Smart Factories: Giving Form to Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing Industry
A Closer Look at Digital Twins, Virtual Factory Models that Expand the Potential of Their Real Counterpart
This article explores digital twins – models that reproduce the functionality, performance, conditions, and behavior of real-world equipment, production lines, and factories. Digital twins offer a glimpse of realistic future scenarios and can simulate an array of operating conditions so that optimal solutions can be found, enabling efficient, highly value-added factory operation.