Extruders are controlled by PLCs. A PLC can provide data (e.g. sensors, setpoints) via the industry standard for machine communication, OPC UA. The OPC UA standard for data exchange is defined to better align communication between different vendors. EUROMAP standards are defined for extrusion applications. The extrusion standard
EUROMAP 83 defines several standard parameters such as troughput, specific output, temperature in different zones, product speed and energy consumption. With the PLC as the OPC UA server and our ExtruAI component as the OPC UA client, the data can be easily collected and automatically analyzed.
The KITT4SME project has developed a managed platform for Kubernetes hosting. We can host our component within this platform.