umati (universal machine technology interface)

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umati (universal machine technology interface) is an initiative of the mechanical and plant engineering industry and its customers for the dissemination and use of open interface standards based on OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture).
It is designed to enable machines and plants to communicate with each other and to be easily integrated into customer- and user-specific IT ecosystems
The aim is to provide:
An OPC UA Companion Specification to define globally valid semantics for machine tools
Communication standards (e.g. encryption, authentication, server settings (ports, protocols))
Quality assurance through test specifications and tools, certification and ombudsman for disputes
Marketing and a label for recognizability in the market by a global association of machine builders, suppliers and value-added service providers
umati serves to exploit new potentials for manufacturing of the future by:
Simplifying the effort for machine connection to customer-specific IT infrastructures and ecosystems
Simplifying the effort for machine-to-machine and machine-to-device communication
Reducing costs through faster realization of customer specific projects

The project started in 2017 with 17 project partners under the leadership of the VDW (Verband Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e.V.)
Headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
90 companies are now involved

OPC UA Companion Specifications
Communication standard requirements for implementing an OPC UA environment (e.g., encryption, authentication, server settings (ports, protocols))
Plug-and-play connectivity between machines and software
Quality assurance through testing of specifications and tools
For industries like:
Robotics
Machine Vision
Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems
Rubber and Plastics Machinery