Support of upstream and downstream steps expanded
While the earlier program versions focused primarily on offline programming of the controllers, CENIT has massively expanded the functions for the upstream and downstream steps with the current generation. This begins with the import of CAD data from production and assembly sequence planning as the basis for the production layout. Here, FASTSUITE Edition 2 accelerates plant design with predefined simulation components in the form of mechatronic models. If project-specific components are not included in the supplied library, they can be loaded as "smart components" from the extremely extensive 3D manufacturer catalogs of PartSolutions via a direct connection to CADENAS PartSolutions and used immediately in the simulation.
Tests and optimization without the actual plant
The layout, offline programming and virtual integration of manufacturer-specific controls create a complete mechatronic plant model that can be used as a simulation environment directly for PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) validation and virtual commissioning. The virtual system behaves identically to the real hardware - including all I/O signals or sensor data. This means that the control software can be tested and optimized absolutely reliably in an early project phase, even though the real system has not yet been set up. This has two key advantages: the project time for plant construction is drastically reduced, and possible errors can be detected and corrected with virtual commissioning even before the actual plant is set up. All this makes the software a very interesting solution for system integrators as well: they can not only make their customers' systems ready for production much faster, but also inform them transparently and vividly about the planned structure in all planning phases.
This year, CENIT will be in hall 13 at stand G34 at the EuroBLECH 2018, which will take place from October 23rd to 26th in Hanover.
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