In April 2023, Purdue University opened a new Gateway complex (Dudley and Lambertus Hall) for Engineering and Purdue Polytechnic students. The new facility covers around 255,000 gross square feet and is furnished with numerous classrooms, design studios, collaboration/study rooms, and manufacturing facilities. To support the various manufacturing programs offered in these labs, it is crucial for the Polytechnic to establish a digital framework tailored to these labs. Once in place, those who run the labs can conduct tests, optimize space utilization, reduce downtime, and carry out detailed analyses of the processes and equipment within the labs. Our project is important because we are trying to start and implement a digital twin of Bay 3030 in the smart factory lab to help us collect data into a database and manipulate the data for the machines in the digital version.
Team 22: Development of Digital Twin for Smart Learning Factory, Smart Foundry, IoT Lab, and Process lab for the Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program
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Problem Statement
The Smart Learning Factory uses an OPC UA server with Kepware to collect and securely transfer data from PLCs, enabling users to control machines and processes remotely. The goal is to develop digital twins of lab stations for real-time data interaction.
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