Bridge the Gap, Connect Your Systems, Empower Your Decisions!
Stop struggling with disconnected systems. Bridge the gap between your machines, devices, and IT systems and get real-time insights, reducing standstills, resources and enabling smarter decisions—all in one centralized platform.
By standardizing data from diverse sources—such as machines, sensors, process devices, ERP, MES, CAQ, and many more, CONNECT provides real-time insights into your production processes. This is the backbone of the STIWA ecosystem, ensuring that data from machines and systems is collected, processed, and made accessible for other tools like CONTROL and OPTIMIZE.
Importance of Unified Connections
Enhanced Traceability & Compliance Management
Ensure full production traceability with compliance-focused tools such as block-and-allow lists and precise recipe and measurement management. Maintain accuracy and accountability at every stage of production.
Standardized
Unify data from various sources, making it easier to analyze, compare and integrate. Standardized connectors simplify communication.
Improves Efficiency
Allows proactive monitoring and rapid adjustments, reducing standstills and boosting productivity.
Interfaces
Machines and PLCs:
SPS controllers (Siemens or Beckhoff), robots (ABB, KUKA, etc.), welding stations, screw-driving systems (Bosch, Desoutter, etc.), and other process devices such as KISTLER. Structured data acquisition from devices along the production line.
Protocols:
OPC-UA, REST API, Siemens ProfiNet, Beckhoff TwinCAT ADS, ProfiBus, MQTT, EUROMAP, .Net, and many more.
Software Systems:
ERP and MES systems (SAP, MPDV, Industrie Informatik), or quality management tools (CAQ, Q-DAS), and many more.
Data Sources:
Databases, cloud storage, interfaces, and file systems, etc.
Impact
Reduce PLC Complexity:
Simplify fragmented systems and reduce the load on your controller by shifting logic and decisions to standard software. Connect process devices directly to your IT systems to reduce complexity in your PLC.
Seamless M2M Communication:
Global connectivity between machines to share data effortlessly, reduce hardware costs, enable inter-process checks, and support smooth cross-location operations.
Flexible System Integration:
Integrate systems such as process devices, CSV files, or similar storage media for real-time data exchange, efficient workflow management, and optimized production processes.
Comprehensive Data Collection (MDA/PDA/QDA):
Machine, operating, and quality data collection for real-time monitoring and analysis. Ensure process reliability with consistent and accurate data capture while reducing manual effort through automated data logging.
Brown-field and green-field connections:
Seamless integration into both existing (brown-field) and new (green-field) production environments. Use flexible connectors to connect older machines without native IT interfaces and modern IoT technologies for highly networked new systems. Enable the gradual digitalization of your production without high investment costs or complex conversions.
Why Stiwa Shopfloor CONNECT?
We know what it’s like to face the challenges of disconnected IT and OT systems—inefficiencies, rising costs, and quality issues that can impact profitability. But with seamless integration into your existing infrastructure, you can unify machines, systems, and processes on a single digital platform. Stay ahead of the competition with improved compliance, greater agility, and enhanced innovation.