Abstract

Establishing production environments requires joint decision-making by stakeholders from many disciplines at different levels of aggregation, because of the significant, unpredictable, and risky investments involved. Pilot plants offer a platform to develop, test, improve, and upscale (parts of) a production environment. They consist of physical and virtual components that are integrated, based on the digital twin concept. This concept synthesises sensoring/measurement ( in situ and ex situ ) with the modelling and simulation of existing and evolving resources/processes at operational, tactical, and strategic levels. Virtual dashboards supplement the pilot plant to provide an insightful basis for decision-making for all the perspectives and stakeholders involved.

Highlights

  • Over the years, the number of tools, techniques, and methods that industrial engineers have available to them has increased significantly

  • The engineering landscape has widened to well-nigh the entire life cycle of both products and production environments

  • Pilot plants provide a new paradigm for establishing production environments without the customary disadvantages and disruptions

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Summary

Nov 2018

Establishing production environments requires joint decisionmaking by stakeholders from many disciplines at different levels of aggregation, because of the significant, unpredictable, and risky investments involved. Pilot plants offer a platform to develop, test, improve, and upscale (parts of) a production environment. They consist of physical and virtual components that are integrated, based on the digital twin concept. This concept synthesises sensoring/measurement (in situ and ex situ) with the modelling and simulation of existing and evolving resources/processes at operational, tactical, and strategic levels. Om produksie-omgewings te ontwikkel, vereis gesamentlike besluitneming deur belanghebbendes uit baie dissiplines op verskillende vlakke van aggregasie, weens die beduidende, onvoorspelbare, en riskante beleggings betrokke. Virtuele gebruikerkoppelvlakke vul die proeffabriek aan om ’n insiggewende basis te bied vir besluitneming vir alle betrokkenes en belanghebbendes

INTRODUCTION
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PRODUCT DESIGN AND THE PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
Process-oriented and information-driven development
ISSUES IN PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS FOR AGILE MANUFACTURING
PILOT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS
Use case scenario
Existing assets
Selection of alternatives
Constitution of pilot plants
Learning in pilot plants
Making information available and fit for decision-making
DIGITAL TWIN AS THE ENGINE FOR PILOT PLANTS
What-if analyses
VIRTUAL DASHBOARD
Findings
CONCLUDING REMARKS
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