Plug and Produce - Fast Commissioning for your Control Systems

Complex production systems need to be controlled by robust control systems. Problems often occur only after the commissioning at a certain system load.

The virtual commissioning of actual control facilitates makes possible the early application of less error-prone control systems. For this purpose, the simulation model is connected to actual controls by corresponding interfaces. Thus, control systems can be tested in the simulation model corresponding to the control of the real production system.

Quality Assurance of Control Development

Virtual commissioning offers the following advantages:

• Earlier development and commissioning of the control unit under the most realistic conditions
• Reproducible tests of the actual control unit (load tests, operational fault scenarios)
• Tests at the workplace, reduction of the time on-site
• Quality assurance of control development
• Transparent progress on development for project management through continuous testing via a simulation model
• Cost-saving commissioning due to shorter operational times
• Considerably faster commissioning of the actual control on-site
• Reduction of errors in the actual control unit
• Training of the personnel on the actual control unit in connection with the simulation - without affecting the real system
• High customer acceptance automation suppliers, as virtual commissioning signals competence and quality