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Siemens’ Digital Twin technology gives Orient Express Racing Team & K-Challenge the edge for America’s Cup

2024년 8월 20일
Plano, Texas, USA

  • America’s Cup team uses Siemens Xcelerator software to create a digital twin to simulate hydraulics and aeronautic systems of the yacht in the water through virtual and immersive experiences

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that the Orient Express Racing Team is using the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to aid in preparation for upcoming 37th America’s Cup and to gain competitive advantage.

The Orient Express Racing Team, founded by sports tech company K-Challenge, brings together some of the best French athletes, engineers, technicians and experts with the aim of winning the most prestigious international sailing competitions, including the America’s Cup. Mastering this ultra-competitive environment is the drive behind the company’s creativity and capacity for innovation.

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Orient Express Racing Team, the French Challenger for the 37th America’s Cup, uses Siemens Xcelerator software to create a digital twin to simulate hydraulics and aeronautic systems of the yacht in the water through virtual and immersive experiences (Image credit: Martin Keruzoré / Orient Express Racing Team)

Working in close collaboration with Siemens’ Simcenter Engineering Services, Orient Express Racing Team is gaining an understanding of real-world performance of the hydraulic flight and aeronautic systems that control sails and rudder/foil flaps actuation. Digital twins of these systems have been built, parameterized and functionally validated, along with dedicated libraries, that help ensure the layout and interface are comprehensive and easy to operate in a multi-disciplinary team effort spanning the Performance, Mechatronic and Hydraulic groups.

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Working in close collaboration with Siemens’ Simcenter Engineering Services, Orient Express Racing Team is gaining an understanding of real-world performance of the hydraulic flight and aeronautic systems that control the sails and rudder/foil flaps actuation. (Image credit: Alexander Champy-McLean / Orient Express Racing Team)

“Sailing boats have dramatically changed since the arrival of foil technology enabling them to fly above the water. Managing two fluids and all the new aerospace flying technologies has become a real challenge as the game is completely changed,” said Stephan Kandler, CEO K-Challenge and Orient Express Racing Team. “Digital twins and virtual testing became a major breakthrough to enhance the R&D of the boats besides real sailing. Having Siemens on our side was a key element of K-Challenge Racing & LAB's strategy in the America’s Cup but also for other developments in the maritime transport decarbonation."

“Siemens is incredibly proud to work with K-Challenge and the Orient Express Racing Team to help them in their bid to succeed in the 37th America’s Cup race,” said Jean-Marie Saint-Paul, CEO, Siemens Digital Industries France and CEO, Siemens Digital Industries Software France. “The work achieved through our technical collaboration now and during the forthcoming race shows how the benefits of digital twins of complex systems can leverage the use of real time data in one of the most competitive sporting environments.”

When the team finds that performance is deviating from expectations, data from the water is taken as reference and the engineers introduce modifications in the systems model (for example, to find suspected leaks in the hydraulic systems) to try and match simulation results and data – which allows them to target inspection and maintenance more accurately and efficiently.

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Orient Express Racing Team uses Siemens Xcelerator software to create a digital twin to simulate hydraulics and aeronautic systems of the yacht in the water through virtual and immersive experiences while preparing for the America’s Cup (Image credit: Alexander Champy-McLean / Orient Express Racing Team)

As the team prepares for the race, there is also potential to use the same digital twin-based systems model, already prepared for real-time performance, to be exploited for streaming live data from the race to the models and to compare the response in real time. Additionally, when the boat is not at sea, the systems models are connected to K-Challenge’s virtual-reality simulator. Finally, there is also potential to work control systems control strategy and test multiple scenarios virtually before testing in the water.

To learn more about how Siemens’ Digital Twin technology is helping K-Challenge and the Orient Express Racing team to prepare for the forthcoming 37th America’s Cup, watch our video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hj_FF-Gsa8

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2023년 9월 30일 종료된 2023 회계연도에 지멘스 그룹의 매출액은 778억 유로, 순이익은 85억 유로다. 2023년 9월 30일 기준 전 세계적으로 32만 명의 직원이 근무하고 있다. 자세한 내용은 www.siemens.com에서 확인할 수 있다. 

지멘스디지털인더스트리(Siemens Digital Industries, DI)는자동화및디지털화분야의혁신리더이다. DI는파트너및고객사와긴밀히협력해프로세스및개별산업의디지털혁신을추진하고있다. DI는디지털엔터프라이즈포트폴리오를통해다양한규모의기업에엔드-투-엔드제품과솔루션, 서비스를제공해전체가치사슬을통합하고디지털화한다. 각산업의개별요구사항에최적화된 DI 고유의포트폴리오는고객이생산성과유연성을확대할수있도록지원한다. DI는최첨단기술을통합하기위해자체포트폴리오를지속적으로혁신하고있다. 지멘스디지털인더스트리의글로벌본사는독일뉘른베르크에위치해있으며, 전세계에약 7만 6,000명의직원을두고있다.

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