Andritz offers a suite of simulation solutions that helps industrial operations reduce risk and realize cost savings. Our proprietary simulation tool, IDEAS, is the leading dynamic simulator for the global kraft pulp industry, oil sands operations in the Canadian north, potash operations, and for hard rock mining. IDEAS contains many industry-specific libraries that allow the modeling of a facility at a macro level. Its powerful steady-state capabilities enable the performance of steady-state mass and energy balances; the tracking of components, compounds, and element flow and concentration; and the handling of particle size distributions. During the process design phase of a project, IDEAS is a quick and powerful tool that enables users to dynamically model a complete project. It can be used to test and verify design concepts and process control logic - quickly, and at low cost and low risk. IDEAS catches hundreds of errors in control logic before start-up, which means a plant achieves planned production on or ahead of schedule. ANDRITZ can model any vendor equipment and is able to communicate with every DCS supplier, so that operators will train on the same graphics and logic that they will use in the actual plant.