Digital twins-based remote semi-physical commissioning of flow-type smart manufacturing systems
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Original language | English |
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Article number | 127278 |
Journal / Publication | Journal of Cleaner Production |
Volume | 306 |
Online published | 26 Apr 2021 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2021 |
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Abstract
The COVID-19 has become a global pandemic that dramatically impacted human lives and economic activities. Due to the high risk of getting affected in high-density population areas and the implementation of national emergency measures under the COVID-19 pandemic, both travel and transportation among cities become difficult for engineers and equipment. Consequently, the costly physical commissioning of a new manufacturing system is greatly hindered. As an emerging technology, digital twins can achieve semi-physical simulation to avoid the vast cost of physical commissioning of the manufacturing system. Therefore, this paper proposes a digital twins-based remote semi-physical commissioning (DT-RSPC) approach for open architecture flow-type smart manufacturing systems. A digital twin system is developed to enable the remote semi-physical commissioning. The proposed approach is validated through a case study of digital twins-based remote semi-physical commissioning of a smartphone assembly line. The results showed that combining the open architecture design paradigm with the proposed digital twins-based approach makes the commissioning of a new flow-type smart manufacturing system more sustainable.
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- COVID-19 pandemic, Digital twins, Manufacturing system commissioning, Remote semi-physical commissioning, Smart manufacturing
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Digital twins-based remote semi-physical commissioning of flow-type smart manufacturing systems. / Leng, Jiewu; Zhou, Man; Xiao, Yuxuan et al.
In: Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 306, 127278, 15.07.2021.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review