Integrated Asset Management Model based on IEC 61499 and Administration Shell

Abstract

In the new round of industrial innovation, the Asset Administration Shell is proposed and gradually applied as the core element of the underlying device model. It is a digital model oriented to Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. However, the current Administration Shell meta-model only involves the information management level of entities, which lacks associations with control. In this paper, an integrated model based on IEC 61499 is proposed to combine information and control to obtain a unified expression model. It takes advantage of the distributed and modular characteristics of Administration Shell and 61499 Function Blocks, which makes up for the lack of flexibility and dynamic reconfiguration in the industry. This integrated model is tested with an AGV and robot arm in a simulated welding product line to validate its feasibility.