Masterclass Connected Factory

Produce more cost-efficiently with smart connectivity. 

This masterclass offers concrete solutions for working more cost-efficiently, with less downtime and in a data-driven way. As a participant, you will learn how to extract data from machines and use it strategically for better decisions and processes. The session is valuable for both companies that have already taken steps towards a connected factory and organisations where digital connectivity is still in its infancy. You will gain insights and tools tailored to your level of maturity.

A connected factory offers manufacturing companies many advantages: real-time insight into machines and processes, less unplanned downtime thanks to predictive maintenance, and a solid basis for data-driven decision-making. By intelligently connecting existing and new machines, as well as on-premise and cloud-based software, via industrial protocols and secure architectures, your production environment becomes scalable, more efficient and ready for further digitisation with dashboards, AI and analytics. During this day, you will gain practical insights, concrete examples in our lab and tools to get started right away.

For whom? 

This masterclass is specifically designed for:

• Production managers
• Technical staff on the shop floor
• Maintenance engineers
• Process engineer

Key takeaways 

1. Insight into how you can connect existing and new machines efficiently and securely, including a step-by-step plan for a proof of concept.
2. Understanding of the Unified Namespace concept as the backbone for real-time data flows. No more point-to-point integrations between PLCs, MES, SCADA, ERP, etc. Everything communicates via a single common channel: the UNS. Systems can be developed, tested and rolled out independently (plug-and-play).
3. Knowledge of the most important industrial communication protocols (such as OPC-UA, MQTT, MT-Connect UNS, etc.) and how they contribute to a scalable and future-proof data architecture.
4. Lab demonstrations and hands-on toolkit that allow you to take the first steps towards machine connectivity right away.
5. Concrete tools to sharpen your cybersecurity, including network segmentation, certificate management and NIS2 compliance.

Programme

During this masterclass, experts Christophe Michiels, Jakob Kesteloot and Ward Vanongeval will share their knowledge in an interactive setting. 

Flemish companies can take advantage of a subsidy from VLAIO for this course 
This programme is part of Industriepartnershap in which 13 Flemish innovation partners offer an integrated service to stimulate growth and innovation in the Flemish industry in the 6 following themes: AI, Cybersecurity, Circularity, Digitisation, Climate & Energy and Industry 4.0. They do so under the leadership of Agoria and Sirris and with the support of Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen.   
 

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