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What can be obtained from a Digital Twin

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Furthermore, thanks to rapid prototyping, by running the design in an operational context, errors in the prototype can be detected early. Smart logistics ( very relevant ). Logistics processes can be visualized in a digital twin, which can then be adapted to the data in real time according to different needs and options.

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Scape Technologies, Danish Technological Institute, and AMT join in a new EUROSTARS Project: Just in Time 3D Printing Production

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Although the terms “3D printing” and “rapid prototyping” are casually used to discuss additive manufacturing, each process is a subset of additive manufacturing. Currently the industry uses post-processing methods that are labour intensive, dusty, energy-inefficient and environment-polluting.