Fluid Objects
Tecnomatix Plant Simulation provides the following fluid objects to simulate free-flowing materials, be they in liquid, gaseous, or pourable form. The fluid objects are suited for the food and beverages processing, and for the pharmaceutical industries.
A typical simulation with fluid objects consists of several FluidSources which provide the ingredients for mixing together the intermediate or the finished product. The FluidSources are connected with Connectors and Pipes to Tanks, which temporarily store the ingredients or the products, or to Mixers, which mix the different ingredients to an intermediate or to a finished product. Pipes transport the free-flowing materials from fluid object to fluid object. The fluid objects themselves have to be connected with Pipes. The FluidDrain removes the finished product from the plant.
You have to connect the individual fluid objects with Connectors. You cannot connect them with Pipes only.
You can control the flow of ingredients by opening or closing the entrances or the exits of the Tanks, Mixers, and Pipes. The Mixer pulls the ingredients from the predecessors via inflow connections according to the chemical formula which you entered into the MaterialsTable. Provided an open Pipe is connected, the Mixer sends the processed product on via an outflow connection.
Fluid objects encompass:
The Connector
to establish connections between the fluid objects.
The DePortioner
to empty incoming parts of bulk goods or fluids and feed the resulting fluids into a Pipe.
The FluidDrain
to remove the product from the plant after it has been mixed or processed.
The FluidSource
to remove the product from the plant after it has been mixed or processed.
The MaterialsTable
to define the ingredients and the products to be processed in the plant.The Mixer
to mix different ingredients into an intermediate or a finished product.The Pipe
to transport free-flowing materials through the plant.The Portioner
to create a mobile object out of a free-flowing product.The Tank
to temporarily store materials before or after processing.
Compare the sample models: Click the Window ribbon tab, click Start Page > Getting Started > Example Models and click Small Examples. Then, select the respective Category, the Topic, and the Example in the dialog Examples Collection and click Open Model.
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