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OPC Foundation Podcast
by Peter Seeberg / Robert Weber
OPC is the interoperability standard for the secure and reliable exchange of data in the industrial automation space and in other industries. It is platform independent and ensures the seamless flow of information among devices from multiple vendors. The OPC Foundation is responsible for the development and maintenance of this standard.The podcast gives insight into the technology, applications in different industries and answers questions from the audience. Your podcast host is Peter Seeberg. Peter has been involved in making OPC technology known to the world for the last 10 years.
Episodes
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Inside the Battery Passport Revolution
In this episode, I sit down with Lisa Angold from Fraunhofer FFB to unravel the transformative impact of the battery passport and the essential role OPC UA plays in making it a reality. We dive into what a digital product passport really is, why it matters for manufacturers, and how it’s set to...
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From OPC UA machine semantics to real-time ROI intelligence
In this episode, I dive into how industrial production data can be transformed into real economic value with the help of capital employed, money-time metrics, and ROI-based management. I'm joined by Marcel Matějka and Vlastislav Mika from PPROI, who share groundbreaking insights on measuring...
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OPC UA and International Data Spaces Association
Peter talks to Lars Nagel, CEO of the International Data Spaces Association about OPCUA and IDSA.
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OPC UA and Catena-X
Peter Seeberg talks to Thomas Obermeyer, Lead Dataspace Architect at Catena-X about OPC UA and Catena-X.
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OPC UA and 5G Integration
Peter Seeberg talks to Xueli An, Research Manager and Industry Development Specialist at Huawei Technologies about integrating OPC UA and 5G.
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OPC UA and OPC Foundation in 2024 and 2025
Peter Seeberg talks to Stefan Hoppe, President + Executive Director of the OPC Foundation about what happened in 2024 and what is planned for 2025
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OPC UA for Unlocking & Activating Industrial Data
Peter Seeberg talks to Vatsal Shah, Founder & CEO Litmus about Unlocking & Activating Industrial Data
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OPC UA in Airbus Rockets
Peter Seeberg talks to Enrico Noack and Andreas Schuette from Airbus Defense and Space about the use of OPC UA in rockets, specifically, in the TEXUS research rocket.
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OPC UA for AI
Peter Seeberg talks to Holger Kenn, Chairperson of the Board of the OPC Foundation about the OPC UA for AI Working Group
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OPC UA and Open Source at Trumpf
Peter Seeberg talks to Tom Schneider from TRUMPF about the OPC UA for Machine Tools Companion Specification initiated and coordinated by the German Machine tools builders’ association, VDW and how this relates to UMATI.
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OPC UA from India
Peter Seeberg talks to Smitha Rao, co-founder of Utthunga, about the current landscape of OPC UA in India and around the world.
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Laboratory and Analytical Device standard on OPC UA
Matthias Arnold talks about OPC UA as the basis for the “Laboratory and Analytical Device standard.
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Integrating secure elements with OPC UA security
Markus Heintel from Siemens talks about integrating secure elements with OPC UA security, specifically how ISO / IEC TS 30168 "Internet of Things - Generic Trust Anchor API for IIoT Devices" can support this challenge.
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OPC UA and the 62443 cybersecurity standard
Paul Hunkar talks about the 62443 cybersecurity standard for operational technology in automation and control systems and how it applies to OPC UA.
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OPC UA Filetransfer
Sven Goldstein from Beckhoff Automation and Sebastian Friedl from Interop4X FV explain the reasons behind, the functioning of and use cases for OPC UA File Transfer. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA...
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Building the Industrial Metaverse with OPC UA
Erich Barnstedt, Chief Architect, Standards, Consortia & Industrial IoT, Azure Edge & Platform at Microsoft, talks about building the Industrial Metaverse with OPC UA. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the…
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The OPC UA - W3C Web of Things - ChatGPT Dream Team
Sebastian Käbisch is Industrial IoT Expert at Siemens. Sebastian talks about the potential of having OPC UA, W3C Web of Things and ChatGPT all work together. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA or…
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Mental models, deep enterprise architecture, digital transformation and OPC UA
Harirajan Padmanabhan is Founder and CEO of hpad, Incorporate talks about mental models, deep enterprise architecture, and digital transformation and how these relate to OPC UA.
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Interoperability technologies AutomationML, Asset Administration Shell and OPC UA and how they fit together
Rainer Drath is professor at the Pforzheim university, AutomationML architect and author of four AutomationML books, as well as board member of the AutomationML Association. He talks about the interoperability technologies AutomationML, Asset Administration Shell and OPC UA and how they fit...
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OPC UA implementation into the Codesys automation platform
Dieter Hess the co-founder and managing partner of Codesys shares amongst other things how his customers work with the OPC UA companion specs.
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Energy efficiency and how OPC UA can help building a unified energy model
Karl-Heinz Niemann of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover talks about energy efficiency in general, about OT-Security, data formats, energy management systems, and about a consolidated energy model to be made available via OPC UA.
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Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM) and the role OPC UA plays in it
Frank Fengler, Head of Cybersecurity for Measurement and Analytics at ABB, explains the Process Automation Device Information Model is, how it was developed, what problem it solves, who benefits, and why they selected OPC UA as their base architecture. https://copacontrol.org/de/ If you have a...
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OPC UA and COPA, the Coalition for Open Process Automation
Bob Hagenau, CEO at CPLANE.ai, explains what COPA stands for, what role he plays in it and how it fits with OPC UA.
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OPC UA and the Energy Transition
Espen Krogh, CEO of Prediktor talks the structural role OPC UA plays in the Energy Transition.
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2021 review and plans for 2022
Stefan Hoppe / President of the OPC Foundation, talks about the vision, its members and board members, he gives a technology, certification, FLC and collaborations update, introduces the new OPC UA Cloud initiative and shares his plans for 2022.
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Designing machines supporting OPC UA Companion Specificiations
Henning Mersch from Beckhoff shares his experience dealing with OPC UA companion specifications, and proposes, how persons with different roles may interact each in their own way while working with companion specifications.
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OPC UA and Artificial Intelligence
Our host, Peter Seeberg from asimovero.AI gives an introduction into artificial intelligence and explains how OPC UA is the perfect match for making AI come true in industry.
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OPC UA and Ethernet-APL
Andreas Hennecke, from Pepperl and Fuchs gives an introduction into process plants going digital, he talks about robust communication and its implications for technicians, and he explains Ethernet-APL and how it relates to OPC UA.
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OPC UA Legal topics
Brad Biddle, OPC Foundation Counsel, will talk about antitrust, Intellectual property rights, patent licensing, and the different roles open standards and open source code play.
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OPC UA for Machine Tools Companion Specification
Andreas Wohlfeld from TRUMPF and Götz Görisch from VDW talk about the OPC UA for Machine Tools Companion Specification initiated and coordinated by the German Machine tools builders’ association, VDW and how it relates to UMATI. They explain the scope, use-cases and what they achieved so far.
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Machinery Companion Specifications
Heiko Herden explains, what VDMA is, why OPC UA for Machinery was needed, the goal of the working group, the existing and upcoming results and how you as a listener may become involved.
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OPC UA Security
Randy Armstrong, Director IT Operations as well as Chair of the OPC UA Security Working Group, talks about OPC UA Security. Randy gives an introduction to security, talks about the Security Working Group, the process for handling security vulnerabilities and security and open source.
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Equinor OPC UA use case
Steffan Sørenes shares his experience, implementing and scaling OPC UA, bumps he has run intro, benefits of using OPC UA as an open standard architecture, open sourcing OPC UA as well as a roadmap going forward with regards to using OPC UA in Equinor.
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OPC UA FX (Field eXchange) Specification Extensions
Alyssa Mallkowsky from Siemens talks to Georg Biehler, also from Siemens, and Clark Case from Rockwell about the first FLC specification. Clark Case and Georg Biehler cover achievements, the creation process, the parties involved, the background, focus and features of the FX standard.
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Open Process Automation Forum
Don Bartusiak, President of Collaborative Systems Integration, talks about, what it is, they are trying to solve, today’s lack of interconnectivity between products from different suppliers, the OPAF members, the OPAS standard, and why they have selected OPC UA for their Connectivity Framework /...
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The past and the future of OPC UA
Jim Luth, System Architect with Schneider Electric, and CTO of the OPC Foundation, talks about role as OPC Foundation CTO, about OPC UA revisions and versions, about MQTT, Big Data, and where he sees OPC UA to become adopted.
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Getting OPC UA products certified
Alexander Allmendinger from the OPC Foundation talks about the certification process, the preparation, how to reach compliance, the actual testing, what is being tested, how to get started, and the tools available to support you in this process, plus what happens if during testing any issues are...
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Connect for Manufacturing App
Mithun Katti and Joerg Wende from IBM talk about IBM Industry 4.0 solutions, their Plant Service Bus, and the role OPC-UA plays in the IBM reference architecture for manufacturing, specifically the Connect for Manufacturing App.
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Certification
Paul Hunkar from OPC Foundation explains, why certification is important, he talks about end-user and vendor demand for certification, about the cost involved, and about who can get products certified and how.
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Functional Safety
Max Walter from Siemens, in his role as the chairperson of the Joint Working Safety OPC & PI, gives a quick introduction into functional safety, he explains, how OPC UA deals with safety, he gives some example use cases, talks about key features, prerequisites, certification, and how OPC UA…
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Field Level Communications
Peter Lutz, Director Field Level Communications from the OPC Foundation, provides background information about the FLC initiative, he talks about goals, parties involved, committees, working groups and he shares relevant use cases, specifically extending those OPC UA has been covering so far.
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Smart Factory Web
Thomas Usländer talks about major trends in smart manufacturing, he explains what Smart Factory Web is, how it relates to the German Industrie 4.0 and other initiatives, and why they you chose OPC UA as their underlying architecture. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in…
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OPEN Serialization Communication Standard
Marcel de Grutter, Executive Director OPEN-SCS, explains, what the OPEN-SCS does, what serialization is, he talks about developments driven forward by COVID-19, and the role OPC-UA plays as the base communication architecture. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on…
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Industrial IoT
Erich Barnstedt from Micorsoft explains, what Industrial IoT is, what role Microsoft plays in Industrial IoT, he talks about open source, about their involvement with the OPC Foundation, Microsoft products with OPC UA, the Azure Industrial IoT Platform, security, and the future for OPC UA within...
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Commercial Kitchen Equipment Companion Specification
Fabian Anzmann from the Industrial Association of House, Heating and Kitchen Technology and Holger Burgtorf from Küppersbusch give us an introduction to commercial kitchens, they tell us, what role the Internet of Things may play in the concept of the connected kitchen, and they share all...
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AutoID Companion Specification
Olaf Wilmsmeier from Harting and Peter Altes from AIM explain, what the AIM organization is, they talk about the role of AutoID in the context of Industrial IoT, about the motivation for AIM to consider a common interface for AutoID devices, why they chose OPC UA as their basis, its status and...
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SAP Business Software
Veronika Schmid-Lutz and Rüdiger Fritz from SAP tell us, what value SAP sees in OPC UA. They talk about Business Context Driven Control Loops and the benefit of Service Oriented Architecture on the shop floor.
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VDMA Companion Specifications
Andreas Faath tells us, what VDMA is, what OPC UA Companion Specifications they have been working on, how that process works, he talks about the companies involved, what the resulting contents of such a specification looks like, and how you as a listener may become involved.
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Companion Specifications
Karl explains, what Companion Specifications are, he talks about the OPC UA basics for these specifications, he explains the different types of Companion Specifications that exist, what Joint Working Groups are and how the OPC Foundation guides the development and maintenance of Companion...
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Use-Cases
Christopher Anhalt from Softing answer questions about markets, adoption drivers, competing standards, horizontal and vertical integration of IT and OT, as well as green field and brown field use-cases.
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OPC is the interoperability standard for the secure and reliable exchange of data in the industrial automation space and in other industries. It is platform independent and ensures the seamless flow of information among devices from multiple vendors. The OPC Foundation is responsible for the development and maintenance of this standard.The podcast gives insight into the technology, applications in different industries and answers questions from the audience. Your podcast host is Peter Seeberg. Peter has been involved in making OPC technology known to the world for the last 10 years.
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