{"id":8030,"date":"2018-03-20T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=8030"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:38:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T11:38:18","slug":"digital-twins-with-industrialphysics-simulation-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/digitale-zwillinge-mit-simulationssoftware-industrialphysics\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulation software: \u201eDigital twins\u201c speed up commissioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\">Development and commissioning processes for machines and systems can be significantly accelerated with \u201edigital twins\u201c. Packaging technology companies also use simulation software.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><strong>Simulation software<\/strong> improves and accelerates development and production processes. During the ongoing operation of a system or during development, all process steps are synchronised in a so-called <strong>digital twin<\/strong> mapped. Any errors are analysed and eliminated in a continuous commissioning process. In the packaging industry, Bosch Packaging Technology, Krones and Somic, among others, have optimised their processes with simulation software from Munich-based \u201emachineering GmbH &amp; Co.KG\u201c. After all, commissioning times can be reduced by up to 75 per cent and throughput times by up to 15 per cent.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><b>Integrate simulation software from the very first idea<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\">When planning new systems, the simulation software should be integrated into the planning process right from the initial idea. <strong>Development processes<\/strong> be integrated. The Munich-based company \u201e<strong>machine engineering<\/strong>\u201c emphasises that its \u201eindustrialPhysics\u201c software is predestined to act as a cross-divisional platform. \u201eIndustrialPhysics\u201c makes it possible to verify the current state of development at any time and to check its feasibility with other areas. The <strong>Specialist areas of mechanics, electrics and software<\/strong> can access the same models at the same time and edit them in their native development environments. Finally, the joint further development is immediately tested in interaction using the simulation.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-588395103\"><div id=\"packa-4141975\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\">This makes it easier for users to utilise \u201e<strong>industrialPhysics<\/strong>\u201c by being integrated into more and more design and development software. It was only in December 2017 that \u201emachineering\u201c announced that it would be cooperating with Solidpro GmbH in future. The Bechtle Group company provides \u201e<strong>Solid Works<\/strong>\u201c, a widely used CAD software tool.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><b>Consistent development is ensured<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\">Software-supported simulations are changing system development. Instead of taking one path when commissioning a system, as was often the case in the past, and then taking a step back and choosing an alternative solution in the event of a fault, a new approach is now taking place. <strong>Continuous commissioning<\/strong> takes place. All components of a machine are brought together and optimised in digital simulation media. This ensures the consistency of the development.<\/p><div id=\"packa-425221168\" class=\"packa-inhalt\"><!--noptimize--><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2686439340972671\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2686439340972671\" data-ad-slot=\"6171251825\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><!--\/noptimize--><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\">The simulation software also supports machine operators during operation. Systems can be simulated in real time. A \u201edigital twin\u201c is created, so to speak. Digital twins are helpful for localising and rectifying any faults without long machine downtimes. Changes can also be simulated virtually in different variants before the most promising option is transferred to the real system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201eMachineering\u201c has developed the \u201e<strong>machineering Digital Twin<\/strong>\u201c offers a simulation solution in which the digital twin is not installed in the company cloud. Instead, it runs as a separate virtual module based on real-time data directly in the control cabinet of a system. The digital twin provides all the data required for a smooth process during ongoing production operations. Even the calculation of complicated geometric models is possible without any problems.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8033\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8033 size-large\" title=\"\u201eBosch Packaging Technology\u201c uses industrialPhysics from machineering\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/LDF_Real-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\u201eBosch Packaging Technology\u201c uses industrialPhysics from machineering\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/LDF_Real.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/LDF_Real-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/LDF_Real-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/LDF_Real-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201eBosch Packaging Technology\u201c develops its control software in parallel with a \u201eHardware in the Loop\u201c module. (Image: Robert Bosch GmbH)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><b>Bosch Packaging Technology tests control software virtually<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\"><a name=\"__DdeLink__365_1653249734\"><\/a> In the packaging sector, for example <strong>Bosch Packaging Technology<\/strong> on \u201eindustrialPhysics\u201c. The machine manufacturer wanted to test its control software early on in the development process so that mechanical and electrical assembly would not be delayed by the late commissioning of the software. Now both development processes run in parallel. The software is tested with a \u201e<strong>Hardware in the Loop<\/strong>\u201c module (HIL). \u201eThe HIL software test on the virtual machine, including the simulation of the product transport, is certainly the greatest benefit for us. This allows us to carry out tests on the control software at an early stage and react immediately if necessary,\u201c says Dominik Unger, responsible for simulation at Bosch Packaging Technology.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><b>Krones uses \u201eindustrialPhysics\u201c in its own simulation tool<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\">The packaging and filling specialist <strong>Krones<\/strong> AG optimised the commissioning times of its machines and systems in series production with the help of \u201eindustrialPhysics\u201c. In product development, the software is used to test the PLC software even before the system prototype or control cabinet has been manufactured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Krones even goes one step further: \u201eWe have developed our own tool with which we create our simulation models in the most efficient and effective way possible. We use various data sources and prepare them for \u201aindustrialPhysics\u2018 in a way that is suitable for simulation,\u201c says Andreas Jeziorowski, the developer at Krones responsible for engineering, development and the standardisation of virtual commissioning.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><b>Somic is pleased about faster real commissioning<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\">Since 2012, the packaging machine manufacturer has <strong>Somic<\/strong> GmbH &amp; Co. KG relies on \u201eindustrialPhysics\u201c. Commissioning is prepared virtually to such an extent that the real work at the customer's premises can later be carried out easily, quickly and safely. \u201eWe wanted to use simulation to significantly reduce the commissioning time by testing the program without the hardware, enable simultaneous program and machine optimisation and achieve an increase in quality in the project process,\u201c reports Eric Lah, Head of Electrical Design at Somic.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Digital twins speed up commissioning. 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