Integration of model based system engineering into the digital twin concept
Yübo Wang, Tanja Steinbach, Jonathan H. Klein, Reiner Anderl
Abstract
For some years now, digitalization has made its way into all phases of the product life cycle. With the help of the modeling language SysML, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) represents a modern approach in product development. At the same time, the technologies of Industrie 4.0 and digital twin are opening up a new level of efficiency to producing companies. But entertainment technology is also finding its way into business: Virtual Reality (VR) provides an immersive and cost-effective way to perceive products in the early stages of product development. In order to provide these with quickly available data for display and simulation, it is worthwhile to expand the MBSE approach. This work describes how a product model can be extended by a simulative function structure. On the one hand, this work describes how the Cameo System Modeler can be used to extend a product model with a simulative functional structure. On the other hand, it explains how to extend an existing product model by modeling the information required to efficiently and consistently translate an Engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM) into a Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM).