Icon for the WinMod technical customer support section.
Customer Center
Support
Search
Arrange a presentation

Coal and steel industry

Since 2002, significant cost savings have been achieved in material- and energy-intensive
Commissioning achieved through prior virtual commissioning with WinMOD.

Areas of application can be found in all bulk material-based industries such as mining, steel and cement production, or other mass-intensive building material industries.

Since these typically robust mining/transport/production processes involve very large quantities of solid materials (bulk goods), their processes are also equipped with equally robust instrumentation technology. Measurements are not taken in kilograms, but in tonnes and, of course, more accurately if necessary. Due to the robust conditions, it is also not possible to take measurements at every point.

With its real-time base library, WinMOD offers functionalities that enable the simulation of these material flows (bulk solids). The combination of these functionalities is made available in ready-made process function libraries based on them.

Virtual commissioning (VC) with WinMOD enables the simulation of any material quantities in all conceivable operating situations, as well as possible malfunctions, creating the basis for extreme time and cost savings compared to commissioning real plants without VC.

Robust and industrial cement production plant with silos and conveyor belts: Insight into the heavy machinery and infrastructure of a cement factory in an industrial environment, illustrating a WinMOD application scenario in the coal and steel industry.

Further process automation solutions

Laboratory bottle with tablet for simulation in WinMod for the digital twin.

Chemistry and Pharmacy

Typical processes that carry out continuous or batch conversion of substances.
They are divided into main and auxiliary processes.
The aim is the economical and safe fabrication of basic materials or specialised products for all industrial sectors.

DNA test tube icon for biotech processes in the digital twin using WinMod.

Biotechnology

Similar production processes are used as in the chemical/pharmaceutical industry, but the core here is the use of microorganisms, cell cultures or enzymes for the fabrication of products.
In future, it will be used in various areas such as pharmaceuticals, green energy and green chemistry.

A bottle and an apple as symbols of food technology in the digital twin using WinMod.

Food

The focus is on processing, preserving and refining agricultural and raw materials. Typical processes include material- and energy-oriented product manufacturing, often combined with strict quality and hygiene standards.

Blast furnace icon for process simulation in WinMod for the digital twin.

Coal and steel industry

All processes involved in the extraction and processing of raw materials (coal, ores, salts, earths) and their conversion into basic industrial products (steel, cement, gypsum, various other building materials). These processes are usually very energy-intensive.

Building with a ventilation system for virtual commissioning via WinMod simulation.

Air conditioning and refrigeration technology

Refrigeration machines for cooling and system components for cooling distribution and utilisation are a key factor in both industrial plants and building automation.

Wind turbine with cooling tower for energy simulation in the WinMod Digital Twin.

Energy

Energy generation plants based on fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil), nuclear power plants and increasingly promising variants based on environmentally friendly resources such as hydropower, solar, wind, tidal, etc., as well as energy distribution plants, are becoming increasingly highly automated with extreme demands on their availability.

Wastewater pump for simulating critical infrastructure in a digital twin via WinMod.

Water and waste water

Water supply, from extraction, treatment, storage and distribution, as well as wastewater disposal, including transport, storage and treatment for environmentally sound disposal, are fundamentally important for a modern society and its industry.

Ship in a lock as a digital twin for virtual commissioning using WinMod.

Transportation and infrastructure

Technical installations in road transport (general traffic control, tunnels, bridges), rail transport (signalling and switch systems, signal boxes, etc.) and waterway transport (locks, weirs, ship lifts)

Factory building with a wireless symbol for building automation in a WinMod simulation.

Building automation

All areas of technical building equipment such as ventilation, heating, air conditioning, security and fire protection that aim to improve energy efficiency, comfort, safety and cost-effectiveness in buildings.

Offshore platform for the virtual commissioning of complex plants using WinMod.

Shipbuilding and Offshore installations

General shipbuilding for civil, technical and military use, offshore installations as bases for wind farms, gas and oil production facilities, and underwater stations.