Schindler Elevator Moves from Physical Testing to Simulation |
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“With the HIL approach, we can now cover a lot more test cases, just overnight. This also changes the design paradigm from securing worst cases to optimizing the software for typical use.” Manuel Pijorr, Schindler Elevator Ltd. |
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Elevator designs are increasingly unique and are assembled onsite in very diverse environments. The conservative elevator industry, however, still relies on costly and time-consuming physical testing. Software testing is a huge challenge because of the variability of the product and late integration with the mechanical system in the actual elevator shaft. Schindler Elevator is now introducing a model-based validation workflow into its development process. The EDEn (Elevator Dynamics Environment) is a set of tools developed in MATLAB®, Simulink®, and Simscape™ to perform offline simulations using web-based applications as well as hardware-in-the-loop tests. With EDEn, software release testing is shortened from three or four weeks to one overnight run, greatly reducing cost and risk while enabling much broader test coverage. |
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