Brochure Precast concrete plants | Vollert english

33 VOLLERT CONTROL CENTER (VCC): WORKFLOW AND HIGHLIGHTS PRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE CONCRETE PLANT Today, a state-of-the-art production control sys- tem ensures an optimal and punctual supply of the required precast concrete elements to construc- tion sites and customers. It continuously controls and monitors all processes and machines in the precast concrete plant, from work preparation and work stations to storage and loading processes. It is the central interface for the constructively creat- ed data from the BIM model and existing ERP sys- tems. Consequently, it is also called the brain of a modern precast concrete plant. The Vollert Con- trol Center incorporates all the usual CAD/CAM industry interfaces for this purpose. Pallet allocation is optimized, all machines are controlled, data is automatically tracked and pro- cessed, retrieval sequences and curing times are managed and, of course, a large number of statis- tics are made available. This way you have all im- portant order lists and key figures in view at all times. Printouts of label, element or allocation plans or their visualization at the workstation fa- cilitate the production process and the subsequent storage location management. Here, the achievement of a simple operat- ing concept has been taken into account in the de- velopment phase itself – simply “learning by doing”. THE TECHNOLOGY The Vollert Control Center is designed as a multi- tiered, service-oriented application. The business logic and data access level are integrated into a web service running on a Windows-based ope- rating system with .NET Framework 4.5 or higher. The VCC’s database is based on MS-SQL Server (version 2012+). Both applications can be run as direct installations or on virtual machines. They can also be run locally or remotely and can even be cloud based (e.g. Azure) if required. The web service-oriented architecture enables the implementation of different user interfaces. The VCC’s main application is a WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) application. This appli- cation requires a Windows operating system with .NET Framework 4.5 or higher.