The 33rd CIRP Design Conference, which was organized by Prof. Ang Liu and Prof. Sami Kara of the  University of New South Wales (UNSW) , addressed challenges for engineering design. On the one hand, it presented new solutions to a variety of significant engineering challenges in the post-pandemic world that can be addressed with innovative design thinking. On the other hand, transformations of engineering design towards higher intelligence and digitalization were presented. A contribution of ConSensE to address these challenges was provided by Tobias Reichenstein, Spyridon Georg Koustas, Alexander Roßner, Moritz Meiners and Jörg Franke with the publication "Toward a structured concept for purpose-driven modeling of a digital shadow in manufacturing", which provides a process model for purpose-driven conceptualization of digital shadows in manufacturing.



Abstract

The growing relevance of Industry 4.0-related technologies and the transformation towards service-oriented business models in manufacturing requires relevant, high-quality data. The digital representation of operation and manufacturing under a specific purpose is called a digital shadow (DS). Although this purpose represents the decisive factor between different digital shadows, its systematic determination has been addressed insufficiently. Therefore, this paper presents a systematic, purpose-driven modeling approach for the digital shadow supporting manufacturing companies in developing a data basis for applications. This approach is applied to a crimping machine as an example and will be optimized in future evaluations.