Platform/Stage 03
03 Simulation + Reinforcement Learning

Digital Twin

  • Simulates product and process behavior across virtual operating conditions.
  • Reinforcement Learning optimizes technical performance and production economics.
See how it works

Seven assessment dimensions, one explained decision.

Seven assessment dimensions, one explained decision

Product fit

Does it meet texture, nutrition, sensory, quality and product targets?

Equipment compatibility

Can it run on the selected extruder or production line?

Process stability

Is the predicted operating window wide and stable enough?

Scalability

Can it move from laboratory or pilot scale to commercial production?

Economics

Does it meet ingredient, energy, throughput, waste and cost targets?

Confidence

How much relevant, reliable evidence supports the recommendation?

Validation status

Is it generated, simulated, physically tested or production-verified?

Physical validation recommendedSimulatedModerate confidenceDecision score 81 / 100

Strong product fit, high equipment compatibility, acceptable economics and sufficient simulation confidence. Proceed to one controlled confirmation run.

Product fit
Meets targets
Equipment compatibility
Within window
Process stability
Workable window
Scalability
Plausible, to confirm
Economics
Within cost target
Confidence
Moderate
Validation status
Simulated

Missing evidence

Ingredient-variability data across supplier lots, and measured behavior at full throughput.

Recommended next action

Expert approval of the test plan, then one controlled confirmation run with QA sampling.

Conceptual example of the Meallions decision output — not a customer result.

Generated is not verified. Simulated is not production-proven. Meallions makes the evidence level visible at every stage — with a label and an icon, never color alone.

Generated is not verified. Simulated is not production-proven. Meallions makes the evidence level visible at every stage — with a label and an icon, never color alone.

Twin simulation

Linked to step 03 · Simulate

Digital twin of the extrusion line

Predicted yield
98.2%+1.4
Energy / t
184 kWh
Throughput
3.6 t/h
Moisture exit
11.8%

Operating window · die pressure

32 bartarget 4148 bar

Predict the batch before you start it

The twin models your specific line — screw configuration, die geometry, moisture, throughput. It returns expected yield, nutrition retention and energy use, plus the operating window that keeps the batch on spec.

  • Compare scenarios side-by-side: cost vs. nutrition vs. throughput.
  • Catch off-spec risk hours before raw material is committed.
  • Approved scenario becomes the setpoint package for the line.
See the platform

Real screens from the operator console.

Light-theme panels straight from platform.meallions.com — status bar, equipment tabs, telemetry, and alarms.

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Equipment overview

DG75-II twin-screw extruder status, configuration and production context in one view.

Meallions operator console overview for a DG75-II twin-screw extruder
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Digital Twin Operations

A configured twin per line that predicts product and process behavior before a run.

Equipment models, scenario simulation, sensitivity analysis, operating-window prediction and predicted-versus-actual tracking.