Real‑time system validation: test demanding scenarios safely before deployment
ABB’s simulation solutions portfolio plays a critical role in enhancing the performance, reliability, and efficiency of drive systems and complete automation setups across their lifecycle.
Whether through Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) or Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation, these tools empower engineers to:
- Design, test, and validate drive systems and control
- Optimize performance without risking downtime or compromising safety
- Run simulations even before the real drive or system is built or deployed
By enabling optimal dimensioning, pre-configuration, pre-testing, and PLC validation, ABB simulation products help reduce commissioning time and streamline troubleshooting.
The strategy behind these tools is driven by internal innovation and customer needs - delivering smarter, faster, and more resilient system development.
Key features
Real control hardware and firmware inside
Uses actual drive control hardware and firmware for accurate behavior – what you see is what you will get in deployment.Rich model library and application examples
Helps you get productive quickly (first-run after receiving the rack ~40minutes). Build your application just by selecting ABB drives and machines by serial numbers and enter machine parameters for other machines.Built-in test automation
Cabinet quality check with basic functionality and IOs, drive functional tests for ISU, INU, etc., test report automatically generated.FMI co-simulation standard support
Import SIL-based drive models to combine real hardware simulation for scaling without compromising fidelity.Key benefits
Best for: Real-time integration, final-stage validation, or when simulation speed and control hardware testing are critical. Once a DriveLab becomes your asset, it can be used for all-stage testing.
Validation uncertainty
Is the drive optimally configured? Will the system, including the drive, deliver the desired performance?Risk-free testing
Can we test software changes safely? Can we optimize without interrupting operations?Accelerate engineering and commissioning
Can we meet tight schedules confidently? Can we integrate control logics smoothly?Customization validation
Will the systems’ overriding control work as intended? Will the Crealizer™ App function correctly in the target environment?Use cases
- In-depth analysis and prediction of drive behavior with standard or customized grids and loads under various conditions
- Supporting customized application development and testing (e.g. Crealizer)
- Providing synthetic data for analytics and machine learningTraining personnel virtually and learning drive technologyPreconfiguring, dimensioning and programming a drive virtually
- Testing IO-console, fieldbus data console, and automation interface (PLC)
- Developing and testing drives applications (e.g. IEC programming)
- Testing drive as part of a system and customized applications (e.g. Crealizer)