Case Study: OCME

Executive summary

By choosing Experior as their 3D graphical tool for their BloX solutions, OCME reduces time and effort spent in the engineering and development phases, achieves optimal line layout and configuration, and speeds up the line installation and start-up phases at the customer.

Challenges

OCME wanted a 3D graphical tool, that could create a realistic and reliable digital twin of a OCME sample plant to test the plant logic, before it is physically built. The digital twin should be easily configurable and able to connect to real automation PLCs.

Specifically, OCME wanted to test their BloX solution – a fully customizable integrated packaging system that works with the efficiency of a single machine producing as a completely synchronized line with a significant cost and space reduction.

But simulating a complete plant – or even a single machine – is a complex task, that involves converting the automation logic and dealing with complex systems and several different suppliers and devices.

Solution

Emulation with Experior allowed OCME to overcome such constraints, by leveraging specific simulators provided by suppliers.

In the engineering phase, OCME used digital twins modelled in Experior to define the best Line configuration. In this phase the digital twin was not connected to PLCs, but the automation software was embedded in the digital twin.

During the development phase, OCME connected the digital twin to real PLCs to perform emulations with goal of testing the real logic and debug the software.

Benefits

By using Experior, OCME has reduced the effort and time spent in both the engineering and development phase, while the debugging and correction efforts are reduced during the real commissioning stage.

Experior also allowed OCME to internally test new solutions to be proposed to their customers.

For OCME’s customers, OCME’s use of Experior thus means, that they get the optimal line layout and configuration and a faster line installation and start-up phase.

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