Siemens accelerates manufacturing breakthroughs in the real world by using digital twin technology to design, simulate, and optimize systems in the digital world. By replacing reactive scenarios with prescriptive roadmaps, Siemens empowers businesses to test and refine solutions, define a clear vision, and create roadmaps for tomorrow’s smart production systems. |
Siemens’ partnership with MxD fosters an environment where cutting-edge technologies and future possibilities are explored and brought to life. A founding partner, Siemens brings its digital manufacturing and cybersecurity solutions to the MxD Factory Floor, where innovative demonstrations shape tomorrow’s smart production systems. Through immersive, end-to-end physical and digital twins, businesses uncover insights that transform their processes and products, allowing them to operate at the highest levels of quality and efficiency.
Siemens and MxD collaborate to advance U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and workforce development through several key initiatives:
Siemens Digital Enterprise Experience Center: Housed within the MxD Factory Floor, this interactive environment merges the virtual and physical worlds to demonstrate how Industry 4.0 and digital twin technologies accelerate innovation. It features over a dozen stations and live software systems, serving as a blueprint for manufacturers embarking on their own digital transformation journeys.
Process Automation Testbed: In collaboration with Dow, Siemens established a testbed that uses its SIMATIC PCS neo process control technology to showcase the benefits of digitalization in process industries. This project demonstrates how a digital twin and connected mobile workers can achieve greater productivity, reliability, and safety by providing secure, remote access to critical diagnostic and maintenance information via various devices like tablets and laptops.
AI-Driven Robotics and Automation: Siemens has partnered with Teradyne Robotics (Universal Robots and MiR) to accelerate the adoption of AI-driven automation. The showcase at MxD replicates a real-world factory line where visitors can see how cobots and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) integrate seamlessly with Siemens’ automation systems, addressing challenges like labor shortages and enhancing operational efficiency in industries such as aerospace and consumer goods.
Secure 5G Network Platform: Recognizing the importance of cybersecurity in the industrial internet of things (IoT) era, Siemens and Betacom deployed a first-of-its-kind private 5G network platform at MxD. This platform operates behind a Siemens firewall, providing a secure, end-to-end connectivity solution for Industry 4.0 applications and demonstrating best practices for protecting operational technology (OT) environments.
Workforce Development and Education: Through the Siemens Foundation, MxD has received grants to develop cybersecurity in manufacturing workforce development programs. These initiatives aim to narrow the opportunity gap for young adults and equip the current workforce with the skills needed to protect against cyber threats and manage modern, digitized operations.
Admares was creating a fully automated factory for complete home production, but struggled with fragmented digital solutions. eXplore catalyzed their breakthrough via strategic vision alignment, immersive validation, and an industry-transforming end-to-end collaboration.
Construction innovator Admares initially perceived Siemens to be a provider of point solutions — but came to view the company as a comprehensive digital transformation partner with the capability to enable confident technology decisions via an integrated approach.
Problem – Finnish automated home manufacturing startup Admares was revolutionizing the $15 trillion construction industry, but they lacked the software capabilities to carry out their automation vision. The company’s approach was challenged by disparate digital point products versus more integrated capabilities.
Proposed solution – The Siemens team leveraged MxD eXplore to demonstrate its complete vision for Admares, including a more integrated approach that would enable the company to visualize their potential through real-world digital twin convergence applications.
Impact – The MxD eXplore experience delivered an immersive foundation for a comprehensive partnership spanning the entire product lifecycle.
A demonstration of product and factory digital twin convergence validated end-to-end capabilities that Admares could directly apply to their construction revolution.
“MxD exemplifies how innovation networks accelerate digital transformation – taking manufacturers from concept to roadmap through demonstrations and focused workshops. Their Chicago facility showcases how Siemens’ ability to combine the real and digital worlds helps them to chart a course to increased resilience, productivity and adaptability.”
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