Industrial data architecture integration for automated manufacturing

Siemens Digital Industries has expanded its Industrial Edge ecosystem by incorporating HighByte Intelligence Hub into its official application marketplace. The technical collaboration combines Siemens' operational technology (OT) edge computing architecture with HighByte's industrial data operations software. Within this unified framework, application management and edge configuration occur natively on the Siemens Industrial Edge platform. HighByte Intelligence Hub interfaces with the Siemens Connectivity Suite to ingest data from programmable logic controllers (PLCs), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and disparate industrial protocols.

Data contextualization and bidirectional orchestration
The integrated solution operates as a Unified Namespace provider, establishing a standardized data access architecture across enterprise layers. Raw telemetry from physical production assets is aggregated and transformed using scalable configuration rules within HighByte Intelligence Hub. This process adds structural business context to operational data before transmission to information technology (IT) services.

The data pipeline functions bidirectionally to enable automated industrial automation workflows. In addition to inbound data normalization, the architecture supports secure outbound control commands. IT-level systems, such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), transmit operational parameters back down to factory-floor PLCs via the edge connectivity layer to adjust machine setpoints without manual intervention.

Deployment and industrial application
The joint architecture allows organizations to compile normalized datasets for use in advanced analytics, including the training of artificial intelligence models and agents managed via Siemens Intelligence Center X software.

The deployment of this integrated infrastructure was validated at Vivix Vidros Planos, a flat glass manufacturer in Brazil. The company implemented the combined Siemens Industrial Edge, HighByte, and Intelligence Center X architecture to digitalize its primary production operations, deploying 30 industrial applications. The technical framework is utilized to run a predictive maintenance application designed to monitor and prevent asset degradation on a glass melting furnace valued at 120 million USD, maximizing the structural asset's operational lifespan and process stability.



Flat glass manufacturer Vivix Vidros Planos has used the combination of Siemens Industrial Edge, HighByte and Intelligence Center X to completely digitalize their core production process. Source: Vivix Vidros Planos

Strategic alignment
"The partnership solves a core challenge to make AI-powered industrial production a reality: making data from diverse sources accessible, understandable and actionable across the enterprise," said Rainer Brehm, COO for automation and CTO at Siemens Digital Industries. "By bringing together Industrial Edge's robust OT connectivity with HighByte's DataOps capabilities and Intelligence Center X, we bridge the gap between shop floor operations and IT systems."

"Industrial organizations have long struggled with fragmented data across IT and OT systems," said Tony Paine, CEO at HighByte. "By directly integrating HighByte Intelligence Hub with Industrial Information Hub on Industrial Edge, we give customers a direct path to contextualized and standardized data. This is the foundation needed to build data products and leverage AI at scale with Siemens’ Intelligence Center X."

Edited by Evgeny Churilov, Induportals Media - Adapted by AI.

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