Digital Twin + Industrial Internet for Smart Manufacturing: A Case Study in the Steel Industry
Figure 7: Smart Apps for the iron-and-steel plant
With such a horizontally scalable industrial
internet
platform
deployed
in
a
manufacturing environment, no matter how
complex and large it is, the complete
production assets and processes can be
represented, configured and managed with
the Digital Twin Framework. Data across all
assets, processes and systems can be
gathered, pre-processed, stored and
managed into a single data framework.
Supported by such a framework, many data
analytic models can be run and managed
within that single model framework. Relying
on the Digital Twin Framework, many
software applications can be developed, ran
and maintained within a single application
DevOp framework.
U SE C ASE IN AN I RON - AND -S TEEL
PLANT
We deployed the Yo-i Thingswise iDOS, an
industrial internet platform with a digital
twin framework—based on the architecture
framework described above—in an iron-
and-steel plant. This plant has an
approximately 300 metric-ton production
capacity located in Shandong, China.
Just like a typical iron-and-steel plant, this
plant has a high level of automation
implemented in the production equipment.
The platform collects data mostly from
automation systems such as SCADAs and
industrial meters measuring temperature,
pressure and flow-rate.
Based on the potential return of value, we
developed and installed a number of smart
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