Siemens Industrial Edge is the next generation of digital automation. With Siemens Industrial Edge, you use intelligence and scalability of the cloud directly in your production - in a simple, high-performance manner and without your data leaving the manufacturing process. Siemens Industrial Edge combines local and high-performance data processing directly in the automation system itself with the advantages of the cloud: app-based data analysis, data processing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service concepts with central update functionality. In this way, you can quickly integrate apps into manufacturing and manage them with a high degree of automation.
Siemens Industrial Edge allows you to continuously make changes to your automation components and plants, analyze large volumes of data in the automation system to implement innovative functions, such as predictive maintenance, and to achieve maximum flexibility and thus productivity over the entire machine lifecycle.
Industrial Edge Hub
With the Siemens Industrial Edge Hub, you have access to an app store where you can find all Siemens apps and 3rd-party apps. From here, you can manage all licenses for your apps and devices centrally. You can install updates for security issues, device firmware, apps and Industrial Edge Management.
You can monitor and manage distributed Edge devices centrally in the Industrial Edge Management. In this way, new apps and software functions, for example, can be installed on all connected Edge devices company-wide. Central software management thus minimizes the workload for performing maintenance and updates on individual devices.
On the individual Industrial Edge devices, you can start and run apps and keep statistics on an Edge device, for example.
With the Industrial Edge Publisher, you can develop your own Edge apps and make them available to other users in Industrial Edge Management.
Another component of the Siemens Industrial Edge ecosystem is the Industrial Edge Runtime, that is installed on Industrial Edge Devices (IED) or Unified Comfort Panels (UCP) and on which the system, including all applications, ultimately runs.
Industrial Edge Hub
Industrial Edge Management
Industrial Edge RuntimeonIndustrial Edge Devices
Platform for purchasing apps and software, and for monitoring management systems
Centralized control level for managing devices, apps, and store floor users
Software level for app container
Central management location for apps, contributing to corporate standardization
Management of all licenses in use and thus easy cost estimates
Overview of all management system instances that are in use worldwide
Assignment of apps to the matching Edge devices (worldwide)
Specification of user rights
(e.g. app installations)
Just a few clicks for app setup and security update cycles
Supervision of all operations using the centralized Admin view
Excellent usability for IT and OT users, helping to promote user adaptation and self-service
Installation of scalable apps on many different Edge devices
Supports usage in industrial environments by:
Ensuring security and reliability
Providing comprehensive user management to meet the requirements of machine manufacturers and plant operators alike
Adhering to Company Policy Compliance, e.g. user management integration or IT/firewall specifications
Integrating device connectivity to cloud and automation systems