Emulate 3D

Emulate 3D

Digitally Bringing Your Mechanical Designs to Life

Emulate 3D

Emulate 3D is a product of Rockwell Automation

Emulate 3D is an advanced digital twin software that enables users to create accurate virtual replicas of their industrial automation systems. This powerful tool allows for comprehensive testing, simulation, and emulation of systems before they are physically constructed, providing significant advantages across various industries, including material handling, manufacturing, and automation.

Key Features

  • Virtual Commissioning: Emulate 3D offers the ability to test and debug control systems in a virtual environment before physical commissioning. This minimizes the risk of errors and reduces downtime, ensuring smoother implementation.
  • Simulation and Emulation: By simulating and emulating entire systems virtually, Emulate 3D eliminates the need for costly physical prototypes. This capability also helps in identifying and addressing potential issues early in the design phase, improving the overall system performance.
  • Enhanced Productivity: The software significantly shortens development timelines by allowing users to identify and resolve issues early on. This leads to reduced time and costs related to physical prototyping, ultimately boosting productivity.
  • Collaboration and Communication Emulate 3D facilitates real-time collaboration among multiple stakeholders, improving communication and ensuring alignment across teams. This collaborative environment helps to minimize errors during the design, testing, and implementation stages.

Industry Applications

  • Material Handling: In the material handling industry, Emulate 3D is used to design, simulate, and optimize conveyor systems, robotic cells, and other handling equipment, streamlining operations before physical deployment.
  • Manufacturing: The software supports the simulation and validation of production lines, enabling manufacturers to test and refine system performance virtually, ensuring operational efficiency before actual installation.
  • Automation: Emulate 3D plays a key role in the automation sector by allowing users to design, test, and validate control systems, significantly reducing the risk of operational disruptions and downtime during physical commissioning.
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Main benefits

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  Machine Prototyping

Easily design and build the next generation of machines with confidence

  Process Improvement

With a digital copy of a system/plant, use the tool to test “what if” scenarios to improve processes

  Virtual Commissioning

Design, test, validate, & commission machines before they go into service

  MES/WMS Integration

Similar to DCS/PLC’s, connect higher-level systems to preview integration

  Throughput Analysis

Optimize throughput with real-time 3D simulation of dynamic processes

  Analytics

A twin model allows the ability to predict performance and KPIs

  Operator Training Simulators

Reduce risk by training your workforce in a more safe, virtual environment

  Headcount Analysis

Leverage the twin to optimize staffing/support

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Structural optimization of a bridge beam section subjected to instability of equilibrium

CAE and numeric simulation guides engineers to an optimal design for structural safety at the lowest cost

This technical article describes how engineers tackled a design optimization challenge to ensure the structural integrity of a section of the beam of a typical steel bridge whose web of main beams was subject to instability.

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ECM Technologies reduces installation and commissioning time by 50% using digital twin technology

Virtual commissioning and parallel work streamline automotive heat treatment plant timeline with Emulate3D software in industrial processes virtual environment: reproduction of real road and off-road conditions

ECM Technologies has significantly streamlined the design, installation, and commissioning of its large-scale heat treatment systems for the automotive industry by using digital twin technology and Rockwell Automation’s Emulate3D software. Faced with tight timelines and software compatibility challenges during a major project in Mexico, ECM used virtual models to simulate and test their systems in parallel with production. This approach reduced commissioning time by 50%.

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