All products aim to be safe, but is it possible to make them even safer?  According to failed retiree, passionate digital twin expert and host-turned-guest Craig Brown, anything is possible with the aid of the digital twin.  On today’s episode of the Digital Enterprise Society podcast, Craig takes a turn in the guest seat to explore the safety net that the digital twin offers model based engineering.  With Thom Singer acting as solo host, Craig explains the digital twin in relation to everyday consumer life, defines the importance of understanding known unknowns, and highlights many of the unique and valuable safety benefits that the digital twin has to offer. 

 

On today’s podcast, you will learn:

How does the digital twin make products safer?

• The benefits of any product are enhanced by the presence of a digital twin. 
• Simulation can replace physical testing and eliminate its boundaries. 
• Sensors can be placed anywhere in a digital model, and need to be physically tested as well. 
• Simulations allow for easier discovery of the ‘known unknowns’. 

 

Understanding known unknowns

• When you don’t know why your power has gone out, it is a known unknown. 
• Engineers work to understand known unknowns and to improve upon them. 
• Although time consuming and expensive in physical testing, simulations allow for increased understanding in a more accessible and affordable environment. 

 

Additional insights into the benefits of the digital twin 

• Simulation can fool anyone into thinking they have the answers, so physical data still must be tested. 
• Increase in sensing data provides opportunities to make data better. 
• Potential lessons learned from the Internet of Things. 
• Simply stating that the digital twin will make a better product isn’t enough- the specifics are in the increased safety possibilities. 

 

Safety around the digital twin 

• The way we do quality management will continue to evolve.
• Quality people have the skills needed to improve safety where it’s needed most. 
• Phone updates illustrate the benefit of agile development. 
• Unknown unknowns offer an entirely new level of system robustness. 
• The digital twin is a context that helps improve understanding and improves the maturity scale on any topic quickly. 

 

Continue the conversation with us within the Digital Enterprise Society Community at www.DigitalEnterpriseSociety.org.

 

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