PLC Simulator
Pharmaceutical automation training

Train batch-control judgment—not button-clicking

A browser PLC lab for pharmaceutical and life-science automation teams. Learners program recipe release, clean-status permissives, qualified temperature holds, operator sign-off, deviations and electronic batch-record completion against a dynamic process model.

Live training model

Pharma Validated Batch Record

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Recipe, clean-status, door and operator release permissives

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Temperature dynamics with a qualified hold window and physical vessel drain

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Retentive deviation handling plus auditable batch transitions

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Auto-grading for normal batches, blocked starts and interlock loss

Physics running · PLC scan active · grader armed

What technicians actually practise

Control problems with process consequences

Every flagship combines PLC logic, dynamic machine state, failure conditions and deterministic grading. Learners must make the process safe—not just energise a coil.

Validated-batch behavior

Program the control behaviors around approved recipes, equipment status, operator sign-off and completion criteria without pretending a generic mixer is an eBR system.

Dynamic process holds

Heating, agitation, time-in-range and vessel level evolve continuously, so learners must coordinate PLC state with actual process feedback.

Deviation and recovery

Loss of a critical interlock stops execution and latches a deviation that cannot disappear just because the initiating signal returns.

CIP and process foundations

Extend the flagship with CIP sequencing, batch mixing, fermentation temperature, analog alarms and PID temperature control.

Scenario library

Start with the vertical. Build the transferable skills.

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Flagship

Pharma Validated Batch Record

Release, execute, hold, sign off and drain a batch while preserving deviation and record-completion behavior.

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CIP Sequence Controller

Build timed rinse, wash and verification stages with process permissives and fault handling.

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Batch Mixer

Coordinate fill, mix, heat and discharge as an explicit process state machine.

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Fermentation Temperature

Control a slow thermal process with analog feedback, deadband and disturbance behavior.

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PID Temperature Control

Tune and troubleshoot closed-loop temperature response against simulated thermal physics.

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Level Alarm First-Out

Capture the initiating condition and preserve alarm priority during a process upset.

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Training outcomes

Evidence beyond course completion

Assignments can grade normal operation, unsafe demands, boundary conditions and recovery behavior against the same machine model.

  • Prove permissive logic under both qualified and unqualified starts
  • Coordinate PLC sequence state with temperature and vessel physics
  • Demonstrate retentive deviation behavior after an interlock loss
  • Generate assessable evidence from deterministic batch test cases

Scope, stated plainly

This is training and assessment software. It models GMP-relevant control behavior and electronic batch-record transitions, but it is not a validated MES/eBR, does not provide 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, and must not control production equipment.

Team training details

Pilot with your standards

Build a pharmaceutical controls pilot around real failure modes

Use the existing labs immediately, then map assignments and pass criteria to the equipment, failure modes and competencies your team owns.