The Open IIoT group is made up of Australia’s key players in the automation and manufacturing industry: SMC Corporation, Nord Drivesystems, Baluff, Beckhoff Automation, Zi-Argus and recent addition Kuka Robotics.
Together, they have used their expertise in pneumatics, drive technology, sensors, automation, systems integration and robotics to create a fully operational demonstrator unit.
This demo unit showcases all the Open IIoT members’ components, working together in unison, and communicating their ‘smarts’ to an Industry 4.0 software platform. The group’s goal is to create the demo unit that demonstrates the benefits of full IIoT integration in a visually accessible way.
This is illustrated by programming the unit system to circulate various boxes based on their size, colour, texture, RFID and external labelling.
The demo unit provides a high-level overview of Industry 4.0 in practice and shows how implementing IoT can provide the user with intelligence that can increase production, reduce downtime, help predict trends, and allow for adaptability within the business.
Visitors to the Open IIoT stand (G130) at AUSPACK 2022 will be able to see first-hand how the collaboration of automation components can create a comprehensive IIoT end-user system, complete with a production dashboard that unlocks the power of the system data collected.
Key areas such as predictive maintenance, energy savings, horizontal and vertical networking, dynamic changes, and data analytics will be brought to light.
For more on Open IIoT, visit the group's website.
