Rockwell Automation and Ansys Partner to Optimize Industrial Operations
September 14 2021 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Studio 5000 Simulation Interface from Rockwell now connects with
Ansys digital twins
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) and Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS)
today announced that the enhanced Studio 5000 Simulation Interface
now connects with Ansys digital twins. This gives automation and
process engineers new ways to use simulation to improve the design,
deployment, and performance of industrial operations.
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The Studio 5000 Simulation Interface connects Rockwell
Automation industrial control systems with simulation and modeling
tools. The latest release of the tool expands that connectivity to
Ansys Twin Builder, a leading software used to create
simulation-based digital twins, or digital replicas of physical
assets. The software uses multi-physics to identify how real-world
elements like flow rates, mechanical stresses, and thermal profiles
can impact equipment performance and health.
“By connecting a control system to Ansys Twin Builder, users can
simulate complex physical processes and give realistic inputs to
the control system,” said Julie Robinson, business manager,
Rockwell Automation. “This can provide tremendous insights
throughout the equipment lifecycle. For example, running a
simulation model in parallel to a physical system during production
can reveal opportunities to optimize performance in real time.”
Engineers can use digital twins and simulation to improve system
design, delivery, and performance by:
- Creating and testing equipment designs in a virtual
space to save engineering time and reduce the need to build costly
physical prototypes.
- Virtually commissioning equipment to avoid surprises
during start-ups at production sites.
- Comparing simulated and actual system performance to
identify adjustments that can improve efficiency, output and
more.
- Testing process changes in a virtual space, before
they’re made on a physical system, to boost throughput or other
performance aspects.
- Calculating the remaining life of components so they can
be replaced before they cause unplanned downtime as part of a
predictive maintenance strategy.
- Providing operator training in a virtual environment,
where having equipment available isn’t a factor and operators can
be trained on uncommon or dangerous scenarios.
“Connecting the digital and physical worlds with Studio 5000
Simulation Interface creates tremendous value for users,” said
Shane Emswiler, senior vice president of products, Ansys. “It can
help them go from conceptual designs to physical equipment faster
and at a lower cost. It can provide useful new insights during
production. For instance, users can apply what-if scenarios to
understand the impact of changes on a process. They can create
virtual sensors to estimate values that are otherwise too expensive
or not possible to get today, and they can predict outcomes like
failures that hurt the bottom line.”
The Studio 5000 Simulation Interface allows users to connect a
digital twin to either an emulated or physical controller.
Connecting to an emulated controller can help them optimize
production at the design stage before they have a physical
controller or equipment. Connecting to a physical controller allows
them to create a digital twin of how the equipment should run and
compare it against actual performance.
To learn more, please see the following Ansys Simulation World
session: https://www.simulationworld.com/agenda/session/543611
About Ansys
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where Ansys software played a critical role in its
creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation.
Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help
the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better
products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest
portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help them solve
the most complex design challenges and create products limited only
by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Visit www.ansys.com for more
information.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell
Automation employs approximately 24,000 problem solvers dedicated
to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about
how we are bringing The Connected Enterprise to life across
industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
Rockwell Automation and Studio 5000 are trademarks of Rockwell
Automation Inc. Ansys and Twin Builder are trademarks of Ansys
Inc.
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Chaya Jacobs Rockwell Automation 414-305-2784
CJacobs@rockwellautomation.com
Mary Kate Joyce Ansys 724-820-4368 Marykate.joyce@ansys.com
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