DOI: 10.18503/1995-2732-2024-22-2-163-169
Abstract
In the modern world, with the development of digital technologies, companies need to maintain a sufficient level of competitiveness to remain relevant in the market. Therefore, a crucial task for every enterprise is to improve their processes to enhance the product quality and reduce production waste. One of the tools of the upcoming digitalization is additive manufacturing, which, unlike subtractive manufacturing, provides for greater customization and lower labor costs. The aim of this study is to explore the possibility of integrating a digital twin into the additive manufacturing process to enhance the quality of the produced goods. Quality assurance is one of the key tasks in additive manufacturing. Measures for quality assurance in the production process and, particularly, the inspection of the quality of finished parts, require a significant amount of time and resources. Most existing approaches to quality assurance have been developed for conventional manufacturing methods such as milling or turning and have been optimized over time. However, these approaches are not easily applicable to additive manufacturing due to unique characteristics of the process. Originality lies in developing the concept of part virtual control based on the digital twin in additive manufacturing. As a result, the article presents an approach to part virtual control based on the digital twin in additive manufacturing, describes the concept of the digital twin, and defines a usage scenario for ensuring the product quality. The concept under study can be used as one of the possible solutions for implementing a holistic approach to quality assurance throughout the technological chain of additive manufacturing.
Keywords
digital transformation, Industry 4.0, 3D printing, additive technology, digital twin
For citation
Khomyakov N.V. A Concept of Part Quality Virtual Control in Additive Manufacturing Based on a Digital Twin. Vestnik Magnitogorskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tekhnicheskogo Universiteta im. G.I. Nosova [Vestnik of Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University]. 2024, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 163-169. https://doi.org/10.18503/1995-2732-2024-22-2-163-169
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