Design of material sorting teaching experimental platform based on digital twin
In order to solve the problems of insufficient teaching equipment and limited training field in many institutions,based on digital twin technology,we built a material sorting teaching experimental platform through NX MCD three-dimen-sional modeling design,PLC virtual environment design,and PLC program design.In this experimental platform,mechanical models such as conveyor belts,pushing mechanisms,and blocking mechanisms established in NX MCD are used as the con-trolled objects,and virtual PLC created in PLCSIM Advanced is used as the controller.Virtual PLC can control the actions of the virtual mechanical model through PLC programs by establishing signal mapping between NX MCD and PLC,thus reali-zing the digitization of the teaching experiments.