Abstract
As for many industrial sectors, the trend towards a deep grade of digitization of mechatronics systems is ascending considerably year after year. Advantages of digitization are manifold, going from the possibility to test real-case scenarios with cost-effective simulation tools, to the chance to control and optimize real systems by means of their virtual replicas. As a result, enabling technologies such as Digital Twin are in their prime of development. This work intends to contribute to research in this field with a successful application case in a learning factory lab environment. Scope of this work is the modelling, simulation and control of a transfer line, along with the mechatronic equipment operating on it. The simulated system will complete the functionalities and potentialities of the virtual replica of the line in the framework of a Digital Twin-enabled demonstrator. Limitations and future improvements of this work-in-progress activity are also highlighted.