Asset Administration Shell

Connections to other Concepts

• In RAMI 4.0, the Asset Administration Shell is part of the information layer
• An I4.0 Component is the sum of an Asset and its corresponding Asset Adeministration Shell
• An Asset Administration Shell aggregates AAS Submodel Templates and Submodels
• As an Asset Administration Shell aggregates different aspects of a real Asset. It can represent and make use of other technologies such as ECLASS , AML (AutomationML), JSON or HTTP

Short Description

• The general concept and the structure of the Asset Administration Shell is described in IEC 63278-1 as well as in the Specification of the Asset Administration Shell IDTA Number 01002-3-0 from the IDTA (Industrial Digital Twin Association e.V.)
  • The Asset Administration Shell and the Asset are both uniquely identified
  • The Asset Administration Shell is suitable for non-intelligent and intelligent Assets
  • The Asset Administration Shell can provide services via an interface and a standardized API

Facts and Figures

• The Working Group ‘Open Technology’ of the IDTA (Industrial Digital Twin Association e.V.) is gradually developing the base specifications for the Asset Administration Shell
• The Working Grou 'Submodels' of the IDTA (Industrial Digital Twin Association e.V.) overseas the delevopment of all Submodel Templates by the Submodel Working Teams

Stakeholders

• Plattform Industrie 4.0
• IDTA (Industrial Digital Twin Association e.V.)
• ZVEI e.V. (Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektroindustrie)
• VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.)

Use Cases

• Value Creation Networks
• Supply Chain Management
• Product Lifecycle Management

Industry Sectors

• Cross-sector concept

International Distribution

• Europe

Google Trends

Sources

• Katalog/Data/Documents/IDTA-01001-3-0_SpecificationAssetAdministrationShell_Part1_Metamodel.pdf
• https://www.eclass.eu/anwendung/verwaltungsschale.html