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Analysis, simulation and mathematical software
News Release from: AutoLogic Systems | Subject: Automation control
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 October 2007
Automation control software aids
logistics control
Autologic Systems has supplied its Demo3D software to Dematic, helping the company to develop equipment layouts, visualize product flows, and understand overall system operation.
Dematic is one of the world's leading suppliers of logistics automation Dematic's product and services portfolio is designed for and supplied to companies of all sizes in the wholesale and retail trades - including mail-order, the food and beverage industry, the chemical and pharmaceuticals industries, and manufacturing industry
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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In this article Neil Chamberlain, Senior Controls Design Engineer at Dematic talks to us about how one particular client has benefited from Demo3D software, supplied by AutoLogic Systems .
Dematic's client was using existing automation control software that only had two years remaining in its product life cycle and so, before it became obsolete, Dematic were asked to assist the client in upgrading their systems.
The UK-based company runs a chilled warehouse with an extremely busy production line and so it was imperative that the down time was kept to a minimum and testing was done off site.
Due to the nature of the brief, Demo3D was the ideal solution as it provides extensive modelling facilities, meaning any experimentation and testing can be done virtually.
Neil Chamberlain comments: "We had a very short commissioning time and so with Demo3D we were able to set up a replica model of the client's warehouse and test the actual physical movement of pallets.
After building the model, two days were spent testing the new software.
After this, we were literally able to plug the software in on site and the client was up and running.
We cut commissioning time by around 50% and kept the down time for the client to an absolute minimum.
"Also, for any unforeseen problems that did arise in the first few days of operation, we were able to revert to the modelling capability of Demo3D to examine what went wrong and retro test any changes before these were implemented on site.
"As well as significantly reducing commissioning times and problem solving, the software is also an excellent training tool for new and existing users as they are able to learn offline and/or test any new ideas or products." Dematic have now catalogued their products in Demo3D which means future installations can benefit from even quicker commissioning times.
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