卡尔玛新闻摘要，2018年6月14日
卡尔玛为码头行业唯一开放式接口的自动化平台Kalmar Key推出首个应用密匙（Application Key），Kalmar Key于2017年9月发布。这款应用密匙开创了卡尔玛集成系统在‘AutoRTG自动化轮胎式龙门吊搭配组合人工水平运输设备’码头的最优模式。该应用包含通用接口说明、支持集成的高级业务流程说明、Kalmar Key伙伴论坛使用权和软件开发包。
Kalmar Key提供通用的系统架构，用于构建基于卡尔玛码头物流系统（TLS）的端到端和定制自动化解决方案。通过发布该应用接口，卡尔玛旨在促进集装箱码头的自动化应用并支持整个行业的向前发展。卡尔玛新型应用接口通过明确阐述“开箱即用”支持何种应用程序逻辑，从而为码头自动化项目带来更为顺畅的部署路径及更易预测的结果。客户在借鉴之前操作的同时，可将系统集成工作量和定制代码使用量降至最低。不仅如此，码头运营商可充分利用成熟和已通过测试的代码库。
卡尔玛软件和自动化开发副总裁Tommi Pettersson表示：“我们坚信通过共享卡尔玛应用接口和集成模型，可促成健康、开放的行业对话，从而加速自动化应用的发展步伐，使自动化部署过程更加顺畅。此外，客户将在定制化方面获得更大灵活性，并建立适合自身业务发展的全自动化解决方案。”
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has published the first application key for Kalmar Key, the terminal industry's first automation platform with open interfaces launched in September 2017. The Kalmar Application Key opens up Kalmar's best-practice model for systems integration in terminals that follow the 'AutoRTG with coupled manual horizontal transportation' concept. It includes generic interface specifications, high-level business process descriptions to support integration, and access to the Kalmar Key partner forum and a software development kit.
Kalmar Key provides a common system architecture for building end-to-end, customised automation solutions using the Kalmar Terminal Logistics System (TLS) as a basis. By publishing application interfaces, Kalmar aims to facilitate the adoption of container terminal automation and support the development of the entire industry. The goal with the new application key is to enable a smoother path and more predictable end results for terminal automation projects by describing more clearly what kind of application logic is supported 'out of the box'. This allows customers to take advantage of learnings from previous implementations while minimising the amount of system integration work and the use of customised code. Instead, terminals can take advantage of a proven and tested code base.
Furthermore, Kalmar is aiming to engage in an open discussion with customers, terminal design consultants and competitors about the optimal way to integrate and standardise an automated terminal operating concept.
Kalmar Key will also open up the application-independent core software components of the Kalmar TLS, known as platform keys, for use by developers. This will enable customers to tailor their automation system with the help of a third-party partner in ways that were previously not possible - for example, by extending the system with any brand of equipment. Kalmar will publish first platform keys later this year.
To coincide with the publication of the first application key, Kalmar is also announcing the launch of the Kalmar Key partner forum - a one-stop-shop for developers, customers and partners that will host discussion forums, Q&A resources and document and software downloads. The forum will be developed in phases, with new content added throughout 2018.
Tommi Pettersson, Vice President, Software and Automation Development, Kalmar: "We believe that by sharing our application interfaces and integration models we can facilitate a healthy and open dialogue in our industry that will help speed up the pace of automation adoption and make implementation much smoother. Furthermore, customers will gain even greater flexibility in terms of customisation possibilities, which will help them build complete automation solutions that are exactly right for their business."
Further information for the press:
Tommi Pettersson, Vice President Software and Automation Development, Kalmar, tel. +358 40 755 6135, tommi.pettersson@kalmarglobal.com
Maija Eklöf, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Kalmar, tel. +358 20 777 4096, maija.eklof@kalmarglobal.com
Kalmar offers the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centres and to heavy industry. Kalmar is the industry forerunner in terminal automation and in energy efficient container handling, with one in four container movements around the globe being handled by a Kalmar solution. Through its extensive product portfolio, global service network and ability to enable a seamless integration of different terminal processes, Kalmar improves the efficiency of every move. www.kalmarglobal.com
Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales in 2017 totalled approximately EUR 3.2 billion and it employs over 11,000 people. www.cargotec.com
