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MTConnect and Digital Twin Applications and Future Perspectives

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Digital Twins for Digital Transformation: Innovation in Industry

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Intelligent manufacturing ecosystem and using Industry 4.0 strategic plan as a one-stop-shop services promise increasing flexibility in the digital manufacturing process, mass customization of manufacturing integration, better quality, beneficially, and improved productivity. This chapter demonstrates state-of-art technologies that include several applications of MTConnect standard technology and the digital twin, and an affordable digital twin solution for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is proposed based on [1, 2]. The chapter points to current and future challenges, limitations, and necessary changes in a digital twin.

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  1. Computer and Information Sciences Department, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Fathi M. Sharadah & George Weir

  2. Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computer Technology, Tripoli, Libya

    Fathi M. Sharadah

  3. Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management Department, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Shawki Al-Dubaee

  4. Communication and Computer Engineer Department, Faculty of Information and Technology, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen

    Shawki Al-Dubaee

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M. Sharadah, F., Al-Dubaee, S., Weir, G. (2022). MTConnect and Digital Twin Applications and Future Perspectives. In: Hassanien, A.E., Darwish, A., Snasel, V. (eds) Digital Twins for Digital Transformation: Innovation in Industry. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 423. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96802-1_5

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