IoT Use Case
Podcast
Real practice, no theory – talking with industry practitioners about their IoT projects. Every episode shows what really works.
23 Episodes Condensed: What Really Worked and What Didn't
Madeleine Mickeleit and Peter Schopf after 23 episodes: where the IIoT business case comes from and why data access belongs in the tender.
Data Foundation for AI-Driven Production in Mid-Sized Manufacturing
SCHUNK, Cybus (Connectware) and Schwarz Digits explain how Europe's Mittelstand builds a sovereign data foundation for AI-driven production.
Make or Buy in IIoT: Scaling Use Cases on One LoRaWAN Platform
Currenta Conneqtive and akenza discuss when to build vs. buy in IIoT – and how a LoRaWAN network in CHEMPARK enables scalable use cases.
Asset Administration Shell in the Model Factory: Reconfiguring Production Lines Flexibly
Bosch Rexroth and XITASO show how the Asset Administration Shell makes production lines flexibly reconfigurable at the Ulm model factory.
Retrofit Utility Networks: Wireless Condition Data, Not Inspection Trips
WIKA shows how utilities monitor district heating, water and gas networks with battery-powered LoRaWAN sensors and cut manual inspection trips.
180km Steam Network: Wireless Condition Monitoring with LoRaWAN
Currenta monitors a 180 km steam network via LoRaWAN: condition monitoring of steam traps cuts losses and maintenance effort.
Vibe-Coding on the Shopfloor: Building MES Applications In-House Without System Integrators
How United Manufacturing Hub uses a Unified Namespace and vibe-coding to build MES applications in-house – in weeks, at a fraction of the cost.
No Cables, No PLC, No IT Project: Simply Connecting Decentralized Assets
autosen connects decentralized assets to the IIoT with no cables, no PLC, no IT project – via LTE-M & NB-IoT in 30 min.
Direct Air Capture: From Pilot to Autonomous Industrial Scale
How direct air capture scales from lab to industrial systems: Greenlyte and ifm discuss sensors, IO-Link, moneo and real-world implementation challenges.
No laptop at the control cabinet: scaling device & application management in OT
Live from Hannover Messe: How Portainer and WAGO successfully use containers, CI/CD and edge AI to scale device management in OT environments.
LIVE: Making sensors network-ready: shopfloor data directly into IT
Why IIoT projects often fail due to limited data access—and how shopfloor data can be integrated directly into IT via IP, efficiently and without complexity.
Product digitalization for OEMs: modular development of complex field products
Digital Brake Testing in Freight Transport: Energy-Autonomous IoT Systems for OEMs with Wireless, Ruggedization and Lifecycle Management
Earlier flood detection with radar and NB-IoT
How IoT sensors using water level and soil moisture data help detect floods earlier and support early warning systems.
IO-Link in Manufacturing: Condition Monitoring and Digital Services
How to Use IO-Link Data for Condition Monitoring, Predictive Maintenance, and an End-to-End IIoT Data Pipeline.
Digital Product Passport: Making Product Data Interoperable with ECLASS and AAS
ECLASS & AAS structure product data for the Digital Product Passport and interoperable data exchange in industry.
From Condition Monitoring to Proactive Service in Mechanical Engineering
Edge + Cloud + AI: Predictive Maintenance as a service for operators — a real-world example from SPALECK with IXON & aiXbrain.
IoT Low-Code on the Shopfloor: Machine Data via OPC UA into ERP
How IoT-Low-Code connects machine data via OPC UA to ERP systems for scalable, reliable shopfloor operations.
Exact Irrigation System: Saving > 60% Water through Energy Chains and Monitoring
Discover how smart plastics and condition monitoring in open-field irrigation save up to 70% water and 50% energy.
OPC UA Forge: Unified Namespace for Legacy Factory Data
Learn how OPC UA Forge enables a Unified Namespace to integrate legacy factory data, improve monitoring, and scale industrial IoT analytics.
Digital Intralogistics: From Visual Management to IoT
Digital intralogistics with ORGATEX: Sensors, OX-Labels, and IoT solutions for greater transparency, efficiency, and safety.
Private 5G in Heavy Industry: Practical Insights from a Steel Plant
Private 5G in Heavy Industry: How a Steel Plant Implements Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, and Connectivity.
IT/OT Integration in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Scaling in a GMP-Compliant Way
How Vetter Pharma uses IT/OT integration to digitalize GMP processes – with a clear architecture, a strong data focus, and Orchestra.
Plan connectivity from the start – Edge Layer integrating OT and IT
Plan your Edge Layer right: How companies securely connect OT and IT – including OPC UA, security, updates, and data integration.
Successfully Monetizing IoT Services with doubleSlash
Practical IoT triad: Connect, Make Smart, Monetize. This is how digital services become scalable, profitable and true revenue drivers.
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