Ep. 251 - Ignition 8.3 ProveIt How Inductive Automation Scales Multi Site Factories w/ MQTT and UNS

About this episode

Vlad and Dave discuss with Travis and Kevin how Inductive Automation's ProveIt framework enables scalable and resilient factory modernization using open standards.

In this episode of Manufacturing Hub, Vlad and Dave sit down with Travis Cox and Kevin McCluskey from Inductive Automation to unpack what was actually proven at ProveIt and why it matters for teams trying to modernize plants without building a fragile mess of point to point integrations. If you have ever looked at a shiny demo and wondered what the real architecture looks like, how it scales beyond a single line, and what it takes to roll out across multiple sites without turning every change into a high risk event, this conversation is for you. Travis and Kevin walk through their ProveIt Enterprise B build and the thinking behind it. The core idea is simple but powerful: treat the factory like a system that needs a shared digital infrastructure, built on open standards, where data is contextualized and reusable. They break down how they used Ignition Edge close to PLCs for resiliency, local HMIs, and disciplined data modeling, then moved data through MQTT into a Unified Namespace so multiple applications can consume the same trusted signals and context. This is the difference between “we can connect to anything” and “we can scale without rewriting everything every time the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Vlad Romanov, Dave Griffith

Guests: Travis Cox, Kevin McCluskey

Topics covered

• factory modernization
• digital infrastructure
• open standards
• data modeling
• multi-site factories
• interoperability

Keywords

• ProveIt
• Ignition Edge
• MQTT
• Unified Namespace
• data integration
• digital transformation
• industrial automation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inductive Automation

Products: Ignition 8.3, ProveIt, MQTT, OPC UA, SQL

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