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Virtual Commissioning of Linked Cells Using Digital Models in an Industrial Metaverse

  • Various software environments have been developed in the past to create digital twins of single cells or a digital twin of a factory. Each environment has its own strengths and weaknesses and has been designed with a specific focus. The environments that are able to holistically simulate complete factories are limited in terms of the modelling details required for the analysis of single manufacturing cells (e.g., manufacturer-independence of the individual digital twins) and their ability for virtual commissioning. This paper presents three options for realising a virtual commissioning of linked cells using a 3D integration platform with NVIDIA Omniverse, consisting of two different digital models fused into a combined model, also representing material flow. First, with a source/sink solution and unidirectional connector controlled by OPC UA; secondly, with a bidirectional connector, developed in the course of this elaboration, and an extension of the 3D integration platform controlled by Apache Kafka; thirdly, with a bidirectionalVarious software environments have been developed in the past to create digital twins of single cells or a digital twin of a factory. Each environment has its own strengths and weaknesses and has been designed with a specific focus. The environments that are able to holistically simulate complete factories are limited in terms of the modelling details required for the analysis of single manufacturing cells (e.g., manufacturer-independence of the individual digital twins) and their ability for virtual commissioning. This paper presents three options for realising a virtual commissioning of linked cells using a 3D integration platform with NVIDIA Omniverse, consisting of two different digital models fused into a combined model, also representing material flow. First, with a source/sink solution and unidirectional connector controlled by OPC UA; secondly, with a bidirectional connector, developed in the course of this elaboration, and an extension of the 3D integration platform controlled by Apache Kafka; thirdly, with a bidirectional connector and using only an extension of the 3D integration platform. The research demonstrates that virtually commissioning multiple linked digital twins from different manufacturers in a 3D platform with material flow makes a significant contribution to the industrial metaverse.show moreshow less

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Author:Marco UllrichORCiD, Rashik Thalappully, Frieder HeieckORCiDGND, Bernd Lüdemann-RavitORCiDGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/automation5010001
Identifier:2673-4052 OPAC HS OPAC extern
Parent Title (English):Automation
Publisher:MDPI
Place of publication:Basel
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2024/02/02
Year of first Publication:2024
Tag:NVIDIA Omniverse; USD; digital model; digital twin; industrial metaverse; virtual commissioning
Volume:5
Issue:1
Number of pages:12 Seiten
First Page:1
Last Page:12
Institutes:IPI – Institut für Produktion und Informatik
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften
Open Access:open_access
Research focus:FSP3: Produktion
Publication Lists:Heieck, Frieder
Lüdemann-Ravit, Bernd
Ullrich, Marco
Thalappully, Rashik
Publication reviewed:begutachtet
Release Date:2024/02/12
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