2017 | Benjamin Schleich, Nabil Anwer, Luc Mathieu, Sandro Wartzack
The paper "Shaping the Digital Twin for Design and Production Engineering" by Benjamin Schleich, Nabil Anwer, Luc Mathieu, and Sandro Wartzack explores the concept of digital twins in manufacturing. The authors propose a comprehensive reference model based on Skin Model Shapes, which serves as a digital twin of the physical product throughout its lifecycle. This model addresses key properties such as scalability, interoperability, expansibility, and fidelity, and includes operations like composition, decomposition, conversion, and evaluation. The paper reviews the evolution of the digital twin concept, discusses its current industrial applications, and highlights the limitations in implementing digital twins. It also introduces a reference model that ensures these properties and demonstrates its application in geometrical variations management. The authors conclude by emphasizing the importance of this model for both research and industrial applications, aiming to provide a theoretical framework for further development and discussion.The paper "Shaping the Digital Twin for Design and Production Engineering" by Benjamin Schleich, Nabil Anwer, Luc Mathieu, and Sandro Wartzack explores the concept of digital twins in manufacturing. The authors propose a comprehensive reference model based on Skin Model Shapes, which serves as a digital twin of the physical product throughout its lifecycle. This model addresses key properties such as scalability, interoperability, expansibility, and fidelity, and includes operations like composition, decomposition, conversion, and evaluation. The paper reviews the evolution of the digital twin concept, discusses its current industrial applications, and highlights the limitations in implementing digital twins. It also introduces a reference model that ensures these properties and demonstrates its application in geometrical variations management. The authors conclude by emphasizing the importance of this model for both research and industrial applications, aiming to provide a theoretical framework for further development and discussion.