Digital Twin
A digital twin utilizes connected smart technologies to create a digital replica of physical assets and processes. Until recently, implementation of a Digital Twin in a cost-effective manner was in many cases not feasible. IoT, Big Data, and companies such as Google open sourcing their AI platforms have opened the door to practical application and implementation of digital twin technology.
The online operational digital twin is based on massive, cumulative, real-time, real-world data measurements across an array of dimensions. These measurements create an evolving profile of your assets and processes in the digital world for historical, current, and future behavior of the physical plant assets and processes occurring within that plant. The digital twin can provide important insights upstream and downstream to identify opportunities to fine tune system performance. With knowledge comes power, leading to actions in the physical world such as a change in manufacturing process or the ability to execute maintenance long before a failure occurs, eliminating unplanned downtime and damage propagation.
