What is Prosys OPC UA Forge

Forge provides a single point of access for both brownfield and modern assets, enabling data collection from sensors, devices, machines, and automation systems using various protocols. It facilitates structured data organization using OPC UA information modeling, ensuring interoperability across different manufacturers and system generations. In addition to providing a standardized data interface for seamless integration with enterprise applications, Forge includes modules for storing Historical Data to time series and SQL databases—ensuring critical process data is retained even when machines lack built-in storage or network connections are unreliable. This guarantees consistent, high-quality data availability for process monitoring, compliance, and decision-making. Forge also leverages OPC UA’s built-in security mechanisms to safeguard OT infrastructure from cyber threats and meet regulatory demands. By addressing key customer concerns around data consistency, interoperability, and security, Forge lays the foundation for the advanced use of OT data in business processes, analytics, Edge AI, and future industrial automation needs.

Features and benefits

Benefits

Provides a standardized data interface for brownfield assets with OPC UA (structured, semantic information with context and metadata) for ecosystem-wide interoperability

The standard OPC UA information model can be offered through either Client/Server or MQTT/UNS

OPC UA inbuilt security with centralized certificate management enhances industrial cybersecurity and meets regulatory demands

One-point access control to data

Role-based access control (RBAC) with active Directory integration