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Walker Reynolds shared thisEight Hours to Modern: The Future of PLC Retrofits
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Walker Reynolds posted thisI’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks playing with knowledge graphs... and specifically with Flow Software's Atlas. Here’s the thing -- manufacturers need to start paying attention. We’ve spent years solving the connectivity problem. Connect the PLCs, databases, MES, ERP, historians... then organize that information so we can see the current state of the business, and UNS does that really, really well. But connected data is not the same thing as understood data... and that’s the next problem. It’s one thing to know that two things are related. It’s another thing to know HOW they are related -- and the how is where meaning comes from. A UNS can tell me Pump 7 and Line 3 exist in the same infrastructure. A knowledge graph can tell me Pump 7 FEEDS Line 3... Motor 12 DRIVES Pump 7... Order 4471 WAS PRODUCED ON Line 3. That is a completely different thing. The unified namespace is basically 2D plumbing -- parent, child, sibling... structure, current state, events, context. A knowledge graph lets me extend those relationships in three dimensions and apply meaning to them. This is where it gets really important for the manufacturer. The operator knows what that temperature means. The maintenance engineer knows what usually happens before the bearing fails. The process engineer knows that what happened three steps upstream may be the reason quality is out right now. Most of that knowledge still lives in people’s heads... or an SOP... or a spreadsheet. That knowledge is incredibly valuable, but it isn’t queryable. We do this naturally. Agents don’t. An agent needs something to traverse. It needs the relationships. It needs the meaning. It needs a scaffold that tells it where to go and what matters so it can get to the right context and reason through the problem. Flow has built a type-based knowledge layer that gives us the ability to apply meaning and knowledge to the infrastructure... and make it usable by people AND agents. Think about what that means -- tribal knowledge becomes queryable, root cause can be traced across systems and agents can navigate relationships to find the context they actually need. That is a big deal. And I want to be really clear because this question keeps coming up -- knowledge graphs do not replace Unified Namespace. They work together. UNS gives you the live, semantically organized flow of information and current state of the business. The knowledge graph gives you the map of meaning across that flow. At the end of the day, this is all about turning data into better decisions... helping operators understand what is happening faster, helping maintenance get to root cause faster and helping organizations stop losing knowledge every time someone retires or changes jobs. The next phase of digital transformation is not about connecting more data... it’s about making the data we already have understandable to people and machines. 🙏
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Walker Reynolds shared thisUNS + Knowledge Graphs: LIVE Q&A with Walker Reynolds
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Walker Reynolds reposted thisWalker Reynolds reposted thisWe’ve built a new place to show you the work behind the work. Introducing the 4.0 Solutions Lab YouTube channel! This is not a second version of the main 4.0 Solutions channel—and it is not the teaching channel. The main 4.0 Solutions YouTube channel will remain focused on structured education: helping manufacturers, integrators, and technology leaders understand Industry 4.0, digital transformation, MES, Unified Namespace, and modern manufacturing architecture. 4.0 Solutions Lab is where we do the work. It is where you’ll see: * Raw, uncut builds * Partner products being tested * Software and products we’re actively developing * Agentic DevOps experiments * Hands-on work with UNS, MQTT, connectivity, and industrial data infrastructure The troubleshooting, decisions, failures, and breakthroughs that happen before something becomes a polished lesson The main channel explains the concepts. The Lab shows you what happens when we put them to work. Walker Reynolds will kick things off with a live stream this Sunday, August 30. We’ll update everyone with the exact time as soon as it is confirmed. Subscribe now so you don’t miss the first build: link in the comments below. Raw builds. Partner tests. Products we’re shipping. #Industry40 #SmartManufacturing #IndustrialAutomation #IIoT #UnifiedNamespace #MQTT #AgenticAI #DevOps #WalkerReynolds #40Solutions #40SolutionsLab
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Walker Reynolds shared thisCongratulations! 👇Walker Reynolds shared thisI’m delighted to share that today I successfully passed my PhD dissertation examination at the University of Žilina, Slovakia. It was a challenging but extremely rewarding examination and discussion, covering areas including industrial automation, intelligent control systems, Unified Namespace (UNS), Industrial IoT, microservice architectures, AI/ML, data contextualization and the practical challenges of building scalable industrial systems. More importantly, today marks a significant transition in my PhD journey. With the dissertation examination successfully completed and the proposed direction of my dissertation accepted, I now move from the research and examination phase into the doctoral candidate stage, with the focus turning fully towards completing and defending the PhD thesis. It is especially rewarding to reach this stage with several publications already contributing to and shaping the direction of the research. Following the discussion with the examination board, the recommended title of my dissertation is: “A Scalable, Cost-Efficient and Reference Architecture for Unified Namespace in Industrial IoT” A major milestone in the PhD journey, and one I’m very happy to celebrate today. A sincere thank you to my supervisor Prof. Aleš Janota, and to the members of the examination board, Prof. Rastislav Pirník, Prof. Juraj Ďudák, Prof. Gabriel Gašpar, Assoc. Prof. Jozef Hrbček and Assoc. Prof. Dušan Nemec, for their time, questions, feedback and valuable discussion. #PhD #Cybernetics #IndustrialIoT #UnifiedNamespace #Industry40 #IndustrialAutomation #Research #Microservices #SoftwareArchitecture #DevOps #uniza
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Walker Reynolds shared thisWe’ve Been Building Something… | LIVE Q&A w/ Walker Reynolds
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Vivek Desale spot on 🙏
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Kyle Mickey would love to take a look. Vaughn Turner, reach out to Kyle to coordinate
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Walker Reynolds liked thisWalker Reynolds liked thisToday marks the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. It is hard to believe a quarter century has passed. We remember where we were, what we were doing, and the moment we realized our country had been attacked. Most importantly, we remember the 2,977 people who lost their lives that day, their families, and the first responders who ran into buildings while everyone else was trying to get out. We also remember those who answered the call to serve in the years that followed. There is something else about September 11 worth remembering. In the days and weeks after the attacks, Americans came together in a way many of us have not seen since. We had differences then just as we do today, but for a time those differences became secondary to the fact that we were Americans. That matters to us at 4.0 Solutions. We are a team of men and women, veterans, first responders, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters from different backgrounds and walks of life. We don't agree on everything, nor should we, but there are foundational ideas about this country that we believe in. The Declaration of Independence says all men are created equal and endowed with unalienable rights, among them Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It also says governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. The Constitution begins with three important words: "We the People." The Bill of Rights protects something just as fundamental: the freedom to speak, believe, question and express ideas without fear that government can silence you for disagreeing. Freedom of speech matters because freedom requires the ability to think and speak for yourself. So does man's freedom of will — the right to make choices about his own life, pursue his own path, accept responsibility and determine what kind of life he wants to build. America is not perfect, and never has been. But those principles are still worth striving toward: liberty, equality under the law, representative government, freedom of speech, individual freedom and opportunity. That is directly connected to why 4.0 Solutions exists. We believe a strong middle class is fundamental to a strong United States. People should have the opportunity to learn valuable skills, build careers, provide for their families and create opportunities for the next generation. American manufacturing has played an enormous role in making that possible. 4.0 Solutions is a proud American company, and our mission is to save and create middle class jobs in the United States by teaching engineers, technologists and executives how to leverage technology to do more with less. That's not just something we put on a website. It's why we do what we do. But today isn't about us. On the 25th anniversary of September 11, we remember those we lost, honor those who served, and remember that despite our differences, there is still far more that should unite us than divide us. We are Americans. We will never forget.
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Walker Reynolds liked thisExcellent explanation about the value of knowledge graphs in manufacturing (and really valuable context about how they relate to your UNS architectural approach).
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Walker Reynolds liked thisThanks Walker. My favorite feature of Timebase Atlas is its rich type-based modeling capabilities - I feel like I have superpowers - timebase.com
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Walker Reynolds liked thisWalker Reynolds liked thisWelcome back to ProveIt!, Fuuz! Let's take a look back at their incredible ProveIt! Session from 2026, as they prepare to take the stage once again in 2027. Fuuz is an Industrial Intelligence Platform built for enterprise-class, multi-plant manufacturers — connecting, monitoring, and optimizing manufacturing, warehousing, and supply chain operations on a single unified platform. Fuuz eliminates software silos, seamlessly bridging the gap between factory floor hardware (OT) and corporate cloud applications (IT). Welcome back to Dallas, Fuuz ✔️ #ProveItConference #ProveIt2027 #DigitalTransformation #IIoT #SmartManufacturing #UNS #OT #IT #Industry40
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Walker Reynolds reacted on thisWalker Reynolds reacted on thisDo you have a startup that manufacturers actually need to see? Or know of a can’t-miss technology that’s solving real problems on the plant floor? We want Startups at ProveIt! Applications are now open for our new Start-Up Showcase. This is your chance to put your solution in front of the end-users, integrators, and operators who can put it to work — and to be part of a community that values proof over hype. Head to the ProveIt! website, click the “Why Sponsor” tab, and tell us why you belong at #ProveIt2027. #ProveItConference #DigitalTransformation #IIoT #UNS #SmartManufacturing #Industry40
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