Plant Simulation
Windows 8
Plant Simulation is a software for simulation, analysis, visualization and optimization of production processes, material flow and logistics processes. The software portfolio, which Plant Simulation heard one within the Plant Design and Optimization Solution along with the products of the Digital Factory and Digital Manufacturing for the area of Product Lifecycle Management Software (PLM ), which means computer simulations allowed to make complex production alternatives including the flow logic contained therein comparable.
- 2.1 Calculation of key figures
- 2.2 visualization
Product Description
Plant Simulation is a material flow simulation software ( discrete event simulation, DES software). Using the simulation are complex, especially dynamic business processes calculated to arrive at mathematically safe business decisions. The computer model allows the user to perform experiments and " what if" scenarios to play through, without affecting the actual production - or if it is used in the planning stage, long before the real system exists. In general, the material flow analysis is used when production processes discrete ( not continuous part is there or is not there, layer takes place or does not take place, the machine is out of order or returns error) run and resist violently due to numerous dependencies mathematical descriptions and derivations. Most issues of material flow simulation were prior to the availability of powerful computers using queuing theory and methods of operations research described.
Languages
Plant Simulation is used in English, German, Japanese, Chinese and Hungarian. Individual parameterizations of the dialog boxes are possible.
Special Features
- True object-oriented or object -oriented programming with polymorphism, and encapsulation
- Inheritance mechanisms: users create libraries own objects that can be reused. As opposed to a copy of a change also results in the library (object class ) to a change in the derived object (s).
- Hierarchy: Complex structures can be built better on multiple ( logical) levels. This facilitates a top-down and bottom-up approach.
- Openness, data from other systems ( such as Access or Oracle databases, Excel worksheets, or SAP) to take over.
- Integration: Plant Simulation is a part of the Digital Factory and may, for example, Transfer data from PLM systems or in the
- Plant commissioning ( Virtual Commissioning ) are used. or
- Assume layout data eg AutoCAD or FactoryCAD directly in the simulation.
- Experiment Manager creates scenarios automated or calculated dependencies between two input variables. Using
- Genetic algorithms are searched large solution spaces, with the help of
- Neural networks can be correlations between input and output parameters to show and use it for forecasting.
Areas of application
Calculation of key figures
Objective:
- Detect problems and identify who would otherwise have drawn during the start-up phase costs and time-consuming corrective measures by themselves.
- To reduce the investment costs of the production lines, without compromising the required application rates.
- To optimize the performance of existing productions.
- Inclusion of machine faults, availability (MTTR, MTBF ) for the calculation of flow rates and occupancy rates.
Visualization
Plant Simulation allows 2D and 3D representation of production processes. In addition, it allows the presentation of complete system designs at an early stage in a virtual, interactive, immersive environment. 3D design data can be taken from Solid Edge by drag and drop, for example, in. Jt format.
Dissemination
Plant Simulation is used in many industries, particularly:
- Automotive industry ( Association of the Automotive Industry, working group process simulation )
- Automotive
- Plant engineers
- Engineering
- Process industry
- Electronics industry
- Airports
- Logistics companies ( transport logistics, warehouse logistics, production logistics )
- High-bay warehouse suppliers, providers of automated guided vehicle systems and electric monorails
- Consulting firms and service
- Yards ( simulation Cooperation in the Maritime Industries; association of shipbuilders and service providers who deal with the simulation in the shipyard environment )
- Ports, especially container terminals
Also to training, teaching and research purposes Plant Simulation is used in numerous colleges and universities. To this end, students are free licenses available.