AutomationML to describe skills of production plants based on the PPR concept

Flexibility and adaptability of production resources and production processes due to shortened product lifecycles and small lot sizes call for a virtual model of the production system which supports the time-consuming and error-prone re-engineering process. In such increasingly adaptive production systems, skills are used to describe generic capabilities of the production resources which can be matched to the requirements of the different production steps. The SkillPro1 project [1] aims to develop a holistic service-oriented framework for modelling and orchestration of modern adaptable production systems. This framework shall be based on standards, such as AutomationML and OPC UA.