If you want to survive this new kind of ultra-competitive and even volatile market, your manufacturing process must also become innovative. It can no longer be a rigid, inflexible process. Instead, the process must include high manufacturing quality that can adapt and account for different variables. How do you make continuous breakthroughs with your machines to accomplish this? <\/P><\/p>\n
The answer is quite complex, but virtual commissioning is an incredibly important part of it. <\/P><\/p>\n
Virtual commissioning is the process of validating a device for its intended use in the context of its operational environment by using its digital model<\/A> without involving the physical device.<\/P><\/p>\n The term \u2018virtual commissioning\u2019 is derived from the conventional form of commissioning, which was introduced to perform final tests on completed systems as to put the entire system into service without major problems.<\/P><\/p>\n Conventional commissioning is performed in the final stages of a real machine or system immediately before its use, so a design change is limited to the data that controls the system\u2019s functionality, the behavior of the PLC-code and the on-board software.<\/P><\/p>\n These were the only variables that could be modified to optimize the performance and debug the behavior of the system. With virtual commissioning, you can break these borders and open up the possibilities to complete these tasks much earlier, even before the machine itself exists.<\/P><\/p>\n Virtual commissioning was understood to be the process for final tweaks in an automation system\u2019s software, which means you can perform the commissioning tasks without occupying the real system.<\/P><\/p>\n However, the availability of the multi-disciplinary properties of the system already in the design phases, such as mechanics, electrics and automation, widens the horizon of achievable tasks in very early phases of the system\u2019s creation. <\/P><\/p>\n With virtual commissioning, it isn\u2019t just about mechanical design or software or logic. All disciplines that define the operational properties of a machine or a system need to be considered holistically in an associative manner. It\u2019s the responsibility of virtual commissioning tools to validate the functional integrity <\/A>of the commissioned system in context of the target process.<\/P><\/p>\n Consider what happens if you produce a product and something changes. These changes can be sudden, but they\u2019re often expected changes, especially if there is new business or if you need to adapt to new regions. You want to respond to those changes quickly, but you also don\u2019t want to disrupt production or endanger your manufacturing quality. With these changes, you also want to ensure your product and manufacturing process is secure in diverse environments.<\/P><\/p>\n With virtual commissioning, you can start working on the change in the product which would lead to the change in your production processes as soon as you receive signs of change in market. Why? Because all this work can happen in parallel \u2013 on the virtual side \u2013 to your real production systems. You can mature the process and you can do it quickly.<\/P><\/p>\n Virtual commissioning plays an important role in numerous stages of a system\u2019s lifecycle, and it can help you improve your manufacturing quality so you can get ahead \u2013 and stay ahead \u2013 of the competition. In this series, we\u2019ll cover the different roles of virtual commissioning during the design and in pre-delivery stages of a machine and in its phases of operation after the delivery at a target plant. <\/P><\/p>\n![\"Virtual](\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/09\/Virtual-Commissioning_2-5.png\" "\\"Virtual")
To survive a new kind of competitive and often volatile market, you must innovate your manufacturing process.<\/span><\/span><\/P><\/p>\nVirtual commissioning and manufacturing quality <\/H3>
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This is the scope of virtual commissioning based on product and process variations.<\/span><\/span><\/P>
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