Crane Company Extends Family with Digital Twins

(Image courtesy of Konecranes.)

Konecranes, the Finnish manufacturer of lifting equipment and cranes, had been wishing it had a twin. Really, who doesn’t? The wish was granted after the company licensed Siemens MindSphere, an open source, cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform, and Teamcenter for product lifecycle management (PLM). The combination is working to make digital twins of the company’s prototypes.
Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical assets that can be…


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