Market trends and business perspectives
Seeing double? That’s a good thing when it comes to improving efficiency and anticipating problems in refineries.
A refinery is a high stakes environment with no room for error.
Operators must learn how to run production facilities, but training on the real asset would be risky. A minor error could put workers in harm or cause downtime, costing hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. [Read more…] about What is a ‘digital twin’ and why it matters
Rockwell Automation and Ansys have agreed a strategic partnership aimed at driving quicker time to market and operational efficiency for customers.
The two companies – market leaders in industrial automation and design simulation – help customers realize better business outcomes through simulation-based digital twins.
Rockwell and Ansys say that their initiative means that industrial companies now have “access to a streamlined, holistic, end-to-end solution for design, automation, production and lifecycle management”. [Read more…] about Rockwell Automation and Ansys agree strategic partnership
B&R has integrated its “industrialPhysics” simulation tool into its Automation Studio engineering environment.
The company says the 3D simulation software greatly simplifies model-based machine development, enabling easier digital twin development.
B&R says developers can import CAD data from machine components or entire machines directly into the simulation tool, and then they can quickly and easily generate a digital twin for developing and testing the machine software. [Read more…] about B&R unveils new simulation tool for digital twin development
DHL has released a new Trend Report, Digital Twins in Logistics, at the inaugural Internet of Things (IoT) Day, at DHL’s Innovation Centre in Germany.
The report explains the concept and rise of digital twins as well as how it creates value.
The technology, which involves using digital models to better understand and manage physical assets is already well established in some industries and has the potential to significantly change logistics operations.
[Read more…] about DHL Trend Report: Digital twins to significantly improve logistics operations
Jonathan Wilkins, marketing director of obsolete industrial components supplier, European Automation explains the concept of “digital twins” and the impact it will have on industry
Until the beginning of the 21st century, the only way to get information about the status of operating industrial equipment was to inspect it.
Today, increased computing power and connectivity are making it possible to virtualise this task by creating and maintaining a digital twin of anything from electric motors to programmable logic controller (PLC) systems. The concept doesn’t stop at industrial facilities. It’s predicted that by 2018, we will begin to see the first stages of digital twins for entire cities being developed. [Read more…] about Increasing connectivity of industrial equipment with ‘digital twins’
