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Model-Based Interconnection of Digital and Physical Twins Using OPC UA

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Advances in Manufacturing, Production Management and Process Control (AHFE 2020)

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Abstract

The bidirectional connection of physical systems with their digital representations is a research question of recent times. This work presents a model-based connection of digital and physical twins. Therefore, we propose an approach for the bidirectional coupling of the twins using a central information point with integrated information model. Furthermore, the paper outlines use cases of visualization and remote control of a machine tool via its digital twin.

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Notes

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    Grbl v1.1- https://github.com/gnea/grbl-Mega (2020-02-14)

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    bCNC - https://github.com/vlachoudis/bCNC (2020-02-14)

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    Umati - https://vdw.de/technik-und-normung/umati/ (2020-02-14)

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    UaModeler - https://www.unified-automation.com/ (2020-02-14)

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    UaModeler - https://www.unified-automation.com/ (2020-02-14).

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    FreeOpcUa - https://github.com/FreeOpcUa/python-opcua (2020-02-14).

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    Siemens - Mechatronic Concept Design

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This work was funded by the Hessian LOEWE initiative within the Software-Factory 4.0 project.

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    Vladimir Kutscher, Johannes Olbort, Carsten Steinhauer & Reiner Anderl

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Kutscher, V., Olbort, J., Steinhauer, C., Anderl, R. (2020). Model-Based Interconnection of Digital and Physical Twins Using OPC UA. In: Mrugalska, B., Trzcielinski, S., Karwowski, W., Di Nicolantonio, M., Rossi, E. (eds) Advances in Manufacturing, Production Management and Process Control. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1216. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51981-0_23

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