Virtual commissioning.
It's the process of developing,
testing and validating control software
before being installed
onto a physical PLC.
Why virtual commissioning?
It reduces on site
testing, project lead times and project
costs and improves
software quality and productivity.
It can provide virtual training
for workers.
With 3D experience
we can plan, program
and simulate industrial devices,
robots and controllers
all in one integrated platform.
Virtual twin lets you visualize, model
and simulate
an entire environment
of sophisticated experiences.
Experiences start
with designing a 3D model that represents
the shape, dimensions, and properties
of a physical product or system.
Simulations are ran on a virtual model
to explore how the product will behave
when assembled, operated,
or subject to a range of events.
It can be used to process improvements
after the line
or sell has been commissioned,
which allows you to try things before
they're implemented on the shop floor.
The benefits of
Virtual Twin is to boost productivity
and product quality, improve business
resilience,
facilitate sustainable innovation,
enhance safety, cost reduction
and early cost free failure identification.
Control build allows the development
of several cycles of an application.
Some benefits are reduced as time
and development cost, improves
quality and safety,
manages and minimizes
plant commissioning risks,
facilitates
easy maintenance of control software
and provides a training platform.
Here's
an example of a control build program.
You can also connect a physical PLC
to control build
and run a simulation
to test your real life processes.
This eliminates
costly damages to expensive
hardware.
Here's an example of control
build connected to 3D experience.
To start the simulation,
the operator will press the start button
and instruct the ABB robot
to deliver the panel for its drilling
and riveting process.
After the panel has
been delivered, the operator
will have to cook a robot, drill
the upper portion of the panel,
and these stop buttons can be pressed
to stop both robots from running in order
to attend any issues.
To restart the simulation, press the
E stop
button again.
After the robot has completed
the upper process,
the operator will instruct it
to rivet the middle section
of the panel.
After the middle
portion has been completed,
the operator will instruct the robot
to draw the lower part
of the panel.
When the lower
part of the panel has been completed,
the operator will instruct the ABB robot
to remove the panel
and place it on the automated guided
vehicle.
Dalmia
has safety features
that are built into the software.
In this case, we have an employee
that was walking towards a robot,
breaks the light curtain and shuts
the whole system down.
This avoids any potential injuries
that could happen in real life.
