Industries Overview
OPC UA is used in wide range of industries. See below a list of application domains with explicit support. If OPC UA fits the bill for these, it is probably is a good match for your use case as well. Our OPC UA experts speak the language of your industry with its domain-specific standards and conventions. This enables fluent communication and efficient work to develop of solutions that fit your need.
Factory Automation
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Process Industry
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Mobility & Rail
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Power & Utilities
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Food & Beverage
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Oil & Gas
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Industries in Detail
Factory Automation
OPC UA originates in factory automation. Virtually all PLC vendors provide OPC UA as an interface. This allows to integrate controllers into an overall system and enable communication with MES and ERP. Besides the core specification, many Companion Specifications bring in specific information models.
- Device Integration (DI)
- EUROMAP
- VDMA OPC UA Companion Specifications
- ISA95 for OPC UA
- And many more...
Process Industry
The process industry (Chemical & Pharma) has different needs for communication and control compared to discrete manufacturing. But also here, OPC UA has gained a significant footprint. The relevant standards, for example from NAMUR, simplify the definition of communication requirements across vendors:
- Module Type Package (MTP)
- OPC UA for Analyzer Devices (ADI)
- OPC UA for Process Automation Devices (PA-DIM)
- Laboratory and Analytical Device Standard (LADS)
Mobility & Rail
OPC UA is getting a lot of use in the mobility sector. Sometimes as part of vendor-specific solutions, but also increasingly to standardize communication industry-wide and across vendors.
- EULYNX
- Europe's Rail
Power & Utilities
Power plants and electricity distribution are critical infrastructure and highly regulated industry. Many system operators begin using OPC UA as a communication technology that fits the bill.
- OPC UA - IEC 61850 (GOOSE) Companion Specification
- OPC UA 30141 - Energy Management Companion Specification
- OPC UA for Hydrogen Electrolyzers [Standard WIP]
Food & Beverage
Food and beverage have historically taken many technological cues from the process industry. But there are some specific developments that leverage OPC UA for the application domain:
- OPC 40600 – OPC UA for Weihenstephan Standards
Oil & Gas
The Oil & Gas industry has particular requirements for communication. Whether this is about underground sensor information, control of an entire oil rig or communication in pipeline networks; OPC UA has you covered:
- OPC UA MDIS Companion Specification (Master-Subsea/Distributed Interface Standard)
- OPC UA for WITSML/PRODML
