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"When I saw UniversalPlantViewer, I just knew that I needed to work with CAXperts.

Their practical, no-nonsense approach to client-focused digital twinning just ticks all the boxes for swift and successful digitalization."

Dr Fanus van der Westhuizen

About us

Industrial Digital Twin (Pty) Ltd is a specialist consultancy, focusing on the practical development of Digital Twins for Industrial Applications. We represent CAXperts GmbH (Leading German Digital Twin Software OEM) in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Full Digital Twin solution:

• 3D Laser Scanning

• Fast Digital Twinning using UniversalPlantViewer

• Efficient CAD extraction of steel and pipework for down-stream engineering processes.

Expertise

Dr Fanus van der Westhuizen is a multi-skilled engineer with more than 30 years of experience in a wide range of industries, focusing on converting prototypes to industrialized products for systematic reliable and repetitive production.

Before starting Industrial Digital Twin (Pty) Ltd in 2023, he gained experience in the automotive, railway, avionics, remote condition monitoring and mining industries.

Reality Capture and 3D LiDAR Scanning for Digital Twinning - 2019 to present

IoT Technology for Demanding Mining Applications 2011 – 2018

Carl Zeiss Optronics (Pretoria, South Africa) 2008 – 2010 - Systems Engineer

Kentron Cumulus / Carl Zeiss Optronics (Pretoria, South Africa) 2003 – 2007 - Design Engineer (Mechanical)

Transnet - 1994 - 2003 - Mechanical Engineer

BMW AG (Munich, Germany) 1991 - 1994 - Research fellow

He has been specializing in Reality Capture-based Digital Twins of Processing Plant since 2019.

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