All about Digital Twin
Peggy Smedley and Jeff Winter talk about digital twin and simulation. He says a digital twin takes a real-life object and creates an exact copy of that same object in the digital world; meanwhile, a simulation is a virtual model of a system or process, but it is typically used to predict or analyze its behavior under different conditions and usually is not connected to the real world.
They also discuss:
Where the digital thread comes in. Industry examples of a digital twin that everyone has likely used and one in an industrial setting. The importance of data integration, interoperability, and scalability.
Questions Jeff answers in this episode:
What’s the difference between digital twin and a simulation?
Is it digital twin or bust? Or are there levels?
How does the digital thread fit in?
Can you give us an industry example?
What are the challenges?
Sources Referenced:
Michael Grieves - Origins of the Digital Twin Concepts 2016: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307509727_Origins_of_the_Digital_Twin_Concept
ISO 23247 Digital Twin Framework for Manufacturing: https://www.ap238.org/iso23247/
IEEE - Digital Twin: Enabling Technologies, Challenges and Open Research: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1911/1911.01276.pdf
CIO Magazine - Rolls-Royce turns to digital twins to improve jet engine efficiency: https://www.cio.com/article/188765/rolls-royce-turns-to-digital-twins-to-improve-jet-engine-efficiency.html
Better Buildings - Ford Motor Company: Dearborn campus uses a digital twin tool for energy plant management: https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/implementation-models/ford-motor-company-dearborn-campus-uses-digital-twin-tool-energy-plant
Procedia Manufacturing - A case-study in the introduction of a digital twin in a large-scale smart manufacturing facility 2020: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978920320837/pdf?md5=37697532afb4ea7498d5b05c68dd5904&pid=1-s2.0-S2351978920320837-main.pdf
Gartner - Digital Twin a Compelling Doppelganger 2018: https://www.gartner.com/en/supply-chain/insights/power-of-the-profession-blog/digital-twin-compelling-doppelganger
