Weber Maschinenbau GmbH is the world market leader in the field of food slicer technology. In search for a standard which is able to connect machine building and IT, Weber discovered OPC UA. It contains all components which are required for software engineering within machine and plant engineering. Thanks to OPC UA it has been possible to fulfill all requirements and create a future-proof backbone for the machine software.
The need to share process data between production sites, refinery, petrochemical, gas and utility plants has been increasing for the past decade. These plants and… Read More »Exchanging Control System Data Securely
The OPC Foundation participated in a number of recent conferences and exhibitions including the ARC Forum Europe, E-World, and Embedded World.
Certified products in this issue include ICONICS’ GENESIS64 SCADA, version 2.0 of Matrikon’s embedded OPC UA Server, Prosys’ Java SDK, and Unified Automation’s C++ SDK.
New products in this issue of OPC Connect include updates to an OPC server, OPC training, OPC integration into business integration tools, and all-in-one OPC… Read More »New Products
ICONICS is a globally managed Microsoft® Gold Partner and winner of the 2014 Microsoft Public Sector CityNext Partner of the Year award. It provides advanced,… Read More »GENESIS64™ V10.85 Platform Certified
Matrikon announced that Version 2.0 of the Matrikon OPC UA Embedded Software Development Kit (SDK) has been certified by the OPC Foundation’s Independent test labs… Read More »Matrikon OPC UA Embedded SDK Certified
With the release of version 2.1.0 of our Java SDK, we have completed the demanding certification testing with the OPC Foundation. We are very proud of… Read More »Prosys OPC UA Java SDK Certified
The C++ OPC UA Demoserver built with the C++ based OPC UA Server SDK/Toolkit in its latest Version 1.4.3 was successfully tested by the OPC… Read More »Unified Automation C++ Based OPC UA Server Certified
Kepware Technologies, a software development company focused on communications for automation, today announced the release of KEPServerEX version 5.17. Key enhancements to the flagship communications… Read More »Kepware Updates Flagship Communications Platform
With OPC-UA, a platform and vendor-neutral data access specification, connecting any PLC device to Ignition is easy. Device connections are done over the Ethernet for… Read More »OPC UA and Devices in Ignition
Use the features of IBM® Integration Bus Manufacturing Pack, which are compliant with Open Platform Communications (OPC), to integrate your data sources and IBM Integration… Read More »IBM Integration Bus Manufacturing Pack with OPC
Softing announces the release of its new dataFEED OPC Suite addressing all the aspects of OPC communication with one product. Softing‘s new dataFEED OPC Suite… Read More »All-in-One, Easy-to-Configure Solution for OPC Communication
by Kepware Technologies
Having recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, Cascades was involved with recycling well before recycling was in style. Cascades Tissue Group, a division of Cascades, employs over 2,200 people within 17 manufacturing and converting facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Cascades owns and operates 17 paper machines, nearly 90 converting lines and eight integrated de-inking units. Using Kepware’s KEPServerEX, Cascades now supports communications across all of its 17 plants, 17 paper machines, and nearly 90 converting lines with just one piece of software. Engineered to support the OPC standard and over 150 different protocols, KEPServerEX allows Cascades to communicate with virtually any machine on its plant floor and access data without restrictions…