What Is Digital Twin & What Are Its Strategic Possibilities?

blogverdict Ganesh Verma Feb 01, 2021
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As far as the quickest developing principle of Industries 4.0 is concerned, no one can beat digital twin technology. There are some prominent applications across some prominent industries, which says all about the increase in digital twin technology adaptation.

The relevant question now is "What Digital Twin Is." The digital twin is basically a simulated copy of a real-world object that operates in a simulated environment to measure the object's efficiency and functionality.

With the amalgamation of AI framework, IoT, and big data, digital twin gives you in-depth analysis of various things, including major barriers, insights on how to minimize disruptions, and evaluating market opportunities with potential outcomes, and enables you to develop custom products as per the clients' needs.

Gartner states in one of its reports that "13% of organizations implementing IoT projects already use digital twins, while 62% are either in the process of establishing digital twin use or plan to do so. The digital twin market is estimated to grow from $3.8 billion in 2019 to $35.8 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 37.8%."

Key Elements for Digital Twin

Past Data

All the past output records are captured from individual devices, particular structures, and collective procedures.

Current Data

Concrete data from equipment sensors, producing fields and equipment sources, and systems outputs in the distribution chain. Outputs from processes in other business segments, like customer support and buying, can also be used.

Future information

Machine learning along with engineering inputs.

The Benefits Of Digital Twins Include

Product monitoring

During its complete process, a digital twin keeps monitoring the product. IoT sensors continue giving updates about the product's output from time – to – time. Digital Twin processes all the data, and the outcome is continually improved.

Predictiveness

Since the digital twin makes it possible to forecast the future state of related company assets by using various simulation tools and assessing the impacts of any crucial matters to be tackled.

Better Coordination Between Teams

Automation of the system and accessibility to information systems 24-hours allow technicians to concentrate more on teamwork, contributing to increased efficiency and operational performance.

Digital Twin Use Cases 

Smart Cities

Digital Twin can significantly boost cities' to be advanced ecologically, economically, allowing users to build frameworks that direct their upcoming plans and help solve the complex problems that cities face. Digital Twin offers valuable real-time information in the event of any catastrophe such as earthquakes, including which areas are damaged, which hospitals may be affected, and thus helps urban planners to take decisive action.

Disaster Management

In recent times, climate change has had an impact on the world. Still, digital twins will continue to tackle this by intelligently building smarter infrastructure and services, designing incident response plans, and tracking climate crises.

Healthcare

By reviewing the records and background of patient wellbeing, Digital Twin offers benefits in healthcare. It's convenient for physicians to give their clients appropriate medicine.

Automotive Field

Digital Twins are used to constructing the digital prototype of a connected car in the automotive industry. Automotive companies use the technology to design the ideal automotive vehicle before the development begins. They model and evaluate the manufacturing process and potential problems when the vehicle hits the streets.

The Future Scenario

As we advance, digital twins will emerge as one of the essential IT tools in many industries, especially in manufacturing. Still, they will also revolutionize product development and product testing in a wide variety of areas. Therefore, almost every manufactured product could have its digital twin in the future as long as it is somehow generating data that can be captured and analyzed.

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