Digital Twins of existing long-living assets: reverse instantiation of the mid-life twin
DS 119: Proceedings of the 33rd Symposium Design for X (DFX2022)
Year: 2022
Editor: Dieter Krause, Kristin Paetzold, Sandro Wartzack
Author: Keno Moenck (1), Fabian Laukotka (2), Dieter Krause (2), Thorsten Schüppstuhl (1)
Series: DfX
Institution: (1) Institute of Aircraft Production Technology, Hamburg University of Technology; (2) Institute of Product Development and Mechanical Engineering Design, Hamburg University of Technology
Page(s): 10
DOI number: 10.35199/dfx2022.20
Abstract
The added value of long-living assets declines during their lifespan, especially if they do not undergo regular planning intensive maintenance and retrofits. Here, the Digital Twin (DT) concept can support by representing the physical asset’s most recent state, typically based on data and information from product creation. However, in the depicted domain, the stakeholders of the product’s Mid-of-Life often do not have access to the early phases. Therefore, as often presented in current concepts, creating a holistic Digital Twin is not feasible. Instead, in the Mid-Life phase of long-living assets, only a use case-specific and demand-actuated Digital Twin is attainable. This instantiation requires a solid procedure, which will be elaborated on in this work.
Keywords: digital twin, long-living assets, retrofit