In process engineering, you learn a lot at school. You will learn about processes, installations, safety, quality, physics, chemistry and process control.
But in the end, an operator has to do it in practice.
Knowledge, experience and decisions come together in the workplace. There, an operator must understand what is happening, why it is happening and which choice is safe and wise.
It is precisely there that Mobatec saw a gap.
Not because schools fall short.
Not because practical supervisors do not do their job.
But because some processes are too complex, too expensive or too risky
to fully practice in practice.
That is why Mobatec develops software that allows students, operators, teachers and companies to understand, practice and discuss complex processes digitally.
Practice is indispensable in the training of operators. There, students learn how installations work, how teams work together and what safety in the workplace means.
But practice also has limits.
You can't just call up a malfunction to learn from it.
You can't unbalance an installation on purpose.
You don't want to cause a loss of production to better explain a process.
You can't repeat a critical situation endlessly until everyone understands it.
And yet it is precisely those situations that are important.
Because an operator not only needs to know how a process is supposed to run. He also needs to understand what happens if the process deviates.
In the classroom, a student is explained about process values, control loops, pressure, temperature, flow, mass and energy balances.
On the shop floor, he sees an installation, a screen, a line, a tank, a pump or a control panel.
But in between there is often a difficult part:
How do you translate theory into process behaviour?
How do you recognize cause and effect?
How do you see that one change later in the process has a different effect?
How do you learn to make safe decisions if you have never experienced the
situation before?
That is exactly the area where Mobatec adds value.
Mobatec makes the invisible visible.
Modern factories have become smarter, safer and more stable. Processes are better monitored. Automation takes over a lot of work. Failures are prevented before they become big.
This is good news for production, safety and quality.
But this creates a new challenge for training.
If processes almost always run smoothly, a student is less likely to see what happens when things go wrong. While he should be able to act later if something deviates.
The operator of tomorrow must therefore learn from situations that he does not experience in real life on a daily basis.
Therefore, simulation is not a substitute for practical learning. It is a necessary addition.
Mobatec wants to contribute to better process technical education by making complex processes understandable, practicable and negotiable.
Our mission is to help students and operators grow from process operation to process understanding.
Because a good operator knows what he is doing.
A strong operator understands why he does it.
And the operator of tomorrow can explain the effect of his choice.
With Mobatec Modeller, we build digital process environments in which students and operators can practice without risk to people, plant or production.
In this way, we bring school and practice closer together.
Simulation makes learning concrete.
A student can see how a process reacts to a change. He can adjust a setting, go through a scenario, make a mistake, try again and discuss what happened.
That gives room for deepening.
Not only: what is the right answer?
But above all: why does this happen?
For teachers, this means that abstract teaching material becomes visible. For students, it means that theory sticks better. For companies, it means that operators are better prepared for situations where insight and peace of mind are needed.
A lot of process engineering is difficult to explain with just text, drawings or formulas.
A process is alive. Values change. Responses are delayed. A small adjustment can have major consequences later in the installation.
A student can experience that with a simulation.
He sees what happens when a pump reacts differently.
He discovers what a deviating flow does to the rest of the process.
He notices what happens if he makes adjustments too early, too late or
incorrectly.
That makes learning active.
The student does not only look at the process. He becomes part of the process.
Training courses such as Operator C require more than just performing tasks. Students learn to analyse processes, improve and guide colleagues.
That requires an overview.
An Operator C must be able to make connections. He must understand how process steps influence each other. He must be able to substantiate why a choice is wise, safe or risky.
Mobatec Modeller helps to train that level of insight.
Not by taking over the training, but by giving trainers the technology with which they can better offer complex situations.
For schools, ROCs and technical trainers, Mobatec Modeller offers a way to bring practice closer to the classroom.
Teachers can show scenarios that are difficult or impossible to organize in the real factory. Students can practice safely. And the teaching material becomes easier to link to realistic process behaviour.
This helps with questions such as:
The gap between school and practice is also recognizable for companies.
New or growing operators often have basic knowledge, but still have to learn how to apply that knowledge in a real process environment. Practical supervisors play an important role in this, but do not always have the space to practice complex situations safely.
Mobatec Modeller helps to make conversations in the workplace more concrete.
What did you see happen?
Why did the trial react like this?
What choice did you make?
What could you have done differently?
What does this mean for safety, quality or production?
In this way, learning becomes not only a compulsory part of a course, but a way to get better at the subject.
Mobatec is not a training institute. Students follow their Operator C training with a recognized trainer, ROC or training organization.
Our role is different.
We provide the simulation software that better connects education and practice.
With Mobatec Modeller, training providers and companies can use realistic process models to give students and operators more insight, practice and confidence.
In doing so, we contribute to the operator of tomorrow.
The operator of tomorrow works in an environment in which processes are more complex, digital and automated.
That requires more than routine.
It requires understanding.
For overview.
Thinking about cause-effect.
To be able to trade safely.
To be able to have the conversation about improvement.
Mobatec believes that simulation plays an important role in this.
Not as a replacement for people.
Not as a replacement for teachers.
Not as a substitute for practice.
But as a bridge between what you learn and what you need to be able to do
later.
Do you want to make process technical education more practice-oriented?
Do you want students to practice with complex scenarios?
Or do you want to better prepare operators for situations that you would rather not experience for the first time in the real factory?
With Mobatec Modeller you make complex processes visible, practicable and negotiable.
Mobatec saw that there is often a gap between theory and practice in process technical education. Some situations are too complex, too risky or too expensive to fully practice in a real factory. With simulation software, Mobatec makes these situations safe and repeatable.
No. Mobatec Modeller does not replace practice. The software strengthens practical learning by allowing students and operators to be better prepared to practice process behavior, malfunctions and scenarios.
Mobatec Modeller is intended for schools, ROCs, technical trainers, companies, teachers and practical supervisors who want to better explain and practice complex process technology.
Simulation shows students how processes respond to changes. As a result, they learn to better understand cause and effect, practice safely with deviations and make more conscious decisions.
No. Mobatec itself does not offer an Operator C training or other MBO training. Mobatec provides software that educators and companies can use to strengthen their education, training and guidance.
With Mobatec Modeller, students and operators learn not only what a process does, but also why it happens.
Make complex process engineering visible.
Have safe practice with realistic scenarios.
Better prepare operators for the realization.