OPC UA presented as global machine language of production at NPE

At NPE 2024, OPC UA, a platform-independent and cross-manufacturer solution for Industry 4.0, is presented as the global machine language of production with their digital solutions for greater efficiency in production lines by global mechanical engineering companies from Europe, the USA and Asia.

OPC UA is presented as the global machine language of production at NPE 2024. (Source: VDMA)

Together with the VDMA, the companies Arburg, Billion, Conair, Haitian, Plasmatreat, Shibaura, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag and Wittmann Battenfeld are presenting the benefits of OPC UA in the connection of peripheral devices, in the interaction of machines from different manufacturers or in communication and data transfer via the cloud.

From practical examples, the benefit of OPC UA is about greater efficiency in increasingly complex systems, cost reduction and quality assurance.

“Machine manufacturers and processors can only win if we decide in favour of OPC UA as the basis for data exchange in production on a global level. Together with our members and partners worldwide, we are committed to further developing the specifications for plastics machinery manufacturing and we invite all interested parties to get involved,” concluded Thorsten Kühmann, Managing Director of the VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association.