Industrial Tool Configuration Platform With Digital Machine Replicas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Configuring and implementing optimal industrial tool solutions is challenging due to the complexity of interactions between tools, machines, and workpiece materials, and existing systems lack effective data management and project management tools.
Innovation Solution
A computer-based platform (DCX platform) that integrates modules for solutions, machines, projects, and workpiece features, enabling data gathering, analysis, exchange, and display, along with collaboration tools for industrial tool solutions, facilitating interactions among providers, distributors, and end-users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple configurations of industrial tool solutions are manually analyzed and selected, then expertise and customization can be applied, but the process becomes extremely time-consuming and complex for users to configure and implement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital replica (digital twin) of the physical industrial tool solution ecosystem. Virtual models of tools, machines, and workpieces allow users to configure, simulate, and analyze tool configurations in a virtual environment before physical implementation, dramatically reducing configuration time while maintaining expertise-based decision-making through embedded knowledge bases and AI assistance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures tool solutions, compatibility rules, and performance parameters in advance within the digital twin environment. By performing preliminary analysis, compatibility checking, and optimization in the virtual space before physical deployment, the system eliminates time-consuming manual trial-and-error configuration while preserving expert-level customization capabilities.
2Manufacturing precision
If comprehensive data about tool configurations, machines, and workpieces is collected and analyzed, then optimal solutions can be determined, but the system complexity and data management requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple data management functions (tool configuration, machine parameters, workpiece specifications, compatibility rules, and performance optimization) into a single integrated digital twin platform. This unified system consolidates scattered data sources and management processes, reducing overall system complexity while enabling comprehensive analysis for precise tool configuration through centralized data handling and AI-driven optimization.
3Reliability
If digital twins and virtual simulations are implemented, then compatibility and performance can be verified before physical deployment, but the initial system development and computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The digital twin system is segmented into modular components representing different physical elements (tools, machines, workpieces, fixtures). Each component can be independently created, validated, and managed, then assembled into complete tool configurations. This modular approach reduces implementation complexity by breaking down the large-scale digital twin development into manageable segments while maintaining system-wide reliability through virtual simulation and compatibility verification.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-based system is provided for processing information associated with industrial tool solutions. The system may include a digital platform for executing the tasks of various functional modules that provide a virtual toolbox within the platform. In one aspect, a solutions module receives information associated with multiple configurations of different industrial tool solutions, and displays graphical representations associated with each of the industrial tool solutions. A machines module is programmed for receiving information associated with machines associated with use of the industrial tool solutions, and also can display a digital replica of each machine. A project module is programmed for receiving and displaying project information including the industrial tool solution information and machine information. Another module in the virtual toolbox is a workpiece features module which receives and displays parameters or attributes of a workpiece to be processed in association with a given industrial tool solution.