Customer Success Story: Simsmart
Company Size
11-200
Region
- America
Country
- Canada
Product
- Simsmart’s Engineering Suite
- TPTS (Total Platform Training System)
- ICONICS GENESIS32™
- GraphWorX™32
- TrendWorX™32
Tech Stack
- OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA
- ICONICS OPC Simulator driver
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Digital Twin
- Virtual Training
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- Training
About The Customer
Simsmart Inc., based in Brossard, Quebec, Canada, is a provider of process systems design software, process performance analysis, process training solutions, and related application engineering. The company's Engineering Suite and TPTS (Total Platform Training System) are multidiscipline, physics-based, dynamic modeling/simulation design and training tools that are the result of extensive research and development. These tools are used in a wide range of military and industrial applications where liquid and gas processes, Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC), associated AC/DC electrical systems, and related process controls are involved. Simsmart’s products provide advanced engineering and cost-effective solutions for both new construction and retrofits.
The Challenge
Simsmart, a provider of process systems design software, process performance analysis, process training solutions, and related application engineering, was looking for a solution to enhance its training system. The company wanted to emulate local control panels with control functions, duplicate machinery control system operator pages, and create a multidiscipline process simulation tool and lesson plan management system. The challenge was to create a training environment that closely mimics real-life situations, allowing trainees to be more 'hands-on' while remaining in a secure learning environment. The system also needed to allow instructors to introduce intentional failures into the training scenario and immediately measure trainee response in as realistic a manner as possible.
The Solution
Simsmart selected ICONICS GENESIS32™, a Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite. The training modules developed by Simsmart utilize the rich GraphWorX™32 visualization development environment for creating eye-catching animated displays. The TrendWorX™32 module is used for simulated data collection, logging, charting, reporting, and analysis while the AlarmWorX™ module is used for simulating real-life alarms and events. The ICONICS OPC Simulator driver is also used for simulating some of the real-world situations. The displays are created via a GENESIS32 GraphWorX environment where graphical objects are placed on a window and connected to OPC resources for Input/Output. The controls are simulated by using ICONICS Simulator OPC Server and Simsmart’s Engineering Suite. Trainees operate the emulated control panel by pushing buttons, turning knobs, manipulating sliders, etc, as if performing the tasks themselves in real life.
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