The Blurring Line between Virtual Commissioning and Digital Twins
This article is a republish of our original article from April 2020, and was one of our most popular. Take another look this week if you haven’t read this article before! FMI, IoT, AR,...
Using Digital Twins for Mechatronics
This is a case study that was originally published at maplesoft.com – visit their site to see the full story. In almost every aspect of life today, new and complex technologies exist to improve...
Fix Design Issues Earlier Using Digital Twins
Imagine yourself in the midst of designing a new product – say, a new kind of aerial working platform for the construction industry. After months or years of work, you’re nearing the finish line,...
Vibration Control of a Warehousing Cable Robot
A few weeks ago, we covered some top applications of digital twins, including large scale robots, injection molding machines, and more. These applications relate to the dynamic, physics-based digital twins that we focus on...
Cable-Driven Robots and Digital Twins
Whenever you introduce a new kind of system in a machine design, there’s going to be a set of new engineering challenges to consider. A new system could involve the addition of hydraulic actuators,...
Using Digital Twins after the Pandemic
By all accounts, many of us are in the homestretch of the COVID-19 pandemic. While certain countries continue to experience rising cases, the overall picture is now one of mass-vaccinations, improved treatments, and optimism....
Top 4 Applications for Digital Twins
The technology behind digital twins (and virtual commissioning) range widely, so it’s no wonder that these terms have seemed to pop up everywhere in automation recently. In the most general sense of the term,...
Virtual Commissioning Tutorial with B&R Tools
While we finish gathering responses to our virtual commissioning survey, let’s take a deeper look at how virtual commissioning looks with one of our most popular automation vendors – B&R Industrial Automation. Our video...
Fixing Vibrations on Aerial Work Platforms
While we gather results from all of you on our virtual commissioning survey, there’s some news to share in the world of industrial machines – namely, a company that used virtual commissioning when diagnosing...
A Virtual Commissioning Survey
Over the last couple years, we’ve covered all the ins and outs of both digital twins and virtual commissioning. Now, it’s time to hear from our community, with a virtual commissioning survey! Take a...