A Digital Twin is an application of technologies that includes connections between physical and virtual elements coupled with simulation, real-time data capture, and closed-loop feedback. The Digital Twin is a virtual equivalent of a real-world system or an object. The Digital Twin represents the dynamic behaviour regarding how a physical element operates and works through its life cycle. A digital twin is based on a set of models that describe a product, a system, a person, an infrastructure, or a process. A digital twin is a linked collection of virtualizations, including high-fidelity simulation, design data, engineering data, and operational and behavioural descriptions.
Digital Twins deliver value to the manufacturing business such as improving efficiency, improving yields, decreasing costs, and decreasing energy consumption. The DT computing environment is a virtual element that can be continuously kept up to date with new information about the physical object. The Digital Twin can also provide optimized control of the operating equipment on the manufacturing shop floor.