HEKUdish GEN 2 is the name of the completely revised and redesigned machine platform that automates the manufacturing process for Petri dishes and Contact dishes. For the team at BBS Automation Hallbergmoos GmbH, it was both a development and training project rolled into one. This is because BBS’s automation solutions, which take out up to 128 molded parts from injection molding tools in up to 0.8 seconds and then perform an extremely wide range of handling tasks with them, had previously only been developed and designed by way of conventional methods. "With the help of the digital twin and the support Siemens provided, we were able to optimally prepare our…