Publication detail

Implementation of Digital Twin for Engine Block Manufacturing Processes

BAMBURA, R. ŠOLC, M. DADO, M. KOTEK, L.

Original Title

Implementation of Digital Twin for Engine Block Manufacturing Processes

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The digital twin (DT) is undergoing an increase in interest from both an academic and industrial perspective. Although many authors proposed and described various frameworks for DT implementation in the manufacturing industry context, there is an absence of real-life implementation studies reported in the available literature. The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate feasibility of the DT implementation under real conditions of a production plant that is specializing in manufacturing of the aluminum components for the automotive industry. The implementation framework of the DT for engine block manufacturing processes consists of three layers: physical layer, virtual layer and information-processing layer. A simulation model was created using the Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (TPS) software. In order to obtain real-time status data of the production line, programmable logic control (PLC) sensors were used for raw data acquisition. To increase production line productivity, the algorithm for bottlenecks detection was developed and implemented into the DT. Despite the fact that the implementation process is still under development and only partial results are presented in this paper, the DT seems to be a prospective real-time optimization tool for the industrial partner.

Keywords

digital twin; manufacturing; engine block

Authors

BAMBURA, R.; ŠOLC, M.; DADO, M.; KOTEK, L.

Released

30. 9. 2020

Publisher

MDPI

Location

BASEL

ISBN

2076-3417

Periodical

Applied Sciences - Basel

Year of study

10

Number

18

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

10

Pages count

10

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/18/6578/htm

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/196659

BibTex

@article{BUT170065,
  author="Roman {Bambura} and Marek {Šolc} and Miroslav {Dado} and Luboš {Kotek}",
  title="Implementation of Digital Twin for Engine Block Manufacturing Processes",
  journal="Applied Sciences - Basel",
  year="2020",
  volume="10",
  number="18",
  pages="1--10",
  doi="10.3390/app10186578",
  issn="2076-3417",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/18/6578/htm"
}