{"id":797,"date":"2016-06-22T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dennisgroup.com\/?page_id=797"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:26:36","slug":"modeling-simulation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/services\/modeling-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulation &#038; Emulation Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dennisgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/modelingSimulation-DownloadNow_001-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"modelingSimulation-DownloadNow_001\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/>\n\t<h3>A Smart Investment That Yields Big Gains<\/h3>\n<p>Depending upon the question or challenge you are attempting to address, our modeling team has a number of tools at their disposal including 2D and 3D simulations, spreadsheets, flowcharts, warehouse sizing and emulation \u2013 all designed to help you analyze, predict, and improve the performance of your system.<\/p>\n<p>You can quickly recoup the investment of a modeling project by making changes that ensure your facility or line is operationally faster, smoother, safer and more economical.<\/p>\n\t<h3><strong>How a Model Can Benefit Your Food Processing Operation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Help analyze multiple options prior to <br \/>\ncapital investments<\/li>\n<li>Optimize investment by quantifying the impact<\/li>\n<li>Prioritize production scheduling for SKUs <br \/>\nand minimize changeovers<\/li>\n<li>Balance production across multiple lines<\/li>\n<li>Determine your system\u2019s bottlenecks and <br \/>\npredict the results of upgrading<\/li>\n<li>Predict the OEE and throughput on your line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indicate necessary batch times and flow rates <br \/>\nto meet production demand<\/li>\n<li>Determine your system\u2019s bottlenecks and <br \/>\npredict the results of upgrading<\/li>\n<li>Optimize buffer location and sizes on your line<\/li>\n<li>Debug controls via a virtual system<\/li>\n<li>Help understand when to use high speed <br \/>\nversus redundant equipment<\/li>\n<li>Optimize conveyor and machine speeds<br \/>\nbefore the line is built<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3><strong>View Sample Modeling Demos<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<section id=\"thumbwrapper2\" class=\"gallery-video-content\"\r\n         data-gallery-video-perpage=\"5\" data-gallery-video-id=\"2\">\r\n\r\n    <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"pagenum\" value=\"1\"\/>\r\n    <ul id=\"huge_it_videogallery\" class=\"huge_it_videogallery view-thumbnails\">\r\n        <li id=\"fullPreview\"><\/li>\r\n        <input type=\"hidden\" id=\"total\" value=\"1\"\/>\r\n                    <li class=\"huge_it_big_li\" data-id=\"13\">\r\n                                    <a class=\"vyoutube huge_it_videogallery_item group2\"\r\n                       href=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DnWZerUdPDA\"\r\n                       title=\"Bottling 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perfectly suited for the application given a variety of parameters.<\/p>\n<p>Packaging simulations incorporate machine speeds, failures and recoveries, scrap rates, and other inputs affecting line performance. It can be used to size buffers, predict throughput and compare overall performance of different layouts and scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Process and packaging simulations can be connected if appropriate.<\/p>\n<h3>Achieve Faster, Smoother Start-Up with Emulation<\/h3>\n<p>Validating your PLC program in a virtual environment makes the transition to the facility more seamless with better quality and faster start-up.\u00a0 The models are connected to the tags in the PLC, which is in turn connected to the HMI. This allows us to interact with the HMI and see real-time results in the model. At the conclusion of testing all scenarios we have a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for our control system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect 3-D models to the PLC<\/li>\n<li>Verify the functionality of the PLC and HMI<\/li>\n<li>Test all formats and SKUs on the virtual system before start-up<\/li>\n<li>Obtain a virtual FAT on the controls system<\/li>\n<li>Use the 3-D model to train operators on line functionality and using the HMI\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dennisgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Process-Simulation.gif\" alt=\"Modeling simulation for a food processing system\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"222\" width=\"410\" title=\"Process-Simulation\"  \/>\n\t\tFood Processing Simulation\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dennisgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Packaging-Simulation.gif\" alt=\"Modeling Simulation for Food Packaging System\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"222\" width=\"410\" title=\"Packaging-Simulation\"  \/>\n\t\tFood Packaging Simulation\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dennisgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Dairy1.png\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Smart Investment That Yields Big Gains Depending upon the question or challenge you are attempting to address, our modeling team has a number of tools at their disposal including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2595,"parent":765,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-797","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18118,"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797\/revisions\/18118"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}