AIMEN’s orchestrator tool allows the implementation of Plug and Produce concept as well as process monitoring by modeling the different assets using Asset Administration Shell.

Project: DIMOFAC

Publisher: AIMEN

Technology: Additive Manufacturing by Direct Energy Deposition

Industry: Aeronautics, Automotive

INTRODUCTION

iM2AM (intelligent Multi-material and Additive Manufacturing) Pilot line by AIM (ES) owning technology for the manufacturing of 3D metal/composite multimaterial components by Automated Tape Laying process. Technologies deployed in this Open Pilot Line focus on process monitoring and orchestration using Asset Administration Shell (AAS) as key enabler for production reconfigurability.

FEATURES/BENEFITS

Services: 

    • Viability study: (10k euros) Production line digitalization using Asset Administration Shell using Orchestrator tool considering particular conditions.
    • Process development: (80k euros)
      • Process monitoring: Gathering data of a new sensor/device based on Asset Administration shell and data recording in HDF5 file format.
      • Digital Twin: AAS: Assets modeling using Asset Administration Shell and following IDTA submodels specifications. Product and Process digital twin: visualization of process monitoring data in a 3D model representation.
    • Training: Basic principles of Asset Administration Shell modeling. Guidelines for deploying active Asset Administration Shell using Common Information Models and VDI/VDE 2139.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

 

  • Additive Manufacturing by Direct Energy Deposition 
  • Digital twin

 

 

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AIMEN

AIMEN is a Non-Profit association, which supplies technological support to companies dedicated to industrial or commercial activity related to metallurgy, automotive sector, civil construction, mechanics, shipbuilding, chemicals, foundry, machinery, ceramics, food, cement, wood and its by- products, plastics, engineering, assembly and others. AIMEN promotes and undertakes research, as well as improves manufacturing technologies in these sectors. Located in the Northwest of Spain, AIMEN is a highly professionalized organisation specialised in Materials Science, Manufacturing Process Engineering, Control Engineering, and Laser Processing. Its mission is to improve competitiveness and technology know-how of Manufacturing Industry.