Industrial Development Hub Digital Twin for Remote Control Testing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current industrial automation systems face challenges in efficient design and testing due to complex workflows, long development cycles, and the need for physical systems to be purchased and installed before realistic testing can begin, leading to project delays and cost overruns.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based Industrial Development Hub (IDH) system that provides a repository for storing and analyzing industrial control projects, allowing for real-time design feedback, simulation of industrial automation systems, and remote testing through digital twins, thereby streamlining the design and testing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical industrial automation systems are purchased and installed before testing, then realistic testing can be performed, but project delays and cost overruns occur due to long development cycles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital twin (virtual copy) of the industrial automation system that replicates the physical system's behavior, structure, and parameters. This digital replica enables realistic testing and simulation without requiring the physical system to be built first, thereby reducing development time while maintaining testing realism.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary design, simulation, and testing in the virtual environment before physical implementation. By conducting all necessary validation and optimization in the digital twin beforehand, the patent eliminates the need for iterative physical prototyping, significantly shortening the development cycle.
2Reliability
If physical systems are installed before testing, then realistic testing can be performed, but costs increase due to premature physical implementation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a digital twin as a virtual substitute for the physical system during the testing phase. This copying approach allows comprehensive and realistic testing to be performed in the virtual environment, eliminating the need for expensive premature physical implementation while maintaining test validity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the physical mechanical system with a virtual computational model for testing purposes. By substituting the physical system with a digital replica, the patent enables testing without incurring the costs associated with manufacturing, installing, and maintaining physical hardware during the development phase.
3Reliability
If complex workflows are used for industrial control project design, then comprehensive control is achieved, but design efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically analyzes the uploaded control project, extracts relevant information, and provides real-time feedback by populating the digital twin with system parameters, assets, and relationships. This automated feedback loop eliminates manual design steps while maintaining comprehensive control, thereby improving design efficiency without sacrificing control quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital twin system performs self-population and self-analysis by automatically processing the control project data and generating the virtual model. This self-service capability reduces the need for manual intervention in complex design workflows, streamlining the process while maintaining comprehensive system control.
Data Source
AI summary
An industrial development hub (IDH) supports industrial development and testing capabilities that are offered as a cloud-based service. The IDH comprises an enhanced storage platform and associated design tools that serve as a repository on which customers can store control project code, device configurations, and other digital aspects of an industrial automation project. The IDH system can facilitate discovery and management of digital content associated with control systems, and can be used for system backup and restore, code conversion, and version management. The IDH also supports simulation-based design and testing tools.