The benefits of digital twins in the glass industry
Hardware, software, communication, security, and services
The benefits of digital twins in the glass industry
Hardware, software, communication, security, and services to establish a
self-contained link between virtual and real production.
Digitalization has become a key topic for almost all businesses in the
glass industry, and the necessary technologies are now available. But along
with progress come new questions: for example, how to start the
digitalization process, and where? And what are the benefits to the bottom
line? Learning more about digital twins will bring you closer to the answers.
The well-planned digital glass company: The underlying principle is
based on an integrated concept of the much-vaunted digital twin, or more
specifically, the digital twins of product, process, and plant design, a
digital twin covering all aspects of engineering and commissioning, and a
digital twin for ongoing glass production.
“The goal is a closed circuit that connects the virtual world of product development and production planning with the physical world of production system performance and product performance.”
Tobias Wachtmann, Head of Vertical Glass & Solar at Siemens.
The digital twin helps glass manufacturers, machine builders, and plant manufacturers to use the right infrastructure (hardware, software, communication, security, services) to establish a self-contained link between virtual and real production. Using this link, they can optimize virtual production using the performance digital twin of the real production process. When the simulation process has been completed and these optimization scenarios have been put into practice, the cycle starts over.
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