Virtual Prototyping: Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for New Product Introduction
Shortening lifecycles and increasing complexity make product and production lifecycle processes more challenging than ever for manufacturing enterprises. Virtual Prototyping (VP) technologies promise a viable solution to handle such challenges in reducing time and physical builds as well as increasi...
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| description | Shortening lifecycles and increasing complexity make product and production lifecycle processes more challenging than ever for manufacturing enterprises. Virtual Prototyping (VP) technologies promise a viable solution to handle such challenges in reducing time and physical builds as well as increasing quality. In previous studies, the Digital Twin (DT) based Virtual Factory (VF) concept showed significant potential to handle co-evolution by integrating 3D factory and product models with immersive and interactive 3D Virtual Reality (VR) simulation technology as well as real-time bidirectional data synchronisation between virtual and physical production systems. In this article, we present an extension to the paper “Demonstrating and Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for Virtual Prototyping” presented at CARV2021. The study presents an evaluation by industry experts of the DT based VF concept for VP in the context of New Product Introduction (NPI) processes. The concept is demonstrated in two cases: wind turbine blade manufacturing and nacelle assembly operations at Vestas Wind Systems A/S. The study shows that the VF provides an immersive virtual environment, which allows the users to reduce the time needed for prototyping. The industry experts propose several business cases for the introduced solution and find that the phases that would have the most gain are the later ones (production) where the product design is more mature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b6abec2311764d26b5db656bc273efc72025-08-20T02:00:17ZengRiga Technical University PressComplex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly2255-99222021-12-0102911610.7250/csimq.2021-29.012742Virtual Prototyping: Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for New Product IntroductionEmre Yildiz0Charles Møller1Arne Bilberg2Jonas Kjær Rask3Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 16, 9220 AalborgCenter for Industrial Production, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 16, 9220 AalborgDepartment of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, 6400 SønderborgDIGIT, Aarhus University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Finlandsgade 22, 8200 Aarhus NShortening lifecycles and increasing complexity make product and production lifecycle processes more challenging than ever for manufacturing enterprises. Virtual Prototyping (VP) technologies promise a viable solution to handle such challenges in reducing time and physical builds as well as increasing quality. In previous studies, the Digital Twin (DT) based Virtual Factory (VF) concept showed significant potential to handle co-evolution by integrating 3D factory and product models with immersive and interactive 3D Virtual Reality (VR) simulation technology as well as real-time bidirectional data synchronisation between virtual and physical production systems. In this article, we present an extension to the paper “Demonstrating and Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for Virtual Prototyping” presented at CARV2021. The study presents an evaluation by industry experts of the DT based VF concept for VP in the context of New Product Introduction (NPI) processes. The concept is demonstrated in two cases: wind turbine blade manufacturing and nacelle assembly operations at Vestas Wind Systems A/S. The study shows that the VF provides an immersive virtual environment, which allows the users to reduce the time needed for prototyping. The industry experts propose several business cases for the introduced solution and find that the phases that would have the most gain are the later ones (production) where the product design is more mature.https://csimq-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/5309virtual factorydigital twinvirtual prototypingvirtual realitysimulation and modelingindustry 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Emre Yildiz Charles Møller Arne Bilberg Jonas Kjær Rask Virtual Prototyping: Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for New Product Introduction Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly virtual factory digital twin virtual prototyping virtual reality simulation and modeling industry 4.0 |
| title | Virtual Prototyping: Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for New Product Introduction |
| title_full | Virtual Prototyping: Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for New Product Introduction |
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| title_short | Virtual Prototyping: Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for New Product Introduction |
| title_sort | virtual prototyping evaluating the digital twin based virtual factory for new product introduction |
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