Digital twin-enabled machining process modeling

Abstract

Considering the new generation of information technology, the digitalization and intellectualization of the machining process have become the major core in intelligent manufacturing. The complex and diverse requirements, as well as the processing sites force the machining sequence to move towards cyber-physical integration. This paper presents a multidimensional modeling approach for machining processes, by introducing Digital Twin (DT) technology. The method is oriented towards the design and execution phases of the machining process and is used to support intelligent machining. The working mechanism of modeling, simulation, prediction and control of machining process is described based on the interpretation of the modeling and application methods of machining process design, inspection process, fault diagnosis and quality prediction, as based on digital twin technology. Finally, key components of diesel engines are targeted as test objects, demonstrating increased material removal rate by 5.1%, reduced deformation by 22.98% and 30.13%, respectively, verifying the effectiveness of the applied framework and the proposed method.