Manufacturing 4.0: Checking the Feasibility of a Work Cell Using Asset Administration Shell and Physics-Based Three-Dimensional Digital Twins
Feasibility checking is a step in manufacturing system engineering for verifying the normalization and effectiveness of a manufacturing system associated with a specific configuration of resources and processes. It enables factory operators to predict problems before operational time, thus preventin...
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| author | Quang-Duy Nguyen Yining Huang François Keith Christophe Leroy Minh-Thuyen Thi Saadia Dhouib |
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| description | Feasibility checking is a step in manufacturing system engineering for verifying the normalization and effectiveness of a manufacturing system associated with a specific configuration of resources and processes. It enables factory operators to predict problems before operational time, thus preventing equipment and machinery accidents and reducing labor waste in physically organizing the shop floor. In Industry 4.0, feasibility checking becomes even more critical since emerging challenges, such as mass personalization, require reconfiguring work cells quickly and flexibly on demand. Regarding this need, digital twin technologies have emerged as an ideal candidate for practicing feasibility checking. Indeed, they are tools used to implement digital representations of manufacturing entities that can constitute a digital environment and context. Factory operators can test a manufacturing process within a digital environment in different contexts before the execution with physical resources. This approach currently receives significant attention from the manufacturing community; however, there is still a lack of sharing experiences to implement it. Thus, this paper contributes a methodology to engineer a digital environment and context for a manufacturing work cell using AAS digital twins and physics-based 3D digital twins technologies. Technically, this methodology is a specific case of N-DTs, a general methodology for engineering heterogeneous digital twins. The product assembly line case study, also presented in this paper, is a successful experiment applying the above contributions. The two methodologies and the case study can be helpful references for both public and private sectors to deploy their feasibility-checking frameworks and deal with heterogeneous digital twins in general. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8b51d23d9fb42b4bc40fd541b728ba02024-02-23T15:25:00ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022024-01-011229510.3390/machines12020095Manufacturing 4.0: Checking the Feasibility of a Work Cell Using Asset Administration Shell and Physics-Based Three-Dimensional Digital TwinsQuang-Duy Nguyen0Yining Huang1François Keith2Christophe Leroy3Minh-Thuyen Thi4Saadia Dhouib5Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, F-91120 Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, F-91120 Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, F-91120 Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, F-91120 Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, F-91120 Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, F-91120 Palaiseau, FranceFeasibility checking is a step in manufacturing system engineering for verifying the normalization and effectiveness of a manufacturing system associated with a specific configuration of resources and processes. It enables factory operators to predict problems before operational time, thus preventing equipment and machinery accidents and reducing labor waste in physically organizing the shop floor. In Industry 4.0, feasibility checking becomes even more critical since emerging challenges, such as mass personalization, require reconfiguring work cells quickly and flexibly on demand. Regarding this need, digital twin technologies have emerged as an ideal candidate for practicing feasibility checking. Indeed, they are tools used to implement digital representations of manufacturing entities that can constitute a digital environment and context. Factory operators can test a manufacturing process within a digital environment in different contexts before the execution with physical resources. This approach currently receives significant attention from the manufacturing community; however, there is still a lack of sharing experiences to implement it. Thus, this paper contributes a methodology to engineer a digital environment and context for a manufacturing work cell using AAS digital twins and physics-based 3D digital twins technologies. Technically, this methodology is a specific case of N-DTs, a general methodology for engineering heterogeneous digital twins. The product assembly line case study, also presented in this paper, is a successful experiment applying the above contributions. The two methodologies and the case study can be helpful references for both public and private sectors to deploy their feasibility-checking frameworks and deal with heterogeneous digital twins in general.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/12/2/95Industry 4.0digital twinfeasibility checkingAASPapyrus for manufacturingphysics-based 3D |
| spellingShingle | Quang-Duy Nguyen Yining Huang François Keith Christophe Leroy Minh-Thuyen Thi Saadia Dhouib Manufacturing 4.0: Checking the Feasibility of a Work Cell Using Asset Administration Shell and Physics-Based Three-Dimensional Digital Twins Machines Industry 4.0 digital twin feasibility checking AAS Papyrus for manufacturing physics-based 3D |
| title | Manufacturing 4.0: Checking the Feasibility of a Work Cell Using Asset Administration Shell and Physics-Based Three-Dimensional Digital Twins |
| title_full | Manufacturing 4.0: Checking the Feasibility of a Work Cell Using Asset Administration Shell and Physics-Based Three-Dimensional Digital Twins |
| title_fullStr | Manufacturing 4.0: Checking the Feasibility of a Work Cell Using Asset Administration Shell and Physics-Based Three-Dimensional Digital Twins |
| title_full_unstemmed | Manufacturing 4.0: Checking the Feasibility of a Work Cell Using Asset Administration Shell and Physics-Based Three-Dimensional Digital Twins |
| title_short | Manufacturing 4.0: Checking the Feasibility of a Work Cell Using Asset Administration Shell and Physics-Based Three-Dimensional Digital Twins |
| title_sort | manufacturing 4 0 checking the feasibility of a work cell using asset administration shell and physics based three dimensional digital twins |
| topic | Industry 4.0 digital twin feasibility checking AAS Papyrus for manufacturing physics-based 3D |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/12/2/95 |
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