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Virtual testing of spray shadows, volume flow and cleaning effect with ADVISIM3D



ADVISIM3D is a fast, simple, resource-efficient 3D cleaning simulation for container and component cleaning in the food, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries.

 

Requirement

The hygienic production, storage and delivery of pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and the food industry place high demands on the cleanability of the production areas as well as storage and transport containers. Complex plants with integrated cleaning systems that ensure both product safety and environmental protection are usually required.

 

Problem

The efficient design of plants ties up enormous resources and is often based solely on the valuable experience and knowledge of engineers. Optimally positioning static and dynamic cleaning nozzles is a major challenge. Thus, cleaning systems are reconfigured several times with the help of extensive analog tests and are often oversized in the end for safety's sake.

 

Solution

ADVISIM3D reliably simulates industrial spray cleaning processes to detect and realize optimization potentials for planning, construction and operation of professional cleaning environments. It enables the engineer to make valid statements about spray shadows, volume flow distribution and a possibly unsatisfactory cleaning effect, but above all a quick comparison of variants for best resource efficiency.

ADVISIM3D means digitalizing your expenditure for maximum analog benefit.

Software in use

Cleaning scenarios

ADVISIM3D is a virtualization solution for the realistic simulation of complex spray cleaning systems.

It is suitable for the design and optimization of a wide variety of cleaning scenarios, such as the interior cleaning of containers, fruit, vegetables, bottles, or beverage crates, as well as industrial component cleaning in baskets or washing lines.

Whether static, dynamic, or rotating, nozzles should provide the fluid with the right volume, the required pressure, and at the right angle to the desired point – ADVISIM3D is your digital assistant for the virtual simulation of almost all nozzle and fluid-based cleaning constellations.

BENEFIT

As a digital assistant to an experienced engineer, ADVISIM3D unfolds its full technical potential in the resource-efficient design, layout, and validation of industrial spray cleaning systems.

In combination with human expertise about the nature of contaminants, the effect of cleaning media, and the sensible choice and parameterization of nozzles, the virtualization solution supports valid statements about the expected cleaning efficiency in real operation.

But ADVISIM3D can also support the operative business in management, sales, or customer service and save precious resources.

What ADVISIM3D saves and improves

Mit ADVISIM3D Zeit sparen beim designen und anlegen von Reinigungsanlagen und Düsen. Virtuelle Simulation der Testläufe und das in schneller Abfolge. Erreichen Sie einen Wettbewerbsvorsprung.

Time

  • Faster design and layout of cleaning systems
  • Virtual variant comparison
  • More test runs in less time thanks to virtual simulation
  • Bidirectional compatibility with CAD programs
  • Shorter time to market
  • Less downtime during product changeover
  • Competitive edge
ADVISIM3D zeigt Potential auf um Wasser und abwasser zu sparen, virtuelle Varianten sorgen nachgelagert für weniger Aufwand in der Montage, und Modellverunreinigungen. Virtuelle Fehlersuche außerhalb der Produktivumgebung sparen Rüstzeiten und Aussschuss.

Environment

  • Save cleaning fluid, water and wastewater
  • Thanks to the virtual variant comparison less effort for assembly, removal of assembly marks, and model contamination
  • Prevention of incorrect dimensioning thanks to optimal system design and resource-efficient layout
  • Virtual troubleshooting outside the production environment saves setup time and waste
ADVISIM3D liefert Transparenz für den "Gläsernen Tank".

Transparency

  • Keyword “glass tank”: digitally visualized cleaning process gives the customer more transparency
ADVISIM3D liefert saubere Dokumentation zur optimalen Reinigungskonfiguration und Export als STEP-Datei, Automatisierte Berichterstellung nach jedem Reinigungstest

Documentation

  • Clean documentation of the optimal cleaning configuration and export as STEP file
  • Faster and cheaper proof of cleanability for quality assurance and audits
  • Automated reporting after each cleanability test
ADVISIM3D für Düsenhersteller im Vertrieb, Simulation mit eigenen Düsen zeigen

Sales

  • Use as demonstrator tool for sales support
ADVISIM3D liefert jahrelange Expertise im Bereich der Softwareentwicklung

Expertise

  • Less engineering hours in system design and layout
  • Use of ADVISIM3D efficiently as a sales tool
  • Uninterrupted production
ADVISIM3D liefert optimierte Prozess- und Projektsteuerung

Control

  • Optimized process and project control
ADVISIM3D sichert höhere Planungs- und Kalkulationssicherheit in der Anlagenkonstruktion. Kritische Bereiche können im Vorfeld aufgedeckt und verhindert werden.

Reliability

  • Higher calculation and planning reliability in system design and commissioning
  • Early recognition and consideration of critical cleaning areas

Highlights

  • Instant display of spray shadows with nozzle placement
  • Import of complex CAD models in STEP format
  • Simulation of linear and rotating nozzle motions with user-defined time and velocity
  • Large catalog of scientifically measured nozzles from numerous manufacturers
  • Precise simulation of the volume flow distribution over time for meaningful proof of cleanability
  • Estimation of the cleaning efficiency of a model contamination under the ideal conditions of a scientific laboratory test
  • Simulation results as color visualization and in report form
  • Export of the optimal nozzle/cleaning configuration in STEP format for further processing in the CAD program
  • Intuitive user guidance and up-to-date look & feel

Requirements

System:

  • 64-bit Windows operating system, Windows 10 or later
  • Graphics card and graphics driver with OpenGL 4.0 or higher
  • 32 GB RAM
  • Internet connection
  • CAD files in STEP-format

Workflow

  • Import 3D model
  • Insert nozzles
  • Start simulation
  • Export results

Software offer

  • Software subscription including update
  • Free software support
  • Software for installation on any number of computers
  • Personal consultation
  • Live webinars, tutorials

Software-subscription
from 4150 EUR net

annually per license

  • Unlimited installations
  • 1 active user
  • Including support and updates

Do you have any questions? We are happy to help you. Telephone +49 351 652622

Perspectives and potentials

Company

ADVISIM3D is a product and brand of ADVITEC Informatik GmbH, a company that has been managing and consulting complex IT projects for about 30 years.

The software application is based on the SIMKOR research project designed to develop software for performing virtual cleanability tests and simulating complex spray cleaning systems. It was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and successfully realized as a cooperative project with the partners Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV) Dresden, the Innovation and Simulation Service Festenberg (ISF) and the consortium leader ADVITEC Informatik GmbH.

 

There is magic...

in every beginning, this is also true for technical innovations like ADVISIM3D. On the other hand, a convincing, reliable software tool is pretty much the opposite of magic, namely the result of a long, intensive, and iterative development process. ADVISIM3D would also be the first software to be launched on the market and not need to be explained and improved in order to be more oriented to users’ needs.

ADVITEC therefore provides intensive support in the common interest of manufacturers and users and assists with a hotline for inquiries. Our aspiration: The initial magic will gradually be transformed into the industry standard software for virtual cleaning simulation, which has what it takes to become an indispensable digital engineering assistant.

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