Digital Twins – Marine
Digital twin – a revolution in shipbuilding
Traditionally, CAD ship design focuses on modelling a vessel in a digital environment, and then building it accordingly. Vast enhancements in computing power and information visualization have paved the way for a greater role for 3D models: to function as the digital twins of vessels.
A digital twin emphasizes a bi-directional information flow approach. The information flows not only from the digital asset (3D model) to the physical world, but also loops back, where information from the shipyard and production merges with the digital model.
An ideal approach is to create the digital twin incrementally where it stores and merges 3D models in various CAD formats and effectively integrates data from other systems, such as PDM/PLM/ERP/MES and more. Users have access to all this data using the latest advanced visualization technology and by extracting the required data on demand.
Implementation of a new ship design solution
It is not news to shipbuilders that there are benefits from a data-driven approach to shipbuilding: accelerating the time to market, reducing costs, and shortening lead-times to name a few. What is holding shipyards and ship design offices back from implementing these clearly beneficial solutions?
Read moreWhat is data-driven shipbuilding?
The Shipbuilding industry is currently undergoing a digital revolution that is creating and transforming business models. It is increasingly embracing the immense possibilities offered by advanced digitalization in the shipbuilding life cycle.
Read moreDrawingless production in data-driven shipbuilding
Can 3D models replace traditional design drawings? If the question were formulated like this, most people would answer in the affirmative. Several would question whether it has not already been achieved and, if not, that it was only a matter of time.
The role of CAD/CAM in data-driven shipbuilding
A common trend in modern CAD solutions is to look beyond creating the 3D model and extraction of production information. Incremental digital twin creation places the 3D model as the hub of the information model, adding layers of integrated non-centralized data.
Read moreWhat is at the core of data-driven shipbuilding?
Unlocking the full power of digitalization and fostering digital twins in the shipbuilding world has been a long-term dream. The basic idea is the creation of a digital double of a complex physical object, such as a vessel or offshore platform, to enable asset management and simulation processes.
Read moreReduce shipyard workshop hours by at least 15%
Data-driven shipbuilding and the digital transformation of operations present shipyards with the opportunity to achieve vast efficiency gains. The frequently occurred information flow gap can be bridged by linking 3D data with an integrated planning approach.
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