Client device for data acquisition and pre-processing of process-related mass data from at least one CNC machine or industrial robot

A client device comprising:

• at least one first data communication interface configured to be connected to at least one controller of an external device, the at least one first data communication interface comprising at least one hard-realtime data channel via which hard-realtime data is configured to be received and at least one non-realtime data channel via which non-realtime data is configured to be received;
• a memory;
• at least one processor configured to store, in the memory, the hard-realtime data, received via the at least one hard-realtime data channel, as time-stamped hard-realtime data and configured to store, in the memory, the non-realtime data, received via the at least one non-realtime data channel, as time-stamped non-realtime data, wherein the processor is further configured to order the time-stamped hard-realtime data with the time-stamped non-realtime data;
• and
• at least one second data communication interface configured to transmit, to a cloud-based server, the ordered time-stamped hard-realtime data and ordered time-stamped non-realtime data and configured to receive, from the cloud-based server, additional data,
• wherein the external device comprises at least one computer numerical control (CNC) machine or an industrial robot.