Industry 4 + Robotics

Industrial Edge extends industrial automation engineering by openness and flexibility to ensure the user-friendly and intuitive processing, analysis and storage of production data.

Siemens Industrial Edge provides an integrated and safe runtime environment for the execution of high-level language-based Edge applications (based on Docker Container) for local high-performance and automation-related data processing and analysis.

In contrast to PC-based systems, Industrial Edge allows an integrated connection to automation and cloud systems without additional programming overhead and offers the possibility to manage Edge devices and software worldwide using a central management system.

This makes data processing solutions highly future-proof and allows new application possibilities such as centralised software management, or version assignment, for example, for global recipe management.

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Siemens Industrial Edge comprises the following components:

  • Industrial Edge Hub as the central access point for Industrial Edge Software, development tools and documentation
  • Industrial Edge Management for central management of edge devices and applications (link: 109779384)
  • Industrial Edge App Publisher is the tool to pack the docker applications from a docker engine into the Industrial Edge App format and to import them into the Industrial Edge Management
  • Industrial Edge Devices including the Industrial Edge Runtime for execution edge applications  (link: 109779381)
  • Industrial Edge Applications (link: 109779383)

Benefits:

  • The increased flexibility and openness of existing and new automation systems allows innovative data processing concepts
  • Future security and scalability of innovative software solutions for processing data on hundreds of devices on the basis of open application standards such as Docker
  • Time saving during the development of high-level language-based software solutions in industrial environments thanks to
    • Security by Default
    • Integrated connectivity to field or cloud
  • Reduction of time and effort thanks to comfortable central administration and diagnostics of Edge devices and Edge applications
    • Reduction of on-site service costs by the central remote updatability of software on Edge devices
    • Reduction of time and effort for software updates with 1-click mass app downloads
    • Reduction of error sources through the standardisation of software (apps) using integrated version management
  • Ready-made Edge applications allow an easy entry into intelligent data processing and usage

Area of application:

Siemens, third-party or in-house developed Edge-applications allow devices to perform the most varied applications:

  • Local production data processing and analysis on the basis of high-level languages and artificial intelligence – retroactively applicable directly within the process
  • Local data collection, logging and archiving using object-oriented and relational databases for error localisation by means of hit lists, directly within the process
  • Production data harmonisation and conversion of legacy protocols such as Modbus TCP to Industry 4.0 protocols such as OPC UA for data exchange with MES/IT systems
  • IoT gateway applications: Data transfer of automation systems to the in-house IT/cloud infrastructure using local intelligence for data selection and processing.
  • Local production data visualisation by means of web server, e.g. on the basis of HTML5
  • Coordinated intervention in automation systems (closed-loop) on the basis of local, calculated analysis results, for example, 2D behaviour simulation of machine components.

In general, Siemens Industrial Edge is suited for all applications using several PC systems which are preferably widely distributed, and which must currently be maintained and updated manually and more or less costly.

  • Production and process automation
  • Building automation
  • Power engineering and distribution

Industrial Edge – Live Teaser

Example of how Edge can help you:

For more information on Industrial Edge, email our team with any questions you have, or arrange an online meeting to take a look at the software in action.

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