Originally designed as an exchange format for engineering data, AutomationML™ was enhanced by the partners of the AutomationML Association from science and industry. It is now a powerful description format and has been standardized internationally (IEC 62714). AutomationML is an open standard, which means that it is immediately available to any organization free of charge.
We use AutomationML for the self-description of devices, machinery and equipment and of controls and network components, broken down into products, processes and resources. This includes the geometry and kinematics of the objects in a factory, their logic and behavior as well as logical and physical interfaces. A higher-level AutomationML model integrates the individual models. It visualizes the interaction between factory, lines, equipment, topology and the integration in the plant network.
Ask our experts for sample models or join us in creating your own sample – taken from your organization.
Currently, we provide the following tools, which your developers can use themselves:
- Our CAEX Importer allows you to create AutomationML models on the basis of data from any engineering tool.
- Our CAEX Mapping consolidates various individual models of devices and machines to form an overall AutomationML model.
- The access to libraries of existing (partial) models facilitates the work of planners; to this end, they use the CAEX Editor.
- Our AutomationML Modeller simplifies the navigation and visualization of comprehensive and highly interconnected AutomationML models for your engineers.
- In the Automation TestCenter, a web system we operate on behalf of the AutomationML Association, you can find out if the created models comply with the AutomationML specifications.
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