Industrial Digital Twin Association
The central point of contact for all topics related to the Digital Twin - an alliance of active creators who together make the Digital Twin practically usable for the industry by means of open technologies.
The interoperable digital twin - Asset Administration Shell
The industrial digital twin serves as the connection of physical industrial products into the digital world and thus as the core technology of Industrie 4.0. The Asset Administration Shell is the technical realization of the interoperable digital twin.
Shaping digitization together with Plattform Industrie 4.0
The Industrial Digital Twin was founded by VDMA and ZVEI together with Bitkom and 20 companies as a spin-off of the Platform Industrie 4.0. Together with the...
About the Industrial Digital Twin Association
Industrial Digital Twin Association is the one-stop shop for the Digital Twin – an alliance of active creators working together to make the Digital Twin practical for industry through open technologies.
IDTA – shaping the future of industry together.
Open Technology
Provide the specifications required to implement the Digital Twin.
Building an active open source community, for getting started with Asset Administration Shell technology.
Integration
Development of a big picture of harmonized submodels for the Digital Twin.
Integration of submodels from the manufacturing and process industries.
Quality management
Development of a pre-competitive training curriculum.
Content sourcing of existing know-how for management and experts.
Training
Development of a precompetitive training program.
Provide existing know-how in a way suitable for the target group.
Marketing
Dissemination of AAS as the core technology of the Digital Twin.
Ensure international visibility of IDTA and the Digital Twin.
The Asset Administration Shell (AAS)
The Asset Administration Shell is the technical realization of the digital twin for Industry 4.0. It creates cross-vendor interoperability and is available for all assets. You will find an insight and possible applications of the Asset Administration Shell in this reading guide.
Reading Guide Asset Administration Shell
Presentation on IDTA and the industrial digital twin
The Industrial Digital Twin
The Industrial Digital Twin serves as a link between physical industrial products and the digital world and thus as a core technology of Industry 4.0. The Industrial Digital Twin Association is the international focal point for this core technology and manages its international di distribution. You can get a first thematic insight here.
The member companies of the IDTA
Become a member now and join us in shaping the future!
Become part of a global community and get direct access to the de facto standards of the industry’s digital future.
For further information please do not hesitate to contact us:
meik.billmann@idtwin.org
+49 162 2664 935
christian.mosch@idtwin.org
+49 69 6603 1939
The advantages of the IDTA at a glance
Technological Advantage
Give your company a technological lead and benefit from the knowledge of the most innovative development alliance for the digitalization of industrial value chains.
Expert Knowledge
Get in touch with the leading experts from the cross-sector network for the digitization of industry. Member companies get direct access to technology, training programs and creators from all areas of the value chain.
Development and Use of Industry Standards
We offer agile standardization through open source development and pragmatic application support. At the same time, we guarantee investment security and consistency through the highest industrial quality standards.
Global network
In the global, technology-oriented and cross-industry community of the IDTA, the parts of the digital twin are developed together. Here, IT is linked with OT and the foundations are laid for new Industry 4.0 business models.
Modul Downloads
Learn more about the capabilities of the Digital Twin and the Asset Administration Shell.
Get right into our open source projects. In our GitHub repository you will find the latest version of the AASX package explorer, which can be used to create, edit and view AAS file serializations. The site also contains the AASX server, which makes AASX packages accessible via REST, OPC UA, and MQTT, a FAQ database, and other resources.
Details of the Asset Administration Shell Part 1 - The exchange of information between partners in the value chain of Industrie 4.0
- The document describes how companies can prepare and structure information in the Asset Administration Shell.
Details of the Asset Administration Shell Part 2 - Interoperability at Runtime – Exchanging Information via Application Programming Interfaces
- Part 2 of the document defines how to dynamically access information provided in the Asset Administration Shell via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
Submodel Templates of the Asset Administration Shell - ZVEI Digital Nameplate for industrial equipment
- This template for the "Nameplate" submodel uses a standardized feature structure to improve interoperability when exchanging nameplate information from different manufacturers.
Submodel Templates of the Asset Administration Shell - Generic Frame for Technical Data for Industrial Equipment in Manufacturing
- Using this template for submodels for the Asset Administration Shell, technical data on any industrial equipment assets can be described in a framework.
Board of Directors
News
Shaping digitization together.
The Industrial Digital Twin was founded by VDMA and ZVEI together with Bitkom and 20 companies as a spin-off of the Plattform Industrie 4.0. Together with the Industry 4.0 platform and its initiatives, we are shaping the future of industry. IDTA focuses on the further development of the Asset Administration Shell as the digital twin for Industry 4.0.
Digital twins are becoming the core element of digital value creation for industrial applications. With the Asset Administration Shell, IDTA is creating an innovative, standardized and open industrial digital twin. Manufacturers, users and users of industrial software and automation technology thus create the necessary prerequisite for more interoperability, more software, more artificial intelligence and innovations for smart manufacturing. The sovereign and secure handling of data of industrial digital twins plays an outstanding role. With the Asset Administration Shell, IDTA is implementing an important industrial application for GAIA-X.
Events
This year we are meeting virtually at the Home of Industrial Pioneers.
Moderation: Hartwig von Saß (DMAG)
Keynote: Dr. Matthias Bölke (IDTA, Schneider Electric)
Panel participant:
- Dr. Matthias Bölke (IDTA, Schneider Electric)
- Dr. Horst Heinol-Heikkinen (IDTA, ASENTICS)
- Dr. Dirk Thieme (IDTA, Volkswagen) (angefragt)
- Hartmut Rauen (VDMA)
- Gunther Koschnick (ZVEI)
Moderation: Ken Fouhy
- Dr. Frank Melzer (Festo, Pl I4.0, ZVEI)
- Henrik Schunk (Schunk, VDMA)
- Rainer Brehm (Siemens, ZVEI)
- Dr. Dirk Thieme (Volkswagen, IDTA)
- MinR Stöckl-Pukall (BMWi)
- Prof. Jürgen Fleischer (KIT)
- Dr. Matthias Bölke Chairman Industrial Digital Twin Association Schneider Electric GmbH
- Cinzia Missiroli Director Standardization & Digital Solutions CEN-CENELEC
- Prof. Ju Yeon Lee Seoul National University of Science and Technology
- Dr. Wei Sha Vice Director China Electronics Standardization Institute
The name says it all, see you in Nuremberg!
Contact
Industrial Digital Twin Association e.V. (IDTA)
Lyoner Straße 18, 60528 Frankfurt am Main
Telefon: +49 69 6603 1939
E-Mail: info@idtwin.org
Are you interested in joining IDTA and shaping the future of the industry? Are you interested in the possibilities of the Digital Twin? We are looking forward to your email.