WILO DRIVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VENDOR-AGNOSTIC “PLUG AND PRODUCE” SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEM
Wilo has joined other industrial leaders and pioneers to form UniversalAutomation.org (UAO), an independent, not-for-profit association managing the reference implementation of a shared source runtime. For the first time, IT and OT software vendors, industrial end users, OEMs, and academics will share a common automation software layer across their automation technology — regardless of brand.
UniversalAutomation.org will drive the development of a vendor-agnostic ecosystem of portable and interoperable “plug and produce” software that can run with almost any hardware. By decoupling software and hardware, sharing a reference runtime implementation of the IEC 61499 standard, and merging the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) worlds, the organization seeks to create an entirely new category of industrial automation and unleash the full potential of Industry 4.0.
“We have to rethink current systems, processes and collaborations in order to be able to create sustainable, innovative and agile next-generation automation structures,” says Georg Weber, CTO of the Wilo Group. “UniversalAutomation.org is truly the beginning of a new era for industrial automation in this respect.”
Organizations involved in UniversalAutomation.org include: Aalto University, Advantech, Asus, Belden, Cargill, eaw Relaistechnik GmbH, ESA, ETP, Flexbridge, Georgia-Pacific, GR3N, Hirschmann, HTW Berlin, Intel, Jetter, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Kongsberg Maritime, Lawrence Technological University, Lumberg Automation, Phoenix Contact, ProSoft, Schneider Electric, R. Stahl, Shell, VP Process, Wilo, Wood and Yokogawa. Others are expected to join soon, with the organization actively recruiting new members.
Members will work together to develop and adopt the next generation of universal automation solutions by collectively incrementing the runtime following shared source principles. Members will have access and the ability to shape the next generation of automation. All entities looking to help advance industrial automation are encouraged to join.
和“工业操作ergoing a total transformation,” said John Conway, President of UniversalAutomation.org. “As the IT sector has proven, advances in machine learning, augmented reality, real-time analytics, and the IoT hold great promise for step change advancements in performance, agility, and sustainability. However, within industry this promise is being held back by closed and proprietary automation platforms that restrict widespread adoption, hamper innovation, are challenging to integrate with third-party components, and are expensive to upgrade and maintain. Using a shared runtime changes all that.”
在其他市场领域，便携性已经成为现实。例如，开发移动应用程序是为了跨不同的智能手机供应商运行，从而通过集体创新来快速进步。到目前为止，工业界的运作方式不同，具有封闭的专有体系结构和与硬件有关的软件。
Universalautomation.org首席营销官Greg Boucaud评论说：“ Universalautomation.org正在按下自动化技术的重置按钮。使用IEC 61499分布式系统标准，我们可以创建一个新的开放工业环境，从而带来更具可持续性，有效的未来。universalautomation.org将通过解耦硬件和软件，并为最终用户提供他们所要求的自由来消除自动化创新的障碍 - 不管它们来自何处并完全优化其自动化系统，都可以轻松整合不同的技术。”
For more information, please visithttp://www.wilo.com.
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