Our cooperation partners
We offer content that was developed with experts from various companies and institutions in the field of Industrial IoT & Connectivity. Here are some examples of the contributing partners and experts:
Jörg Borowski
Dr. Armin Walter
Lenze Engineering GmbH & Co KG
Falk Schröder
Dr. Jörg Nagel
Florian Pethig
We cover the following themes with our portfolio:
Which terms must every employee understand in the area of the Industrial Internet of Things?
- Industry 4.0 & IIoT
- Digital manufacturing
- Virtual engineering
- Digital twin
- Digital factory
- Asset administration shell
- Augmented reality
- Virtual reality
- Edge computing
- Cloud computing
Which topics should always be part of the core program in the area of connectivity?
- Ethernet basics
- Wireless basics
- OPC UA
- MQTT
- IO-Link
- RFID
- 5G
What does it take to understand the structure of the IIoT?
- The IIoT stack
- Industrial communication today
- The automation pyramid
- Das RAMI 4.0 (Reference Architecture Model Industrie 4.0)
- Namur Open Architecture
- Technical basics for Industry 4.0
What should employees know about OPC UA?
- OPC UA: use cases
- OPC UA: toolbox
- OPC UA: migration strategy
- OPC UA: implementation
- OPC UA: opportunity for mechanical and plant engineering
- OPC UA: deterministic real-time support
- OPC UA and Industry 4.0 standards
- Security of OPC UA
- OPC UA and cloud
What should employees know about product lifecycle management?
- Basics of PLM
- Product development
- Engineering release & change management
- Variant & configuration management
- Digital Twins in PLM
- Supplier integration
- Validation & simulation
- PLM architectures
- CAx technologies
- Economic feasibility
- Enterprise resource planning, manufacturing execution system & PLM
- Designing IT landscapes
- Application lifecycle management & management of software projects
- System complexity
- Process analysis, optimization & modelling
- Advanced systems engineering
Which parts of the Digital Factory should an employee know?
- Process Planning in the Digital Factory
- Production Planning and the Digital Factory
- Layout Planning in the Digital Factory
- Material Flow Analysis in the Digital Factory
What do you need to know to use MQTT effectively?
- Basics of communication with MQTT
- Security of MQTT
- Setting up MQTT communication in practice
What do employees have to understand to be able to use IO-Link devices in practice?
- Basics of IO-Link
- The IO-Link technology
- IO-Link: integration
- Setting up the IO-Link communication between master and device in practice
Which topics should I know in order to be up to date with connectivity?
- The 5G technology
- 5G for Business
- Time-sensitive networking (TSN)
- Ethernet APL (Advanced Physical Layer)
What do I need to know in order to be able to use Auto-ID with RFID in my production?
- Auto-ID: introduction
- Auto-ID: specialization and practical cases
- Basics of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
- RFID in industrial applications
Which application examples for Industry 4.0 should I know?
- Introduction to RFID: industrial applications
- Increase in productivity through data availability
- The asset administration shell in practice
- Industry 4.0: examples of implementation
- New products and services through Industry 4.0
- Skills as a concept of Industry 4.0
- Practical example: changeability of plants
- Practical example: flexibility in production
- Asset management
- Edge computing in practice
- Case example: IIoT for process automation
- OPC UA in factory automation
- OPC UA in process automation
Our portfolio is the basis for:
- Programs for specific companies and target groups based on preconfigured courses
- Courses that we configure and combine granularly from existing content according to your needs
- Programs that use a combination with your company's own content
Have a look at some content examples from our offering:
Example: Online Course Industrial IoT
Productivity Increase Through Data Availability | DE/EN | 2 Chapters | approx. 1.5 h
What should you do when you want to get started with the IIoT, but you have a lot of legacy equipment? A retrofit can be the solution. In Productivity Increase Through Data Availability, you can learn how data availability, via asset tracking and Auto-ID, can lead to an increase in productivity.
RAMI 4.0 – Reference Architecture Model Industrie 4.0 | EN | 1 Chapter | approx. 0.5 h
Industrie 4.0 and the IIoT need underlying concepts and frameworks. This course introduces an important one, the Reference Architecture model, and also discusses its relation to the asset administration shell and the NAMUR Open Architecture.
Example: Online Course Connectivity
Industrial Communication Today | EN | 1 Chapter | approx. 1 h
Industrial communication provides the ability to transfer data in industrial environments and, thus, is the foundation for a lot of current and future applications. Learn the basics of industrial communication, its relevance in the digital age, and get an overview of important communication technologies.
OPC UA – From the Basics to the First Practical Use | DE/EN | 4 Chapters | approx. 2 h
OPC UA, the new communication standard and interoperability framework, will play a big role in the future of industrial communication. This includes everything from the cloud server to the field devices. Learn about the basics, practical examples, and implementation steps in OPC UA – From the Basics to the First Practical Use. This course was produced in collaboration with the VDMA and experts from several companies.
Your contact person for Industrial IoT & Connectivity at University4Industry:
Dr. Gunnar Schönhoff
Gunnar leads various customer projects, particularly in the automotive and automation sectors. In terms of content, he focuses on the topics of industrial IoT, connectivity and digital twin. Gunnar holds a doctorate in physics and worked in university research in the field of 2D materials before joining U4I.