The VDW will be firing up the next stage of umati – the universal machine technology interface – on 16 and 17 December. Using a virtual event format, the VDW is offering five selected machine tool industry partners of the umati Core Group the first opportunity to present products that integrate functionalities of the OPC UA for machine tools (OPC UA 40501-1) and OPC UA for machines (OPC UA 40001-1) specifications. Pioneers at this event are Grob-Werke (Mindelheim), Heller (Nürtingen), Liebherr-Verzahntechnik (Kempten), Trumpf (Ditzingen) and the United Grinding Group (Bern, Switzerland). The two-day programme includes “meet the expert” talks, live demonstrations and discussions.

Programme:

Schedule:

16 December 2020, 10:00 to 19:00

17 December 2020, 07:00 to 19:00

16 December:

10:00 to 10:30: Introduction to umati and OPC UA for machine tools

14:00 to 14:30: Meet the Experts* – United Grinding Group

15:00 to 15:30: Live presentation by United Grinding Group

16:00 to 16:30: Live presentation by Liebherr Verzahntechnik

17:00 to 13:45: Live presentation by Heller

18:30 to 19:00: Meet the Experts* – Heller and Liebherr Verzahntechnik

17 December:

07:00 to 07:30: Meet the Experts* – Grob and Trumpf

08:00 to 08:30: Live presentation by Grob-Werke

09:00 to 09:30: Live presentation by Trumpf

11:00 to 11:30: Meet the Experts* – Trumpf

15:30 to 16:00: Introduction to umati and OPC UA for machine tools

*including introduction to umati and OPC UA for machine tools

Participation in the umati web event is free of charge. Register using the following link: https://umati.org/webevent/registration

Further information on the Internet at https://umati.org/webevent/.