At Hannover Messe 2023, Siemens, Bausch+Ströbel, Bosch Rexroth, Cadenas, Festo, Harting, Sick, Phoenix Contact, and Wago jointly demonstrated how the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) standard can be implemented in practice. The companies have exchanged digital twin data according to the AAS standard and evaluated the added value based on a specific application with machinery manufacturer Bausch+Ströbel. In doing so, the nine partners thus made the interoperable digital twin based on an AAS from the component manufacturer to the customer possible for the first time.
The partners were joining together at Hannover Messe to demonstrate how this can work, using a labeling machine from Bausch+Ströbel as an example. By providing component data in accordance with the Asset Administration Shell standard, the component manufacturers and software developers involved enabled Bausch+Ströbel to create a digital twin of the machine faster and more efficiently, saving a great deal of engineering time and thus saving money.
Siemens has supported this demonstration using solutions from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software. Component manufacturers were able to provide their digital twin data as an AAS directly via Teamcenter software for product lifecycle management (PLM) using a prototype development. By collaborating in an open ecosystem, the nine partners are driving Industrie 4.0 and the digital transformation in a crucial way. Other companies can join the working group.
Source: Siemens
