Digital Twins for Machines and Processes
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Abstract
This two-day course covers key aspects involved in setting up and operating Digital Twins in various industrial settings. The course is set up as a general introduction to Digital Twins where we tackle the key ingredients for applications ranging from improved design of mecha(tro)nic systems to improved process control. We will present a holistic framework to initiate Digital Twin development, and provide an overview with practical examples and algorithms to achieve various benefits from these methodologies. We will present a clear overview of realistic value which can be expected, as well as highlight limitations in practice. In this course we will give an overview on possibilities on the types of systems which can be supported by Digital Twin technology (and how they should be set up), how relevant data can be collected, different types of virtual representations of the real system, and various methods to deploy Digital Twins from design to state-estimation. Finally we will demonstrate the Digital Twin methodology on several examples, from academic cases to industrial applications.
Teachers / speakers
Frank Naets
Chair Digital Twin for Smart and Sustainable Products
Research topics:
- Flexible multibody simulation
- Model reduction
- State-input-parameter estimation
Bert Pluymers
Dr. Ir. Bert Pluymers is appointed as Senior Industrial Research Manager at KU Leuven, where he is the contact and interface person for technology transfer for the division LMSD (Leuven Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics). In this role he is a bridge-builder between industry and academia. He is also the coordinator of the Flanders Make @ KU Leuven Community, i.e. the KU Leuven participation within the Flemish strategic research centre for the manufacturing industry – Flanders Make. He is active in European research platforms such as EARPA (European Automotive Research Partners Association), 2Zero (Towards zero emission road transport co-programmed partnership), CCAM (European partnership on Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility), EFFRA (the European Factories of the Future Research Association) and the new Virtual Worlds Public-Private-Partnership. He is one of the driving forces behind the Straight-through-Digitalization in manufacturing concept, which also shapes one of the industry Use Cases within FAIR. Linked to this concept, he is one of the initiators of the brand-new KU Leuven/Vives Infinity Lab in Kortrijk.
Simon Vanpaemel
Structural simulation specialist
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