New Release: 20-sim 5.1.3

New Release: 20-sim 5.1.3

We are excited to announce the release of 20-sim 5.1.3! This update brings a host of new features and improvements to enhance your modeling and simulation experience. Key updates include an improved….

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Vattenfall

Vattenfall

Controllab Delivers VR Game for VattenfallControllab, in collaboration with Vattenfall, has developed an engaging VR game that introduces students to the inner workings of a real power plant through the power of gamification. This experience makes learning both fun...

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Tag Lines

Tag Lines

Anti-SwayOffshore crane operations can be risky, especially in harsh conditions such as high winds and ship movements. Taglines are essential to stabilize loads and ensure safe operations. Controllab offers automated tagline control software that increases safety by...

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Anti-Sway

Anti-Sway

Anti-SwayExperienced crane operators can reduce load sway by moving the boom ahead of the load movement. That is, if the crane is operating on a fixed platform. If the crane is mounted on a floating platform, such as a ship, reducing the sway is a very difficult task....

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Visit us at SMM Hamburg 2024

Visit us at SMM Hamburg 2024

Visit Us at SMM 2024: Hall 6, Stand 338SMM 2024 kicks off next week in Hamburg, Germany, and we're looking forward to demonstrating our Game Based Training Simulator in action. Our team has created a simulator that is designed to meet your needs. Whether you’re...

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SMM Hamburg 2024

SMM Hamburg 2024

We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at the SMM Hamburg 2024As one of the leading events in the maritime industry, this is an excellent opportunity for us to showcase our innovative game-based training simulator. We invite you to visit our stand...

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Offshore Crane Simulator

Offshore Crane Simulator

  Offshore Crane Simulator We're working hard to develop new techniques to help our customers improve their control software. We are currently working on an offshore crane simulator designed to test crane operations from floating platforms. Software engineers can...

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Allseas

Allseas

We are pleased to introduce our latest innovation: the Tension Machine Operator (TMO) Trainer Game. This advanced training simulator was designed for Allseas. It aims to enhance the skills of Tension Machine Operators by providing a realistic and interactive training experience.

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Monopile grippers

Monopile grippers

Motion Compensated Pile Grippers  Monopile grippers are used to hold a monopile upright during the placement and installation of monopiles on the seabed. A set of hydraulic cylinders is used to keep the monopile centred within the gripper ring. Rollers at the end of...

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Game based

Game based

Controllab is proud to announce its new toolset for game based simulators. With this toolset we can develop training simulators that you play like a game. By going though various levels, you will learn all the skills that are needed to…

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Let’s welcome our new colleagues

Let’s welcome our new colleagues

A warm welcome to Rodrigo and Rohit, our newest team members bringing their talent and enthusiasm to our dynamic team. We can't wait to see their skills in action and see the positive impact they'll make.Rohit,   Hello,  I'm Rohit Aggarwal from India, and I'm...

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Cables and Pulleys

Cables and Pulleys

Real-time simulation of cables and pulleys.   Controllab develops digital twins, simulation models that accurately replicate the behavior of machines. This technology is used in various industries such as offshore, steel production and dredging. We are developing our...

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Recognized Sponsor

Recognized Sponsor

We’re thrilled to announce that Controllab has become an officially recognized sponsor by Dutch authorities. This recognition allows us to bring in talented individuals from outside the European Union, supporting their professional growth.

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Cable Systems

Cable Systems

At Controllab we are continuously doing research into novel techniques for modeling and simulation. In this video you see the simulation model of a ropeway. Ropeways are difficult to simulate because of the complex dynamics involved.

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Christmas Holidays 2023

Christmas Holidays 2023

In celebration of the holiday season, Controllab will be closed from December 23rd to January 1st. During this time, our team will take a well-deserved break to spend time with family and friends.

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Using Machine Learning for Pump Diagnostics

Using Machine Learning for Pump Diagnostics

Using simulation models to develop an ultra-precise pump, using simulations to generate training data for neural networks, use machine learning to diagnose pumps? If that makes you want to know more you should read the article that was jointly written by Controllab and Spark Holland. It was published last Friday in Mikroniek.

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Digital Twin Factory

Digital Twin Factory

How can we create digital twins easier and faster? That is the goal of our long term research project ‘Digital Twin Factory’. Develop technology that will allow us to create digital twins just as a factory assembly line. One of the goals of the R&D project is to use customer input to automatically generate simulation models.

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CSD Simulator at Europort

CSD Simulator at Europort

As part of the joint venture Dutch Dredging Simulators, Controllab has developed a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) simulator. The simulator is transportable but still simulates all relevant aspects in detail.

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All-Electric Gangway

All-Electric Gangway

The Horizon gangways are all-electric, significantly reducing the environmental footprint of the service vessel on which they are operated. The first Horizon gangways have been delivered to Edda Wind and will now enter into service.

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Dredging Simulator

Dredging Simulator

CSD Simulator   As part of the joint venture Dutch Dredging Simulators, Controllab has developed a cutter suction dredger simulator. The first training simulator has been delivered to our launching customer Adani. The simulator is transportable but still...

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COLLIDERS

COLLIDERS

Controllab has automated its workflow for collision detection. This video shows the results from our latest project for Tata Steel.

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Eagle-Access Training Simulator

Eagle-Access Training Simulator

The Eagle-Access is an innovative crane for the transport of people. It is fully electric and compensates the motions of the ship. Controllab has successfully developed and delivered a training simulator for this crane.

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Offshore Energy 2022

Offshore Energy 2022

Our countdown to our first trade show 2021 has begun: Join us at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021.

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Seminar Digital Twins

Seminar Digital Twins

On 8 June 2022, the companies Controllab, Bachmann, VSE Industrial Automation and MSA-Service will organize a seminar about the sense and (non)sense of digital twins. The seminar will start at 12:30 in the LantarenVenster in Rotterdam.

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Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) Simulation

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) Simulation

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation is a technique that is used for the development and testing of control systems which are used for the operation of complex machines and systems.

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Closed Loop Control

Closed Loop Control

Closed Loop Control I have wondered for some time, why so many control engineers have problems with closed loop control systems. I think the answer is that these engineers are used to manual control systems. They do not realize that the loop propagation...

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Battery Storage Simulator

Battery Storage Simulator

Controllab has been working on the control systems for battery storage containers for some time. The experiences that we have gained and the tools that we have developed have all come together now in our Battery Storage Simulator.

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Digital Twins with Bachmann

Digital Twins with Bachmann

The Digital Factory Journal released an issue on the partnership of Controllab and Bachmann that describes the coupled software 20-sim with the M1 PLC of Bachmann.

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Partnership Bachmann

Partnership Bachmann

We have been working closely with Bachman for eight years now. After taking this relationship to the next level in 2014 with a formal technical partnership, we have completed multiple projects together.

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TATA STEEL

TATA STEEL

Together with immersive technology agency BLUF, Tata Steel implemented a Virtual Reality training program for crane operators with major benefits.

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Interaction in VR

Interaction in VR

The thoughts and actions behind creating an intuitive interaction for users in our VR training simulator.

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Container Unloading

Container Unloading

Copal Handling Systems develops and manufactures container-unloading and palletizing systems. Controllab was asked to analyze the Copal C2 robot and improve the motion control of this robot to increase its speed of operation.

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Wind Turbine Installation

Wind Turbine Installation

High Wind develops new installation techniques to install offshore wind turbines. The Boom Lock system is a smart tool that allows offshore cranes to install wind turbine components at high wind speeds.

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Motion Compensated Crane

Motion Compensated Crane

Controllab investigated the feasibility of an OPTS crane. The OPTS is a crane mounted on a ship’s deck that can transport passengers safely to and from the ship.

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Motion Compensated Access Bridge

Motion Compensated Access Bridge

SMST specializes in the delivery of lifting, transportation, drilling and pipe lay solutions, especially for the maritime and offshore industry. Their Telescopic Access Bridge (TAB) that can safely transfer personnel to an offshore structure.

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HIL Simulation

HIL Simulation

The Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin of the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) allows model ships to run independently in waves, followed by a towing carriage containing measurement equipment.

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Launching the Industrial Reality Hub

Launching the Industrial Reality Hub

The Industrial Reality Hub has just been launched. The goal of the hub is to jointly carry out research and development in the fields of virtual, augmented and mixed reality.

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