THINGWORX - ANSYS

VALUE OF IOT AND SIMULATION

Davide De Cesaris
Senior Presales Technical Specialist @ PTC

Fabio Bonsanto
Application Engineer @ ANSYS

ANSYS Innovation Conference, Bologna (Italy) - 13 June 2018

PERVASIVE ENGINEERING SIMULATION WITH ANSYS

Operation,
Concept Design Detailed Design
Maintenance & Service

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WHAT IS A SIMULATION-BASED DIGITAL TWIN?
• Connected, virtual replica of an in-service physical
asset, in the form of an integrated multi-domain system
simulation, that mirrors the life and experience of the
asset
• Enables system design and optimization, predictive
maintenance and optimize industrial asset
management

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DIGITAL TWIN = IOT + SIMULATION

Simulation-driven Product Operation

IIoT Platform

Connect

Simulation
Platform
Think

Physical Act
world

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SOURCE CONTEXTUALIZE SYNTHESIZE ORCHESTRATE ENGAGE
Synthesize – Other Analytics Engines

Simulation
Data flow
Platform

Scores and predictions

Analytics Manager
ANSYS SIMULATION PLATFORM
Systems

Semiconductor Mission-critical
Structures Fluids Electromagnetics Optical
Power Embedded Software

Platform

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SIMULATION-BASED DIGITAL TWIN VALUE
As Designed As Operated
MULTIPHYSIC SYSTEM SIMULATION INTEGRATED IOT ASSETS & ECOSYSTEMS
Digital Signatures

Virtual Sensors

Operational Decisions
Design Decisions
• Prognostics/Life
• Cost
• Performance Mgt./Opt.
• Weight
• Diagnostics/FMEA/RCA
• Efficiency
• Fleet Optimization
• Robustness

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STORYBOARD: DIGITAL TWIN SERVICE AND VIRTUAL
SENSORS

1 2 3 4 5

Remote Alert Monitor Asset Analyze Optimize Resolve

Connected Asset raises Asset conditions can be Engineering intelligence Corrective and/or Solutions are applied to
alerts to start service experienced with is available for service preventative actions can the physical asset
activity ThignWorx applications professionals be validated via digital
including contextually accelerating triage and simulation
aware simulation models root cause analysis

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MOTOR-PUMP DIGITAL TWIN

Motor-Pump in Operation Motor-Pump Digital Twin

Industrial IoT Platform
(PTC ThingWorx) Simulation
Big Data Streaming Platform
Big Data Analytics
History, Triggers
Data Inputs
Security
Connectivity

Preventive Maintenance Simulation Outputs

Value Added Services
Pump courtesy of Flowserve
Feedback to Engineering
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MOTOR-PUMP DIGITAL TWIN

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STORYBOARD: SIMULATION DRIVEN MACHINE LEARNING

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ANSYS TWIN BUILDER

Build an accurate
Connect the Twins Physics-Based
to IIoT Platforms Digital Twin
and Deploy Run times in record time
In Operation System Simulation

System Predictive
Maintenance

System Validation &

Optimization

Validate and Optimize

the Twin

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SUMMARIZE TAKEAWAYS

• PTC and ANSYS have developed a framework which allows customers

to build Predictive Digital Twins, combining ANSYS simulation
technology and PTC’s IoT Analytics to predict how an industrial
component operates and responds to its environment.
• The resulting solution enables companies to improve product design,
lower maintenance costs, and streamline operations.

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Thank you!

Questions?