The Fluid 4.0 project provides end users with a secure data space that enables the reliable exchange of information between components and systems, thereby significantly simplifying collaboration. The Asset Administration Shell forms the foundation for digitalization by providing structured and standardized data.
Practical use cases such as control system development, energy monitoring, carbon accounting, and the circular economy clearly demonstrate the benefits of digitalization. Uniform standards and targeted transfer measures ensure that solutions can be integrated across the industry and used sustainably.
The project was launched at the initiative of the VDMA Fluid Power Association, Bosch Rexroth, and TU Dresden. It is carried out and supported by a consortium of 15 project partners and 18 associated partners from across the fluid power sector as well as from various customer industries. The project involves stakeholders from a variety of fields.
Fluid 4.0 addresses the key challenges in fluid power by connecting data, systems, and stakeholders across manufacturers and organizations. Through open standards, interaction concepts, and practice-oriented demonstrators, the project lays the groundwork for interoperability and new forms of collaboration in the digital data space. The following objectives illustrate how Fluid 4.0 is shaping this transformation in concrete terms.
Objective
#1
To develop submodels for Asset Administration Shells enabling system management across various use cases
Objective
#2
To develop a framework for collaboration between manufacturers, plant and machinery manufacturers, end users, and service providers
Objective
#3
To create a data space for the cross-industry exchange of information on fluid power products & systems
Objective
#4
To develop and deploy demonstrators for the transfer of project results as (open) test environments
