Integration of a Digital Twin into Production Line Control

This paper represents a case study on proposing a Digital Twin of an experimental production line Agro, Food and Beverages Factory (AFB Factory) of Festo Didactic. Digital Twin is one of the Industry 4.0 technologies, even though not very developed, simulation and building Cyber-Physical Systems is essential for gathering data and improving production processes. In the research described in this paper, we focused on integrating production data with simulation models in order to make the process of understanding and learning about complex production systems as simple or as quick as possible. This paper consists of three sections. The first one introduces the theoretical fundamentals of our research. The second one focuses on the methods used to create a digital model of production system. The final one discusses the results of the conducted experiments, and their impact on further research.