Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system (10) for monitoring and/or controlling one or more chemical plant(s) (12), wherein the system (10) comprises a first processing layer (14) associated with the chemical plant (12) and communicatively coupled to a second processing layer (16), wherein the first processing layer (14) and the second processing layer (16) are configured in a secure network (18, 20), wherein the first processing layer (14) provides process or asset specific data (22) of the chemical plant (12) to the second processing layer (16), wherein the second processing layer (16) is configured to contextualize process or asset specific data to generate plant specific data and to provide plant specific data (24) of one or more chemical plant(s) (12) to an interface (26) to an external network.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method (200) for determining a synchronization state between a source database and a target database. A data set is associated with a tag and comprises a series of data values. In a step (210) a source map being indicative of a structuring of the values stored at the source database into data frames is provided, wherein the values associated with a frame are defined by a tag associated with a data set. In a step (220) a target map for the target database is provided, wherein the target map corresponds to the source map. For the data frames a Hash value is determined in a step (230), wherein the Hash value is sensitive to the data values associated with the respective data frame, and in a step (240) the data synchronization state is determined by comparing the Hash values.

Abstract: The invention refers to an edge computing device 120 for processing data 112 acquired with respect to a production process of an industrial plant comprising a plant control system 110, wherein the control system comprises a server 111. The device comprises a first unit 125 configured to be communicatively coupled to the server for receiving the data from the system. A second unit 121 is configured to provide a container runtime environment 122 configured to run a container on the second unit. A process container 123 is configured to run on the environment, wherein the process container comprises a program configured to process data acquired with respect to a production process of the industrial plant when running inside the process container. The first unit is communicatively coupled to the second unit for providing the received data to the environment, wherein the program is configured to process the provided data.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for retrieving time-series data sets from a database system of an industrial plant. The method 200 comprises providing 210 request queries indicative of time-dependent data values by indicating a tag and a start time and end time of the respective time-series data set, and providing 220 responsiveness scores for the provided request queries, wherein a respective responsiveness score is indicative of an expected responsiveness of the process database system with respect to a tag. Further, bulk queries are generated 230 based on the responsiveness scores comprising queries for requesting at least a part of the time-dependent data values, wherein all time-dependent data values of all provided request queries are requested by the bulk queries. The bulk queries are transmitted 240, and the time-dependent data values are retrieved 250 from the process database system. This allows for an effective and computationally inexpensive retrieval of data.

Abstract: The invention refers to an edge computing device 120 for processing data 112 acquired with respect to a production process of an industrial plant comprising a plant control system 110, wherein the control system comprises a server 111. The device comprises a first unit 125 configured to be communicatively coupled to the server for receiving the data from the system. A second unit 121 is configured to provide a container runtime environment 122 configured to run a container on the second unit. A process container 123 is configured to run on the environment, wherein the process container comprises a program configured to process data acquired with respect to a production process of the industrial plant when running inside the process container. The first unit is communicatively coupled to the second unit for providing the received data to the environment, wherein the program is configured to process the provided data.

Abstract: A method for interplant communication between a plurality of industrial plants is disclosed. The method comprises: i. receiving, at at least one distribution unit, plant related data from at least one industrial plant of the plurality of industrial plants; and ii. transmitting, via the at least one distribution unit, broadcast data to the plurality of industrial plants specifically to each industrial plant of the plurality of industrial plants, wherein the broadcast data comprises at least a part of the plant related data; wherein the reception of the plant related data and the transmission of the broadcast data are done via at least one network. Further, a distribution unit for interplant communication between a plurality of industrial plants, a plant communication system for enabling interplant communication between a plurality of industrial plants, a computer program, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a medical device securement system (10) for releasably anchoring a medical device (C) such as a catheter hub to the skin of a patient. The system (10) comprises a main body having a first section (14) and a second section (16) displaceable relative to one another to translate the system between an undeployed and a deployed state, a skin adhering element in the form of microneedle arrays projecting from a tissue contacting surface of the first section (14) and a second array of microneedles projecting from a tissue contacting surface of the second section (16), a retention device (24) provided on the main body for receiving and engaging the medical device (C), wherein the first section (14) comprises a first base defining the tissue contacting surface and a closure member (20) hingedly articulated relative to the first base.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system (10) for monitoring and/or controlling one or more chemical plant(s) (12), wherein the system (10) comprises a first processing layer (14) associated with the chemical plant (12) and communicatively coupled to a second processing layer (16), wherein the first processing layer (14) and the second processing layer (16) are configured in a secure network (18, 20), wherein the first processing layer (14) provides process or asset specific data (22) of the chemical plant (12) to the second processing layer (16), wherein the second processing layer (16) is configured to contextualize process or asset specific data to generate plant specific data and to provide plant specific data (24) of one or more chemical plant(s) (12) to an interface (26) to an external network.

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method comprising: receiving at a user container runtime environment, via a container registry, an image of an obfuscated containerized model of an asset; wherein the containerized model comprises an API, and wherein the containerized model has been generated in a supplier runtime environment located within a supplier network environment, interfacing, with a model execution logic, the API of the containerized model image, wherein the interface comprises a process data signal that is transmitted to the API of the model image, and a model result data signal that is transmitted from the API of the model image; wherein the process data signal comprises data related to the usage conditions of the asset, and the model result signal is indicative of the response of the asset to at least some of the usage conditions, wherein the user container runtime environment is located within a user network environment which is isolated from the supplier network environment.

Abstract: A system (10) for monitoring and/or controlling one or more chemical plant(s) (12) including at least one processing layer (14, 16, 32, 34), wherein the at least one processing layer (14, 16, 32, 34) is associated with a secure network (20) and communicatively coupled to an interface (26) for providing process or asset specific data or process applications to an external processing layer (30), wherein the at least one processing layer (14, 16, 32, 34) is configured to add a transfer tag to the process or asset specific data or to the process application and to provide the process or asset specific data or the process application based on the transfer tag.