Digital Representations as Basis for Digital Twins in Plant Industry

Fundamentals, Particularities, Challenges and Possible Solutions

JournalIndustrie 4.0 Management
Issue Volume 38, 2022, Edition 5, Pages 21-24
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.30844/IM_22-5_21-24
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The use of Digital Twins offers a wide range of applications and opportunities for optimized processes along the entire life cycle of technical systems. However, this concept encounters specific characteristics in plant industry within the development, the construction and operation phase of plants. This article describes these special characteristics and the resulting challenges for the creation and operation of Digital Twins in plant industry. The concept of “Digital Representation” as a basis for Digital Twins is presented together with its prerequisites and potentials.

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