USIM PAC: process modeling and simulation software
Empower engineering decisions. Improve efficiency and profitability of your processing plant. Better, faster and safer.
USIM PAC is a steady-state process modeling and simulation software to design, analyze and optimize industrial processes. In a single interface, USIM PAC performs mass balancing, modeling and simulation of all the streams and unit operations of your processing plant. USIM PAC is a unique engineering software. It relies on a detailed and configurable characterization of material. Thus, it is particularly suitable if you deal with solids and complex mixtures, difficult to describe as pure substances.
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Improve overall plant performance from lab to plant with our simulator
USIM PAC is a complete software platform for modeling and simulation of industrial processes.
It performs simulation, data reconciliation, mass balancing, flowsheeting, equipment sizing, economic and environmental calculations and off-line process optimization in a single environment for overall plant or part thereof.
USIM PAC relies on a unique approach to characterize solids and mixtures considering multi-component and multi-streams with phase changes.
Our process simulator has been originally designed for mineral processing and hydrometallurgy. It is the only software on the market able to model in one platform nearly all the mine-to-mill processing operations from crushing to refining passing through grinding, gravity and magnetic separation, flotation, leaching and concentration.
All-in-one process engineering tool
Technical, economical and environmental calculations
Fine description
of the material
Definition of physical properties, phase changes, particle size distribution…
Flexible library of models
Built-in set of +150 unit operation models with different levels and ability to create your own models
Highly configurable
Available in various languages, can be customized following your own specifications
Continuous & batch processes
A single environment to manage any type of process
With USIM PAC process simulator, solve any engineering problem
Process design and analysis
- Build a digital twin
- Define the main treatment stages to reach a set of given
objectives - Derive the forecasted material balances for each stream
(mass, energy, water…) - Size units of equipement and define the settings
- Quickly assess configurations
- Evaluate the process flexibility
- Estimate CAPEX and OPEX parameters
- Derive technical and economic feasibility studies
Process monitoring and optimization
- Reduce pilot and industrial tests and their risk
- Make easier technology transfer and scale-up
- Increase productivity and reduce costs
- Better understand your process
- Monitor performance (yields, losses…)
- Evaluate, limit energy, water and reagents consumption
- Adapt processes to the raw material variability
- Identify bottlenecks
- Improve the final product quality
- Move from batch to continuous process
Develop and optimize your process with all-in-one engineering toolbox
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A simulator for all the process engineering stages
USIM PAC improves efficiency during process design, plant sizing, plant survey, process optimization.
It ensures smooth scale up from lab to pilot and from pilot to plant. USIM PAC can also be very helpful for educational purpose or in the frame of R&D projects in process engineering.
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An integrated process simulation software
USIM PAC is not only a tool to predict and optimize entire process plants. It allows to balance, model, simulate batch or continuous process in a single interface.
USIM PAC allows process engineers and scientists to:
- model plant operations using available experimental data
- determine optimal plant configuration that meets production targets
- size unit operations required to achieve given circuit objectives.
Simulation
Equipment sizing & optimization
Sensitivity analysis
Environmental calculations
Capital cost estimation
USIM PAC is a process simulator used by engineers in more than 50 countries.
Better characterize materials to achieve accurate process design
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A unique approach in material modeling
With USIM PAC, take into account the complexity and the variability of your materials: heterogeneity, components, composition, phases, phase transfer… Unlike most chemical process simulators, our process modeling and simulation software does not require the use of thermodynamic databases.
USIM PAC simulator is particularly suitable when processing raw materials, solids or solids and liquid mixtures, like ores, biomass, waste.
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Combine all information into a single model
With USIM PAC, evaluate raw material, products, reagents, water, wastes… on a stream by stream basis for the entire plant.
USIM PAC also back-calculates data which cannot be measured.
Discover USIM PAC engineering software through a self-paced online course
Speed up process development and optimization
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Built-in unit operations library
More than 150 unit operation models are available in order to complete daily tasks more quickly. USIM PAC includes models dedicated to various industrial fields such as comminution, physical separation, solid/liquid separation, membrane technologies, hydrometallurgy, biotechnology…
Mathematical models calculate the output streams data from the input streams data and model parameters. These parameters can be equipment sizes, operating settings and conditions, physical properties, model adjustment parameters or simply performance criteria.
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Open process modeling software
With USIM PAC, you can create your own equipment models to suit process conditions and represent accurately your plant.
+150 models of unit operation models: physical, thermal and biological processes
- Crushing
- Grinding mills, SAG
- Screening
- Hydro-classification
- Hydrocyclones
- Dense medium separation
- Gravity separation
- Magnetic separation
- Flotation cells and columns
- Mineral liberation
- Leaching and bioleaching
- Precipitation
- Adsorption : CIP, CIL, resins
- Solvent extraction, SX
- Cementation
- Electrolysis, EW
- Thickeners and decantors
- Filtration and ultra-filtration
- Diafiltration
- Membrane separation
- Sorting
- Batch extraction
- Centrifugation
- Reactive extrusion
- Collection
- Composting
- Incineration
Empower engineering decisions and collaborations with our process engineering software
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A user-friendly process simulation software
USIM PAC includes a set of data representation tools: process flow diagrams, curves, data displays.
With USIM PAC, export all data tables as spreadsheets.
A highly efficient communication vector
USIM PAC facilitates the communication between the different actors who play a part in the plant life.
Graphical representations allow you to document your decisions and deliver dashboard for management.
Still using spreadsheets for modeling and simulation of your process?
Explore a new way to analyze, design and optimize your processes with USIM PAC.
We chose USIM PAC, a modeling and simulation software based on a technology well established in the mineral industry. Starting from a raw material to converge towards constituents of interest…. The similarity of our resources with minerals seduced me.
From mineral processing to any industry involving solids and mixtures
Initially developed for mineral processing and hydrometallurgy 30 years ago, USIM PAC flexible structure has been allowing to approach all industries processing natural, variable and heterogeneous materials.
Mining
and metallurgy
- Iron ores, base and precious metals
- Industrial minerals
- Building materials
- Phosphate, potash, uranium, coal…
Food processing
and biorefinery
- Biomass: algae, wood, oilseed, grains…
- Food: milk, proteins, natural ingredients…
Waste and waste water treatment
- Municipal solid wastes (MSW)
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
- Waste water…
Other industrial processes
All processing plant dealing with solids and mixtures, particularly heterogeneous (inks, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals…)
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