Digital twin driven smart manufacturing

Digital Twin Driven Smart Manufacturing examines the background, latest research, and application models for digital twin technology, and shows how it can be central to a smart manufacturing process. The interest in digital twin in manufacturing is driven by a need for excellent product reliability, and an overall trend towards intelligent, and connected manufacturing systems. This book provides an ideal entry point to this subject for readers in industry and academia, as it answers the questions: (a) What is a digital twin? (b) How to construct a digital twin? (c) How to use a digital twin to improve manufacturing efficiency? (d) What are the essential activities in the implementation of a digital twin? (e) What are the most important obstacles to overcome for the successful deployment of a digital twin? (f) What are the relations between digital twin and New Technologies? (g) How to combine digital twin with the New Technologies to achieve high efficiency and smartness in manufacturing? This book focuses on these problems as it aims to help readers make the best use of digital twin technology towards smart manufacturing.

Front Cover; Digital Twin Driven Smart Manufacturing; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Background and Connotation; 1 Background and Concept of Digital Twin; 1.1 Background of the Development of Digital Twin; 1.2 History of Digital Twin; 1.3 Concept of Digital Twin; 1.3.1 Theoretical Definition of Digital Twin; 1.3.2 Digital Twin in the Views of Enterprises; 1.3.3 Cores of Digital Twin: Models, Data, Connections, and Services; 1.4 Digital Twin and Related Concepts; 1.4.1 Digital Twin and Physical/Virtual Space; 1.4.2 Digital Twin and Virtual Prototype; 1.4.3 Digital Twin and PLM

1.4.4 Digital Twin and Digital Asset/Enterprise/Industry1.4.5 Digital Twin and Digital Thread; 1.4.6 Digital Twin and Digital Shadow; 1.5 Value of Digital Twin; 1.5.1 Increasing Visibility; 1.5.2 Reducing Time to Market; 1.5.3 Keeping Optimal Operation; 1.5.4 Reducing Energy Consumption; 1.5.5 Reducing Maintenance Cost; 1.5.6 Increasing User Engagement; 1.5.7 Fusing Information Technologies; 1.6 Summary; References; 2 Applications of Digital Twin; 2.1 Digital Twin in Product Lifecycle; 2.1.1 Digital Twin in Design Stage; 2.1.2 Digital Twin in Production Stage

2.1.3 Digital Twin in Service Stage2.1.4 D…