Der Hybride Digitale Zwilling: eine praxistaugliche Verbindung von Simulation und operationellen Produktionssystemen

Digital Twins are currently a topic of much discussion in academia. However, they have yet to be transferred to general industrial practice because there are still significant challenges concerning their implementation. This paper proposes the concept of the Hybrid Digital Twin to address these challenges. At first, it will elucidate the concept and introduce a real-world prototype of an operational production line. Afterwards, it will validate the prototypical implementation and demonstrate a detailed strategy to calibrate it. Then the paper presents potential strategies to use the Hybrid Digital Twin in a production environment. Finally, further developments and remaining issues are discussed.