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ARC’s European Industry Forum, part of the successful series of worldwide conferences in Europe, America and Asia, has been held in Sitges (Barcelona), Spain on May 15 - 17, 2023. The event offered exclusive presentations and workshops on strategies and case studies in line with this year’s topic “Managing Industry Evolution in Times of Global Disruption” to its 160 international participants from 20 countries.
Digital Twins is Key in Digitalization
The workshop provided a deeper insight into digital twins in industrial applications, discussing benefits, challenges of implementation and possible business cases. Experts from different industry sectors shared their knowledge and experiences about digital twins.
The introduction to the topic was done by Rüdiger Ammann, responsible for Systemhouse I4.0 at ZF Group. He illustrated that a closed loop and consistent flow of information is the key to success when integrating a digital twin solution. Challenges that they faced is the interoperability of the data and the necessity of asset administration leveraging the benefits of a digital twin.
While Rüdiger focused on the discrete side of manufacturing, Bart Moors from Siemens switched the focus to digital twin solutions in process industries by showcasing three different examples how digital twins benefitted the end users. While the Sinopec SEI solution was improving engineering by providing a simple collaboration through COMOS, the digital mine project of Anglo Quellaveco showed the true power of digital twins as it will be used as a blueprint for all Anglo American mines.
Robert Szukalski from Software Defined Automation (SDA) provided insights in the virtualization of the controller. This offers many new possibilities to PLC management and code versioning, as well as browser-based automation IDEs.
Finally, Jan Metzner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) outlined AWS’s approach and how data handling, storing and managing is one of the main factors enabling digital solutions. From data usage for simulation of the control and manufacturing process to actual operations driven by data used in digital twin solutions. Data is the main driver behind the digitalization and the challenge is how to make the most of it.
ARC’s European Industry Forum & Platform
We like to thank our sponsors, who supported the ARC EIF 2023, and all our speakers and presenters, who made the event interesting, exciting and memorable.`
To complement the Forum, ARC Europe offers its online platform https://arc-industry-forum-europe.arcweb.com/en/, accessible 365 days a year. Its goal is to maintain the flow of information, and to foster network opportunities. On the platform you will find information concerning relevant economic developments and information on automation markets, as well as our quarterly industry webinars.
Materials and presentations from the Forum will be made available on our platform https://arc-industry-forum-europe.arcweb.com/en/ after registration, depending on the package chosen. Forum attendees can download presentation slides, view video recordings and receive further materials on the platform.
For more information, please contact Ann-Kathrin Blech (mailto:ablech@arcweb.com).