The International Weighing Technology Initiative met for the first time on October 16th to focus on setting a standardized communication interface for weighing instruments. To date, there hasn’t been a real focus on standardizing the digitization of the weighing industry.
The project was initiated by leading scale manufacturers in conjunction with CECIP’s (Comité Européen des Constructeurs d’Instruments de Pesage) German VDMA Measurement and Testing Technology to develop a standardized open and manufacturer-independent interface for weighing instruments using the OPC Foundation’s OPC UA (Open Platform Communication—Unified Architecture) format. It aims at standardizing the communication of weighing instruments and systems with peripherals and other higher-level devices or systems in the respective manufacturing, research, logistic and sales processes.