Balluff Turkey

Role in the market

Manufacturer
Certified system integrator (ISV: Independent Software Vendor)

Pricing model

Project based
Price per device

Maintenance service areas

Hotline and support
Supply of bugfixes and updates
On-site service and maintenance
Remote Maintenance

Application areas (Process)

Maintenance
Information Technologies
Environmental Health & Safety
Engineering - R&D

Application areas (Operational)

Control
Worker's health
Work safety
Automation

Target customer structure

Business-to-consumer
Business-to-business
Manufacturing

Target customer production structures

Project based manufacturing
Single unit, small series manufacturing
Variants manufacturing
Series manufacturing
Mass manufacturing

Supported production models

Discrete Manufacturing
batch manufacturing
process manufacturing

Industry focus

Highly specialised vertical (very few sectors)
Medium specialisation (selected spectrum of sectors)
Sector-independent solution
Agriculture, hunting
Forestry
Mining and quarrying
Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
Manufacture of dairy products and ice cream
Manufacture of beverages
Manufacture of tobacco products
Manufacture of other food products (e.g. Manufacture of fish, fruit and vegetable products)
Manufacture of textiles
Manufacture of wearing apparel
Manufacture of leather products, shoes
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood (except furniture)
Manufacture of paper and paper products, printing
Printing
Reproduction of recorded media (audio, photo and data carriers)
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products, Manufacture of fissible and fertile materials and products
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Rubber products
Plastic products
Manufacture and initial processing of iron and steel; Manufacture of ferro-alloys and NE metals
Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
Casting and Foundry Industry
Manufacture of machinery and plants
Machine Tools
Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners
Furniture
Recycling
Energy supply
Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods, medical and othopedic goods
Motor vehicles
Parts and accessories for motor vehicles

Application Development Tools and Platforms

Windows
Raspberry Pi

Supported languages (GUI, user interfaces)

Turkish
German
English
French
Italian
Spanish

Supported Industry 4.0 standards

ISO 13849 (Safety of machinery)

Role in the market

Manufacturer

Pricing model

Project based
Price per device

Maintenance service areas

Hotline and support
Supply of bugfixes and updates
Supply of new releases
Online portal for knowledge management
On-site service and maintenance
Remote Maintenance

Application areas (Process)

Maintenance
Information Technologies
Engineering - R&D
Project Management
Production

Application areas (Operational)

Control
Efficiency
Training
Data collection
Data analysis
Reporting
Visualization
Flexibility
Speed
Automation

Target customer structure

Business-to-business
Manufacturing

Target customer production structures

Project based manufacturing
Single unit, small series manufacturing
Variants manufacturing
Series manufacturing
Mass manufacturing

Supported production models

process manufacturing

Industry focus

Highly specialised vertical (very few sectors)
Medium specialisation (selected spectrum of sectors)
Sector-independent solution
Agriculture, hunting
Mining and quarrying
Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
Manufacture of dairy products and ice cream
Manufacture of beverages
Manufacture of tobacco products
Manufacture of other food products (e.g. Manufacture of fish, fruit and vegetable products)
Manufacture of textiles
Manufacture of wearing apparel
Manufacture of leather products, shoes
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood (except furniture)
Manufacture of paper and paper products, printing
Printing
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
Rubber products
Plastic products
Manufacture of glass and glass products, Manufacture of ceramic products, Nonmetallic mineral processing
Manufacture and initial processing of iron and steel; Manufacture of ferro-alloys and NE metals
Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
Casting and Foundry Industry
Manufacture of fabricated metal products
Manufacture of machinery and plants
Machine Tools
Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery
Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners
Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment
Manufacture of metal forming machinery
Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
Manufacture of domestic appliances
Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery
Manufacture of office machinery and equipment, Electrical and Precision engineering
Manufacture of communication equipment
Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation
Manufacture of optical instruments and clocks
Manufacture of vehicles, Manufacture of parts and equipment for vehicles
Manufacture of motor vehicles, parts and equipment for motor vehicles
Recycling

Typical duration of an implementation project

"Plug & Play" (max. 2 weeks)

Application Development Tools and Platforms

Windows

Communication/middleware technologies

TCP/IP

Platforms (IoT, IIoT) used for data storage and processing

Siemens
Software AG

Supported languages (GUI, user interfaces)

German
English
French

Supported Industry 4.0 standards

IEC 61131 (PLC programming (PLC Open))
IEC 61784 (IEC Fieldbus (Profibus))
IEC 62443 Industrial System and Network Security security)

Supported data transfer/integration standards

File transfer
Databese (SQL, Oracle,…)
OPC
Web Services

Role in the market

Manufacturer

Pricing model

Project based
Price per device

Maintenance service areas

Hotline and support
Supply of bugfixes and updates
On-site service and maintenance
Remote Maintenance

Application areas (Process)

Maintenance
Engineering - R&D

Application areas (Operational)

Data collection
Data analysis
Reporting
Flexibility
Speed
Automation
Knowledge management (Collaboration)

Target customer structure

Business-to-business
Manufacturing

Target customer production structures

Project based manufacturing
Single unit, small series manufacturing
Variants manufacturing
Series manufacturing
Mass manufacturing

Supported production models

Discrete Manufacturing
batch manufacturing
process manufacturing

Industry focus

Highly specialised vertical (very few sectors)
Medium specialisation (selected spectrum of sectors)
Mining and quarrying
Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
Manufacture of dairy products and ice cream
Manufacture of beverages
Manufacture of textiles
Manufacture of wearing apparel
Manufacture of leather products, shoes
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood (except furniture)
Manufacture of paper and paper products, printing
Printing
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products, Manufacture of fissible and fertile materials and products
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
Rubber products
Plastic products
Manufacture of glass and glass products, Manufacture of ceramic products, Nonmetallic mineral processing
Manufacture and initial processing of iron and steel; Manufacture of ferro-alloys and NE metals
Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
Casting and Foundry Industry
Manufacture of fabricated metal products
Manufacture of machinery and plants
Machine Tools
Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery
Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners
Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment
Manufacture of metal forming machinery
Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
Manufacture of domestic appliances
Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery
Manufacture of office machinery and equipment, Electrical and Precision engineering
Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus
Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
Manufacture of vehicles, Manufacture of parts and equipment for vehicles
Manufacture of motor vehicles, parts and equipment for motor vehicles
Building of ships and boats
Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
Manufacture of transport equipment (e.g. bicycles, motorcycles)
Maintenance and repair

Typical duration of an implementation project

"Plug & Play" (max. 2 weeks)

Application Development Tools and Platforms

Linux
Windows
Raspberry Pi
IBM Watson IoT Platform

Solution programming languages (Programming, Scripting & Markup)

.Net
Node.js
SQL
Pyhton
Java
C#
C++

Communication/middleware technologies

MQTT
TCP/IP

Supported languages (GUI, user interfaces)

Turkish
German
English
French
Italian
Spanish

Supported Industry 4.0 standards

IEC 61131 (PLC programming (PLC Open))
IEC 61784 (IEC Fieldbus (Profibus))

Supported data transfer/integration standards

OPC
APIs

Role in the market

Manufacturer

Pricing model

Price per device

Maintenance service areas

Hotline and support
Supply of bugfixes and updates
On-site service and maintenance
Remote Maintenance

Application areas (Process)

Maintenance
Engineering - R&D
Production

Application areas (Operational)

Automation

Target customer structure

Manufacturing

Target customer production structures

Project based manufacturing
Single unit, small series manufacturing
Variants manufacturing
Series manufacturing
Mass manufacturing

Supported production models

Discrete Manufacturing
process manufacturing

Industry focus

Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
Manufacture of dairy products and ice cream
Manufacture of beverages
Manufacture of other food products (e.g. Manufacture of fish, fruit and vegetable products)
Manufacture of textiles
Printing
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products, Manufacture of fissible and fertile materials and products
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
Rubber products
Plastic products
Manufacture and initial processing of iron and steel; Manufacture of ferro-alloys and NE metals
Casting and Foundry Industry
Manufacture of fabricated metal products
Manufacture of machinery and plants
Machine Tools
Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners
Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
Manufacture of metal forming machinery
Manufacture of domestic appliances
Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery
Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus
Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
Manufacture of vehicles, Manufacture of parts and equipment for vehicles
Manufacture of motor vehicles, parts and equipment for motor vehicles
Furniture
Recycling
Energy supply
Watersupply
Wholesale of food, beverages, tobacco
Wholesale of textiles
Wholesale of wearing apparel and shoes
Wholesale of electrical household appliances, telecommunication appliances
Wholesale of household appliances made from metal, china and glassware and cleaning materials
Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods, medical and othopedic goods
Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics
Wholesale of chemical products
Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products
Wholesale of metals and metal ores and steel
Retail sale in non-specialised stores
Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Textiles, clothing, shoes and leather products
Furniture, household articles
Optical articles, computers, software, telecommunication
Maintenance and repair
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles

Application Development Tools and Platforms

Windows

Platforms (IoT, IIoT) used for data storage and processing

Oracle
Siemens
Software AG

Supported languages (GUI, user interfaces)

Turkish
German
English
French
Italian