RAMI 4.

0
An architectural Model for Industrie 4.0

Dr.-Ing. Peter Adolphs

Berlin, 18th of June 2015

Platformproject today and tomorrow as bracket

for all Industry 4.0 relevant activities in Germany
The Platform Industry 4.0 sees itself as a cooperation of all stakeholders
The goal is a broadly supported consensus

Platform
Platform Industry
Industry
4.0
Plattform 4.0
I4.0 AG2

AG1
AG1

AG2
AG2

AG3
AG3

AG4
AG4

Strategy
Strategy and
and Framework
Framework
Referencearchitecture,
Referencearchitecture, Standards
Standards and
and Norms
Norms
Innovation
Innovation and
and Research
Research
Security
Security of
of networked
networked systems
systems

VDI/VDE

BITKOM

ZVEI

Focusproject

Cyber

Leaderchip

Industry 4.0
GMA 7.21
Industry 4.0
GMA 7.20 CPS

Physical
Systems
I4.0 Interoperability
I4.0 Market &
Strategy

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Industry 4.0
SG1 see above
SG2
-"SG3
-"SG4
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VDMA

DIN/ DKE

Forum

Mgt.

Industry 4.0

Quelle: Roland Heidel, SIEMENS

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Industry 4.0

Internet of Things and Services

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Martin Hankel, Bosch Rexroth AG

Targets for the Reference Model

1. Illustrative and simple architectural model

Structuring of all Industry 4.0 aspects into manageable partial contents for
focused discussions

2. Localization of existing norms and standards

Identification and closing of gaps

Identification of overlaps and establishing preferred solutions

Identification of subsets of a norm or a standard for rapid implementation of

partial contents of Industry 4.0

3. Localization of Use Case content

To identify and close technical gaps for the implementation of use cases

Identification of development opportunities for the future

Four main aspects for Industrie 4.0

Horizontal Integration

Worldwide value chains

consistent Engineering

Systems Engineering through out the life

cycle digital production

Vertical Integration

High-flexibility lot-size 0

People as main director of the value chain

Systems follow the people needs

Qualification for people

Basic Element for Industrie 4.0 systems

the
Industrie 4.0 component

I4.0 component
 Unified model for description of
 assets (from sensor/actuator til the whole plant)
 products
 All IP used in the plant
 It consists out of an asset enriched by the so called
Administration Shell
 Virtual representation of the real asset
 Data for status information of the asset
 But also all data which was generated during life
cycle in a consistent format
 The administration shell is the central Data-Warehouse
for the asset during the whole life cycle
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The model for the administration shell

Funktionen

Administration
shell
Reprsentation

Communication
Kommunikationsfhigkeit

Typ/ Instanz
Type/instance

Gegenstand/ Entitt
Asset/entity

Data & functional access during the whole life cycle

Development

Maintenance
Usage

Production

Type

Maintenance
Usage

Instance

Zugriff auf Daten

und Funktionen

Gegenstand, z.B.
Elektr. Achse

VerwaltungsSchale 

I4.0-Komponente
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I40 components can be defined during

engineering according to relevance
Keine I4.0-Komponente

(Unbekannt)
(Anonym)
(Individuell bekannt)
Entitt

Gegenstand

Beispiele fr I4.0-Komponenten
VerwaltungsSchale 

VerwaltungsSchale 

Gegenstand,
z.B. Maschine 

Gegenstand, z.B.
Klemmenblock

VerwaltungsSchale 

VerwaltungsSchale 

Gegenstand, z.B.
Elektr. Achse 

Gegenstand, z.B.
Standard-SW

(Gegenstand gibt Zugriff

auf Verwaltungsschale)

(bergeordnetes System
gibt Zugriff auf
Verwaltungsschale)

 = Schnittstelle/ Datenformate
I4.0-konform ausgefhrt

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I4.0-konforme Kommunikation 

Administration shell can be hosted

on the asset or centrally
Lebenszyklus der FabrikMaintenance

Development
Entwicklung

Type
Typ

Usage
Nutzung/
Wartung

Production
Produktion

Maintenance
Usage
Nutzung/

Instance
Instanz

Wartung

Access during whole

life cycle

Zugriff auf Daten

und Funktionen

Repository

VerwaltungsSchale 

VerwaltungsSchale 

VerwaltungsSchale 

Realisation of administration
shell on a central server
possible

Identifizierbarkeit

Shopfloor
Gegenstand,
z.B. Maschine 1

Gegenstand, z.B.
Klemmenblock 

Gegenstand,
z.B. Maschine 2

assets

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I4.0 components can be interleaved

I4.0-konforme Kommunikation ("oben") 
I4.0-Komponente
 = Schnittstelle/ Datenformate
I40-konform ausgefhrt

Verwaltungs-Schale ,

Gegenstand mit
Aktiver I4.0-Komm.fhigkeit, so dass
Schnittstellen
ausgeprgt werden
knnen

 For several aspects the view on a

Schnittstelle

whole functional unit is useful

KomponentenManagement
Gegenstand,
z.B. Maschine 

e.g. control functions of a machine

Schnittstelle

1
2

I4.0-konforme Kommunikation ("unten") 

 For other aspects the direct access

to basic Assets is needed:

I4.0-Komponente

I4.0-Komponente

VerwaltungsSchale 

VerwaltungsSchale 
Gegenstand, z.B.
Klemmenblock

Gegenstand, z.B.
Elektr. Achse 

e.g. Condition Monitoring

e.g. Asset-Management

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Reference Model Industrie 4.0

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Reference Architecture Model Industry 4.0 (RAMI4.0)

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Technical asset of IEC and ISA

Quelle Thomas Schulz, General Electric

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Anlagenhierarchie

Quelle Thomas Schulz, General Electric

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View: Life cycle & value added chain

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Life cycle according to IEC CD 62890

Quelle IEC CD 62890

Realisation in RAMI4.0
Development

Type

Maintenance
Usage

Production

Maintenance
Usage

Instance
Quelle Plattform Industrie 4.0

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View: IT Layer

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View: IT Layer

Assets (e.g. sensor, actuator,

mechanical parts, documents, IP, )

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View: IT Layer

Interface between real world and

IT representation
HMI of the assets

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View: IT Layer

Harmonized communication towards the

information layer
If necessary (e.g. in time sensitive applications)
direct communication via real time network

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View: IT Layer

I4.0 compatible data

representation and access

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View: IT Layer

I4.0 compatible functional access

to the assets
Base services for the business
processes

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View: IT Layer

Realisation of business processes

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What is the practical relevance?

shown on the example sensors

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Example: Sensor-Data-Fusion

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Example: Sensor-Data-Preprocessing

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Example: Big-Data-Transfer from sensor

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Thank you for your attention!

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