FASTSUITE Edition 2

FASTSUITE Edition 2 is a software to simulate and program industrial robots and machines in a 3D virtual environment. The product brings digital twinning and sustainable digitalization to manufacturers worldwide.

What are the benefits of FASTSUITE Edition 2?

Maximize the productivity

by minimizing downtime of expensive production equipment and human resources

Minimize the costs and efforts

related to the planning and setup of production equipment in the discrete manufacturing industries

Eliminate risks

and unforeseen inaccuracies during the factory planning and production ramp-up

Shorten the time-to-production

by consequent digitalization and elimination of media breaks in the process

Support end-to-end

based on your existing IT-landscape, rather than providing merely isolated fractions of a solution

Flexibility and ease of use

ease of use and possibility to program various robot and machine brands

Software to simulate and program industrial robots

Offline Programming, simulation, commissioning, and other downstream processes require a realistic simulation model that represents the robot cell in all necessary details. CENIT FASTSUITE is supporting users to easily create and manage layouts from 3D CAD data by defining its kinematics and even the simulation behavior. If any component is missing, it can be quickly added an included into the simulation layout.

FASTSUITE Edition 2 especially targets different process steps closing the gap between product design and the real production.

Due to its functional range and modularity, it is the ideal solution for both, small companies with just the need to program a robot, and for big companies who eventually want to support the entire digital factory.

The scalability of CENIT FASTSUITE enables user companies to start small and extend the solution with growing project requirements.

Highlights

  • Easy to use & friendly technology
  • Any data format compatibility
  • For all robots & machines
  • Consistent and scalable simulation model
  • Connection with PLM & IoT platforms
  • Technology based offline programming

Tailor made packages for maximized effectivity

Automation Engineer

  • Production-system validation : controller communication, sensor communication, system behavior
  • Robot-/machine programming & validation
  • Cycle time validation
  • Minimization of the real commissioning time
  • Project completion on schedule
  • Identifying risks early on

Offline Programmer

  • Robot-/machine programming & validation: Motion, Process/technology, Logic
  • Automatic collision detection & automatic path creation
  • Upload robot programs from production (reverse engineering)
  • Support for Robotic and Machining complex technologies
  • Cycle time validation, Connection to real controls (SIL, HIL)
  • Technology packages to maximize system reliability

Concept Planner

  • Creation and modification of 3D layouts
  • “Drag & Snap” functions to position resources and to connect resources geometrically and logically
  • Validation of the layout: reachability, working spaces
  • CAD Import Export

System Integrator

  • From layout creation to OLP and PLC validation
  • Connecting robotics, CNC and PLC in a simulation model
  • Customer communication: 3D pdf, Reports
  • Open standards, such as STEP and AML import for CAD data and simulation resources
  • XML-based import structures for process planning information
  • Seamless data exchange with project partners

On the subdomain documentation.cenit.com you can read all technical details about the software.

It happens that fixtures need to be re-designed due to reachability issues and collisions with robots or tools. Very often, these problems are only detected after the fixture design is done, so every modification requires additional time and resources, and thus costs. What if the process could be inverted? Imagine you create your robot program first, and you use the working area of the robot and tool as well as the optimized workpiece designing the fixture, and for positioning the clamps. This video shows how it can be done by using a swept volume. By using this swept volume function, there are several use cases feasible:

  • Use the swept volume to position clamps and fixtures outside of the process working area to avoid collisions right from the start
  • define interlockings between robots by using the swept volume as a collision element
  • export the working environment as a 3D CAD model back to the engineering department for improving the communication between designers and simulation engineers

You can build both simple and more complicated robot cells with just a few clicks and present this to your customer as a "digital twin" via a 3DPDF. You can also present visions to your customers during retrofits or visits to existing customers and generate ideas together with the customer.

Through our in-house development team, we have the possibility to carry out customer-specific adaptations and also have the possibility to generate interfaces to various software solutions. Also different PLM integration as as standard available.

Yes, we can provide you with a demo license. For getting started, we will also provide you with a pre-defined use case that comes along with a self-learn tutorial.

Sure, FASTSUITE comes along with quite complete packages for typical user roles. But there is an option to start with offline-programming, for example, and add the option for connecting virtual controllers in a later step. For this reason, we will offer upgrade options.

Our software licenses are shareable by default. Just install them on a license server, and feel free to share them in your team!

FASTSUITE supports a huge variety of machines and robots and also other equipment. Check out our library and you will see that we have a very large library of the most common manufacturers available. But even if there is something missing, it is quite easy to add elements with our resource builder. Either you do it by yourself, or you contact our support team.

Supported robots and machine tools

  • ABB IRC5, S4
  • COMAU C3G, C4G, C5G
  • Cloos Qirox QC2
  • Daihen
  • Denso RC1-RC8
  • Dürr EcoRPC, EcoRC2
  • Epson
  • FANUC RJ3, R30iA, R30iB
  • Jari RC100
  • Kawasaki ESeries
  • Kobelco
  • Kuka KRC2, KRC4, KRC Expert
  • LASERDYNE® S94P
  • Mitsubishi CR750-D, CR750-Q (Melfa)
  • Mitsubishi VZ1, VZ2 (Nutator)
  • Nachi
  • Package Fanuc NC
  • Package Siemens 840D
  • Panasonic
  • Prima P20L, P30L
  • Prima RML, RML+
  • REIS RS5, RS6, 6X, Portal
  • Shibuya
  • Stäubli, CS8 V6, CS8 V7
  • Trumpf TCL 7040, 8030
  • Universal CB3 (Script)
  • Yaskawa XRC, NX100, DX100, DX200, YRC1000

Connectors

For connecting CENIT FASTSUITE layouts with virtual controllers, the following pre-customized connectors are available in the library.

Programable Logic Controller (PLC) Connectors:

  • Allen-Bradley
  • Beckhoff
  • Codesys
  • Mitsubishi
  • Omron
  • Rockwell
  • Siemens PLCSim
  • Siemens PLCSim Advanced

Virtual Robot Controller (VRC) Connectors:

  • ABB
  • Denso
  • Fanuc
  • Kawasaki
  • Kobelco
  • Kuka
  • Nachi
  • Yaskawa

Virtual Machine Controller (VMC) Connectors:

  • Prima P30L
  • Siemens VNCK

Generic Connectors:

  • DOF-Table (degree of freedom)
  • Kepware
  • OPC-UA
  • Takebeshi

Our support team is available for you on all our branch offices in the Americas, in Europe and in Asia, and our international team speaks many languages. Also our partner network is growing to be even more local, and to provide support in your own language.

FASTSUITE is a stand-alone software, but we are providing standard CAD interfaces (STEP, IGES etc.) as well as native interfaces to deal with all relevant 3D CAD formats. Thanks to our smart "Process Geometry" concept, we can even support design changes and variant management - so, the advantages of a digital continuity are all available without the need to be intergrated into a specific CAD system.

The following CAD file formats are supported:

  • Acis
  • AutoDesk Inventor
  • CATIA V4
  • CATIA V5
  • CATIA V6
  • Creo
  • I-Deas
  • IFC
  • Iges
  • JT
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • Pro/Engineer
  • Rhino
  • Siemens PLM NX
  • Solid Edge
  • Solid Works
  • Step
  • Stereo Lithography STL
  • Parasolid
  • U3D
  • VDA-FS
  • VRML
  • ASCII PointCloud
  • Stanford Triangle Format
  • PointCloud to Hull
  • AML
  • COLLADA

That is just perfect! FASTSUITE will not replace these tools, but connect with them. You can benefit from all our advantages, and by connecting with the manufacturer's software you can even include the virtual teach-pendant into your work methods, and use the embedded virtual controller for perfect simulation results.

FASTSUITE is offered with both, a purchase model including a maintenance option and a subscription model. On individual request we also have short-term rental options to flatten project peaks. Just contact your local sales manager to discuss the commercial model that is best for you.

Do you have further questions or are you interested in a meeting? Please feel free to contact us directly.Make a request

What our customers say

Three reasons to choose CENIT

Flexibility

CENIT is a software editor that develops a unique software to program various brands of robots and machine

Know-how

CENIT has strong partnerships with Robot and Machine brands and relies on firsthand expert input when developing the software

Experience

CENIT has been developing software for this niche segment for more than 30 years, we have put a lot of know-how into the methodology available, in the software,  for different technologies

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