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Virtual Commissioning of Linked Cells Using Digital Models in an Industrial Metaverse.
- Source :
- Automation (2673-4052); Mar2024, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Various software environments have been developed in the past to create digital twins of single cells or a digital twin of a factory. Each environment has its own strengths and weaknesses and has been designed with a specific focus. The environments that are able to holistically simulate complete factories are limited in terms of the modelling details required for the analysis of single manufacturing cells (e.g., manufacturer-independence of the individual digital twins) and their ability for virtual commissioning. This paper presents three options for realising a virtual commissioning of linked cells using a 3D integration platform with NVIDIA Omniverse, consisting of two different digital models fused into a combined model, also representing material flow. First, with a source/sink solution and unidirectional connector controlled by OPC UA; secondly, with a bidirectional connector, developed in the course of this elaboration, and an extension of the 3D integration platform controlled by Apache Kafka; thirdly, with a bidirectional connector and using only an extension of the 3D integration platform. The research demonstrates that virtually commissioning multiple linked digital twins from different manufacturers in a 3D platform with material flow makes a significant contribution to the industrial metaverse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26734052
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Automation (2673-4052)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176266465
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/automation5010001