From concept to a planned development project.
The technical and functional framework for SII has been developed as a research and development project and submitted to the FFG for funding.
Until the funding decision, work focuses on project preparation, requirements alignment, architecture planning and discussions with potential future application partners. The actual development of the platform has not yet started.
Funding application submitted
The project has been submitted to the FFG for funding.
Decision pending
Based on current planning, the funding decision is expected around September 2026.
Development start open
The start and the specific schedule of development depend on the funding decision and the subsequent project approval.
No pilot platform yet
There is currently no production-ready, validated or market-ready version of SII.
Viewing industrial signals together.
In production environments, process data, camera images and OT-relevant events are often captured and evaluated in separate systems. As a result, possible relationships between process states, quality deviations and technical events remain difficult to identify.
SII is intended to investigate how these different signals can be brought together in an edge-oriented platform, correlated over time and made available for traceable analysis.
The goal is not to replace existing PLC, vision, MES or security systems. SII is planned as a complementary analysis and integration layer.
What is to be investigated during development.
The following functions describe the current technical target. Scope, implementation and sequence may change over the course of the research and development project.
Process data connectivity
An OPC UA-based integration of selected PLC variables, states, alarms and events is planned.
Image and inspection data
The aim is to investigate how image data, inspection results and metadata from industrial vision systems can be integrated and linked with process information.
Anomaly analysis
The plan is to investigate suitable data-based methods for detecting unusual patterns and deviations.
Correlation analysis
Process, image and event data are to be viewed together over time in order to present possible relationships in a traceable way.
OT-related signals
The aim is to investigate how selected network, connection and configuration events can be included in the joint analysis.
Edge-oriented architecture
The target envisages processing within the respective infrastructure. The specific architecture as well as data protection, security and operational requirements will only be developed and validated during the development project.
Where the concept could later be tested.
The following examples are planned or conceivable application scenarios. They do not represent SII reference projects that have already been implemented or validated.
Automotive and metalworking
Process states and visual inspection results could be viewed together in order to make unusual changes to tools, components or process parameters visible earlier.
Electronics manufacturing
Temperature, process and inspection data could be brought together in a shared temporal view in order to better investigate deviations and possible relationships.
Production and critical infrastructure
Process deviations and selected OT-relevant events could be presented together to support technical analysis and the traceability of events.
From the funding decision to a possible pilot platform.
The roadmap represents the current planning status. Start, scope and dates depend on the funding decision, the project approval and the results of the individual development phases.
Concept and project preparation
Foundational development and SII Core
Vision and multi-signal analysis
Piloting and platform expansion
For further project planning, we are seeking exchange with industrial companies that can contribute relevant application scenarios, data sources and requirements.
Getting in touch is currently non-binding and represents neither a pilot commitment nor the start of an installation. A possible pilot programme can only be specified after the funding decision, the start of development and sufficient technical maturity.
Current status: funding decision pending. No pilot installations or productive SII deployments yet.
FFG FUNDING APPLICATION SUBMITTED · DECISION PENDING
The reference to the FFG describes solely the status of the submitted funding application. A funding commitment does not currently exist.