Assembly System Modeling with SysML and AutomationML for Configuration and Reconfiguration

Product individualization and the need to reduce lead times put increasing pressure on production system engineering. This includes the configuration of assembly systems regarding a new product variant. Therefore, model-based engineering is increasingly applied in development and configuration tasks. To combine the two popular practices of using SysML in product development and AutomationML in assembly system development, we propose to link both in an integrated modeling approach. It aims at a seamless assembly system configuration process building upon the capabilities of AutomationML for modeling and interconnecting products, processes, and resources, including their geometries, kinematics, and behaviors.