peter Seeberg
Market Segment Manager,
Factory Automation
www.softing.com