Application of a Digital Twin Model in the Packaging Process of the Panel Furniture Industry

Abstract

The packaging process in panel furniture manufacturing enterprises is the final process in production. However, there exists a lack of effective interaction and integration between the manufacturing processes and the information system. This challenge becomes more significant in the context of intelligent manufacturing. To address this, we propose a generalized digital twin workshop model for the packaging process in panel furniture manufacturing enterprises. Using this model, we establish a digital twin workshop for Company W’s packaging process, which improves interaction and integration with the information system. By analyzing the data from the workshop service system and the workshop twin data, we identify inefficiencies in the automatic packaging line and propose an optimization scheme using the digital twin workshop model. Through simulation in the virtual workshop and actual verification, we demonstrate that the proposed scheme improves the production efficiency of the automatic packaging line by approximately 20 percent and reduces the need for 5 to 6 packaging workers. Our study presents a new solution for upgrading the information system in the packaging process of panel furniture, contributing to the development and optimization of the furniture industry in the era of intelligent manufacturing.