Driving efficiency and agility with end-to-end line management
Bridging the physical and virtual worlds to streamline production lines and accelerate innovation
Modern manufacturers face intense pressure from labor shortages, shifting demand, and the constant push for innovation. The Virtual Twins for Smart Factory Innovation Testbed demonstrates how virtual twin experiences can help overcome these challenges by enabling a seamless connection between physical production lines and their digital counterparts.
The virtual twins testbed explores an end-to-end smart factory scenario. It includes a live demonstration integrating virtual production line development and commissioning, real-time monitoring, management, maintenance, and analysis. The setup connects an experiential website, a SaaS-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform, and physical hardware for a fully integrated view of production dynamics.
This virtual twins testbed contributes to industry advancement in the following ways:
Innovation: Driving innovation by virtually simulating production lines, allowing manufacturers to test new configurations, optimize workflows, and implement changes with minimal disruption to operations.
Reduced Commissioning Time: Accelerating the commissioning process for production facilities by enabling virtual validation before physical deployment, reducing costs and speeding time-to-market.
Continuous Improvement: Leveraging operational data for ongoing enhancements in performance, quality, and resource utilization, helping organizations implement lean, data-driven strategies.
Improved Prediction Accuracy: Enhancing the ability to predict outcomes accurately through real-time data integration and modeling, leading to better planning, risk mitigation, and decision-making.
Decreased Downtime: Reducing maintenance-related downtime by enabling predictive maintenance and early fault detection, increasing operational reliability and equipment lifespan.
Increased First Pass Yield: Improving the quality and efficiency of production processes by identifying potential defects early in the virtual design phase, resulting in fewer errors and higher output consistency.
Smart Factory Transformation: Supporting successful digital transformation of manufacturing plants by demonstrating how digital twins integrate with IoT, AI, and automation technologies to create responsive, future-ready operations.
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