IPC-CFX

IPC-CFX is an electronics manufacturing industry developed standard forming the foundation/backbone of Industry 4.0 Applications. IPC-CFX simplifies and standardizes machine to machine communication while also facilitating machine to business/business to machine solutions.

IPC-CFX can simply be described as a standard providing a purpose, working components, benefits, with several applications and sustainability.

Purpose of IPC-CFX:

• World-wide Industrial IoT communication standard for assembly manufacturing
• The enabler of Industry 4.0, Smart Factory and Digital Factory solutions

Benefits of IPC-CFX:

• Everyone has just one interface for complete visibility, reducing costs and complexity
• Machine vendors can further optimize machine operation based on wider knowledge
• IT solutions work in a “plug and play” environment

Applications:

• Machine to machine communication
• Machine data to factory exchange
• Factory data to machine exchange
• Transactional events, such as logistics, work-orders etc.

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