Thomas Lantermann from Mitsubishi Electric presented on emulating manufacturing processes. Emulation involves defining a production process in 3D and controlling, managing, and optimizing it in advance using software. This allows companies to reduce start-up costs and time, increase quality from the beginning, find bottlenecks, and optimize energy usage and costs per part before real-world implementation. Lantermann demonstrated emulation software using a 3D model and programmable logic controller.

1. Decision Science Forum
“Emulation of manufacturing
processes”
Thomas Lantermann
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2. Who is Mitsubishi Electric?
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3. Factory Automation Products?
Software
HMI
PLCs
Inverter Drives
Motion Controllers
Servos
Motor Starters
Switchgear
Robots
CNC
EDM
Laser Processing
Communication
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4. Overview
Scaleable
from Feed data to and MES/ERP solution
shop floor MES/ERP
to
management MX4 Energy: Scada based
level solution for energy management
Scalable hard- and software
for fine energy measurement
HMI’s as local control
GOT
Shop-floor
operation
ACB MCCB/MDU PLC/Motion/NC/Robot Servo/Motor Inverter Robot Hosted by:

5. What is the next step?
• To reduce your start up costs
• To reduce your energy costs
• To optimize your production
• To increase your quality from the beginning
• To know your costs per part
• To know your energy consumption per part
Mitsubishi Electric believe it is Emulation.
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6. Emulation?
Define your production in 3D and control, manage
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7. What are the results?
• Emulation reduces your start up costs
• Shorten start up time
• Reduce programming errors
• Stable process from beginning
• Emulation can help reducing your energy costs
• Find the big energy consumer and management them
• Find out where we have a ROI
• Emulation optimizes your production
• Find bottle necks , etc.
• Shorten transportation ways
• Emulation increases production quality from the beginning
• Find problems in the process
• Optimize the loops etc.
• Emulation enables you to find costs per part
• You have the production time
• All KPI from the process are available
• Emulation knows your energy consumption per part
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8. For a movie of the emulation example please refer to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9CWULyC30U
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9. Live demo
How does it works in Practice?
Here we have the 3D model and a control PLC…
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10. Thank you for your attention…
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