Through its new Digital Twin platform, AUMA provides comprehensive device data in a standardised exchange format. This data lays the groundwork for the end-to-end digitalisation of AUMA products throughout their entire lifecycle.
To this end, we use standardised Asset Administration Shells (AAS), as defined in IEC 63278. They provide a direct route to complete, up-to-date and machine-readable product and instance data. This information is available at any time and anywhere in the world. All available information on an AUMA product can therefore be accessed quickly and easily in digital form and used in the most varied applications.
The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) is the digital representation of a product. It provides all available information about a product and is updated as necessary, for example when a successor product becomes available. The data is available in a standardised, open exchange format that is defined and internationally harmonised in IEC 63278. This enables simple and standardised data exchange and ensures interoperability.
Asset administration shells are the technical foundation for interoperable digital twins of devices, installations and software components. Manufacturers can continue to add to the asset administration shells of their products. The term ‘digital twin’ is used when it is not only possible to retrieve device data, but also to modify the device’s parameters via the asset administration shell.
With its open, interoperable data format and product data availability at all times, the asset administration shell provides the ideal basis for implementing the Digital Product Passport (DPP). It is required by the EU under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The aim is to improve the transparency and traceability of products and thereby spearhead the transition towards a digital and sustainable industry.
Asset administration shell type for AUMA product types
Asset administration shells type refer to AUMA product families such as the TIGRON type range. They contain important generic reference data for the respective type range.
This data simplifies specification and design processes and is particularly useful for valve manufacturers, consultants and contractors.
Detailed information about a specific physical AUMA device is available via an asset administration shell instance.
Plant operators and maintenance staff can import this data into asset management systems via standardised interfaces and use it for maintenance and servicing.