by Charina Bartels | Nov 23, 2023 | Cases, Cranes, Gangways, Offshore, Robotics, Training Simulators
Visiting Pioneering Spirit. Client: Allseas Pioneering Spirit is the largest, most versatile offshore construction vessel in the world. Designed completely in-house, the vessel is designed for the single-lift installation and removal of offshore platforms and the...
by Charina Bartels | Sep 28, 2023 | Cases, Cranes, Gangways, Offshore, Robotics, Training Simulators
All-Electric Gangway Client: MacGregor Controllab has successfully developed a motion compensation controller for MacGregor’s line of Horizon gangways. The Horizon gangways are all-electric, significantly reducing the environmental footprint of the service...
by Charina Bartels | Sep 13, 2023 | Blog, Cases, News, Robotics, Steel Industry, Training Simulators
HIL-testing a steel crane A paper has been presented by TATA Steel on the use of digital twins for steel manufacturing. As Hans Pronk explains in the paper, “In the steel industry complex processes are planned for automation such as hot metal pouring from a...
by Charina Bartels | Aug 29, 2023 | Blog, Cases, Cranes, Gangways, News, Offshore, Robotics, Steel Industry, Training Simulators
Steel Crane Digital Twin Controllab is developing digital twins: real-time simulation models for steel cranes. These models are used for HIL simulation and training simulators. Steel cranes operate in a dangerous environment, 24 hours per day. If you want to improve...
by Charina Bartels | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog, Cases, Cranes, Gangways, News, Offshore, Robotics, Training Simulators
Controllab has automated its workflow for collision detection In steel crane simulators there are a lot of objects that interact through collisions; crane hooks colliding with lifting eyes, ladles colliding with the ground, etc. To simulate the collision physics...
by Charina Bartels | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog, Cases, Cranes, Gangways, News, Offshore, Robotics, Training Simulators
20-Sim Training On July 12, 2023 Christian Kleijn gave a course on modeling and simulation with 20-sim. The course focused on using physical building blocks to model and simulate the dynamics of maritime equipment. In the morning, the basic use of 20-sim was...
