Abstract
In the course of efforts to develop and define uniform routines for the implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) in industrial environments, it has become essential to integrate industrial communication standards such as OPC UA in the context of IoT ontologies and implications for practical implementation. The Sensor, Observation, Sampling, and Actuator Ontology (SOSA) offers the possibility of mapping OPC UA services such as read and write functions to the underlying system in the sense of IoT. As an aid for the practical implementation of industrial use cases, an architecture based on the considerations of a generic modular system is proposed. Variable elements in the implementation of OPC UA interfaces are identified and discussed. The architectural approach is being evaluated by implementing an OPC UA server and supplementary applications in order to embed machine tools with different control systems in industrial production networks.
About the authors
DI Diana Strutzenberger, MSc studied Process Engineering at the TU Wien (Master 2016) and Mechatronics/ Robotics at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien (Master 2017). She started with her PhD in Computer Sciences at the University of Vienna, while she has already been working at the CDP Center for Digital Production as a research engineer since 2018. Her work focuses on industrial communication standards and process modeling in the field of continuous industrial processes.
Martin Kunz, BSc is a software engineer since 2002 and has been working in various fields, including computer graphics and web development. He studied business informatics at the University of Vienna (Bachelor 2018), and is currently working on his Master thesis in Business Informatics. Since 2018 he is employed as a research engineer at the CDP Center for Digital Production and works on the integration of industrial machine interfaces into open, flexible production systems.
Lisa Magdalena Schuster, BSc has been studying Mechatronics and Robotics at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna and is currently in the process of completing the Master course. She has been working at the CDP Center for Digital Production as a research engineer since 2022.
Dr. Juergen Mangler was a research associate and senior research fellow at the University of Vienna for more than 11 years, during which he completed his doctorate in Computer Sciences. Since 2021, he has been employed as a researcher at the Technical University of Munich.
DI Ronald Hinterbichler studied Applied Computer Sciences at the University of Salzburg (DI 2002). Since 2002 he is a software engineer at Emco GmbH and focuses on software development for machine tools.
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Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: This work has been partially supported and funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) via the Austrian Competence Center for Digital Production (CDP) under the contract number 881843.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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