OpSee and Belden: a more accessible and progressive approach to Industry 4.0
The digital transformation of industrial sites still faces a paradox: data is everywhere, but their exploitation often remains complex, costly and reserved for organizations capable of carrying out major integration…
How, then, can we make Industry 4.0 technologies accessible to companies that have neither the resources nor the ambition to transform their entire infrastructure in one go? This is the ambition of OpSee, an MES platform developed based on the industrial expertise of AgiNtech, which relies in particular on Belden connectivity technologies.
Christophe Camerlynck, co-founder and CEO of OpSee, and Julien Auger, Business Development Manager, Ecosystems Partner & Software at Belden, discuss this approach and the drivers of their collaboration. Why did you imagine OpSee around a progressive approach to MES? Christophe Camerlynck: In many factories, data already exists: it comes from machines, automation, sensors or business software.
The problem is that they remain scattered and difficult to exploit together. Added to this is another reality: a traditional MES project can quickly become cumbersome, while the company sometimes simply wants to start by measuring the efficiency of a few pieces of equipment. We therefore wanted to reverse the logic.
OpSee allows you to start with an investment commensurate with the real need, on a very targeted scope, then add functions gradually: performance monitoring, management of manufacturing orders and batches, quality, KPIs or analytics. The idea is simple: a module today can become a complete MES tomorrow. This approach targets industrial SMEs in particular.
What are they still missing to access these technologies? Christophe Camerlynck: They do not necessarily need less technology than large groups, but they cannot always absorb the same costs, the same deployment times or the same complexity. We therefore worked on accessibility, with transparent pricing and a modular architecture.
We can start with equipment and functionality, without having to immediately design a project for the entire factory. The other important topic is technological dependence. OpSee is based on open source technologies and open protocols.
The platform can be deployed at the Edge, on customer infrastructures or in the cloud. The manufacturer thus retains the choice of its architecture and control of its data. What does Belden bring to this proposal?
Julien Auger: Belden has been working on connection infrastructures for more than 120 years. Historically, the company was born around cable before evolving into industrial networks, edge computing, software and cybersecurity. Our job today consists in particular of circulating data reliably between OT environments, that is to say industrial equipment, and IT systems.
This is precisely where the expertise comes together. OpSee uses data to manage production; for our part, we provide the environment allowing the equipment to be connected and the platform to be loaded as close as possible to the field. The software can be integrated into Belden's OpEdge gateway, which integrates complementary secure remote access and firewall functions.
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