Thyssenkrupp develops proprietary platform to connect machinery

Thyssenkrupp has announced that it has developed toii, a digital platform that connects the machinery in its materials division. The platform enables all machines to communicate with each other and to forecast necessary maintenance.

The name chosen by the business area is a double play on words. It spells IIoT backwards, the abbreviation for “Industrial Internet of Things,” and it is pronounced like the word “toy”, an indication that the new platform makes linking heterogeneous machines to existing IT structures “child’s play,” according to the company.

The platform was developed completely in-house by company software engineering experts and tailored to the specific requirements of Materials Services.