DELMIA Introduces PLC Verification Solution.Business/Technology Editors TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2001 DELMIA DELMIA Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application Corp., a Dassault Systemes company (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) announced today the launch of its DELMIA Programmable Logic Controller See PLC. (hardware) Programmable Logic Controller - (PLC) A device used to automate monitoring and control of industrial plant. Can be used stand-alone or in conjunction with a SCADA or other system. (PLC) Verification Solution. DELMIA introduced their open architecture solution for validating and optimizing PLC programs using 3D simulation at the International Robots & Vision Show and Conference in Chicago, IL, USA. This enables the Controls Engineer to take advantage of the mechanical workcell simulation to validate and debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. their controls programs prior to the physical workcell build completion. This significantly reduces the ramp-up time of automated equipment, decreasing time to market. PLC Verification uses OPC (1) (OpenGL Performance Characterization) A project group within GPC that manages OpenGL benchmarks. OPC endorses the Viewperf and GLperf benchmarks. Viewperf was created by IBM and OPC provides viewsets for it, which are combinations of tests using specific , OLE for Process Control (standard) OLE for Process Control - (OPC) A set of seven open standards for connectivity and interoperability of industrial automation and the enterprise systems. Based on fundamental and evolving standards and technology of the general computing market, the OPC Foundation , to communicate between the PLC hardware and the DELMIA IGRIP IGRIP Interactive Graphics Robot Instruction Program IGRIP Integrated Graphical Robot(ics) Instruction Program simulation. This standard allows any compliant PLC to communicate its input/output signals to the 3D simulation. The simulated devices react to these signals and emulate the behavior of the real world devices, such as switches, pushbuttons, lamps and safety equipment. These simulated devices and their behavior can be modeled within IGRIP and stored for reuse. Once the PLC program has been completed and debugged, PLC Verification provides a virtual training environment for operator and maintenance personnel to become knowledgeable in the operation and maintenance of the tooling before it is installed and operating. This includes the normal process sequences and interlocks, as well as manual operation, the triggering of safety devices and error recovery. PLC Verification can be used to simultaneously interface multiple PLC's with multiple IGRIP workcell simulations to validate the most complex environments. Its flexible client/server architecture promotes a truly distributed controls verification solution. PLC Verification has been validated to work with Rockwell's RSLink, OMRON's Sysmac and Mitsubishi's Takebishi OPC servers. "PLC Verification provides a 3D collaborative environment for the evaluation of process scenarios and creates a diagnostic test bed for optimizing and debugging control programs. This allows the controls engineer to be involved earlier in the process and reduces production ramp-up time," says Dennis Archer, Product Manager for DELMIA PLC Verification. PLC Verification will be available with the upcoming 5.4 release on Windows NT. DELMIA Corp. develops e-business solutions for manufacturing by implementing a process centric solution to define, plan, validate, monitor and control production systems from single device work cell, production line, factory material flow to extended enterprise production flow. DELMIA serves industry segments where continuous transformation and optimization of the manufacturing processes are critical such as Automotive, Aerospace, Fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. and Assembly, Electrical and Electronics, Consumer Goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and , Plant and Shipbuilding. DELMIA constitutes the core offering for Digital Manufacturing and Production, serving the product life cycle. DELMIA solutions are interoperable with major CAD, PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems. About Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) - Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) is the premier global software developer for the CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, providing companies with e-business solutions to implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire product life cycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. , ENOVIA and DELMIA solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality, competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product life cycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks and SmartSolutions, as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D design-centric and TeamPDM software solutions based on Windows. Spatial, also part of Dassault Systemes family, is a market-leading provider of world-class 3D software components and services (for 3D modeling, visualization, and interoperability) to meet the requirements of 3D in Internet-based e-commerce and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business applications. Information about DELMIA is available at http://www.delmia.com. Information about Dassault Systemes is available at http://www.dsweb.com CATIA(R) is registered in the US Patent and Trade Mark Office by Dassault Systemes. ENOVIA (TM) is owned by Dassault Systemes and used under license. DELMIA(TM) is owned by Dassault Systemes. All other company product or service names mentioned may be trademarks or service marks of others. |
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