The newest version from the Canadian outfit includes extended symbol libraries with manufacturers’ components, powerful simulation, a new animation module and efficient analysis tools.
Famic said the software aided mining equipment manufacturers to accelerate time-to-market, reduce errors and optimise the entire workflow, from system design to maintenance, service and training.
“We have seen, through the use of Automation Studio, different layouts could be evaluated in their complexity a lot faster and [more] efficiently than in the past. This is a big step forward in circuit design,” said Franz-Heinrich Suilmann, DBT Hydraulics/Roof Support Systems.
The new Automation Studio 5.4 offers intuitive system design features as well as extended libraries, including new vendor specific components to speed up the design process such as Parker, Bosch Rexroth, Kawasaki, Sauer Danfoss, and a brand new library for components by Hydraforce.
Symbols like hydrostatic transmissions and power steering units are provided and can be controlled in a very flexible way thanks to PID (proportional-integral-derivative) controllers, joysticks and steering wheels.
The integration of a spool position designer and a pump builder speeds up the design process to easily create the schematic implementation of any valve inner function, and to create complete pumps with their corresponding controls and characteristics.
Other developments include the new HMI (Human Machine Interface) and Control Panels module, to create control panels or to simulate systems while monitoring a 2D reproduction of a machine moving accordingly.
Automation Studio offers advanced simulation capabilities with close correlation between diagrams and real circuits. Each component has its own simulation models, and becomes colour-animated according to its state, therefore facilitating testing and validation of design integrity.
Simulation considers a wide range of parameters including temperature and viscosity, and applies to entire circuits of virtually any size, making it easy for customers involved in the design of heavy mobile equipment to evaluate, analyse, and modify their systems easily.
