Dassault Systèmes

DELMIA Automation helps to significantly reduce product launch time by allowing manufacturers to test, Validate, and debug your system before physical commissioning. DELMIA Automation offers powerful solutions for control engineering and automation lifecycle management that enables validation of this Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) against a virtual machine, a cell, or an entire line and the performance analysis of these systems.

DELMIA Automation solutions allow the control engineer to leverage the virtual model of the machine or cell to explore different “what if?” scenarios that are otherwise very difficult to validate. What if one robot is running slow? What happens when the line transitions from product A to product B? How will the system react to an operator hitting the emergency switch, and how the machine will start again after the emergency stop to resume full production rate? -- Weeks before integration of all components and systems occur, the control engineer can test all fault conditions, saving costly down time once the system is in production.

In addition to testing and debugging the PLC code, DELMIA Automation solutions allows the engineer to perform a virtual integration of all devices and check the engineering in the different disciplines. Are the hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems complete and properly defined? DELMIA Automation allows control departments to work in parallel and share information with mechanical and electrical departments earlier in the development process allowing optimization of engineering processes.

DELMIA Automation provides a natural extension to the DELMIA PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) offering. While PLM solutions simplify and enhance end-to-end product management, Automation solutions validate and improve the internal behavior of control systems. PLM Data can also be reused and integrated into DELMIA Automation for a truly powerful solution that extends beyond the product lifecycle cycle to secures a true digital factory vision.

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“Automation will be a key part of our end-to-end factory simulation improving global industrial performance.

Fumio TATEISI, President Industrial Automation Business Company
OMRON Corporation