Evidence

What can be evidenced.
And what stays open.

Eight applications · video and documentation per case · open assumptions stated

Evidence is what someone can verify without asking us. Everything else we call an assumption — and write it down as one.

01 — How this is measured

Before the first case:
what to measure it against.

A passed acceptance test is a snapshot of a sample: it holds for the section that was checked and for the moment it was checked. Anyone turning that into a number has to say where it came from. So every case carries the same grid — and where a figure is missing, it says so.

What every case states

Six entries, always the same

Industry · project type · scope of the model · baseline before the project · result afterwards · assumptions marked as open. Without a baseline the result stands without a number — an improvement without a starting value is not a measurement but an impression.

No baseline, no number. No measurement note, no effect claim.
Where the numbers come from

Two kinds of number, kept apart

Structural figures — sequences, steps, zones — come from the Selmo project and can be counted there. Time and effect figures come from the project reports. Where the source has not been named yet, that is stated on the number itself, not in the small print.

A number without a named source stays marked rather than quietly counting.
02 — The applications

Eight cases,
the same grid.

Every case comes with the material you need to check it: the recording of the line, the project documentation as a PDF and — where it exists — the technical recording from Selmo Studio. The companies named here have consented to being named.

Velox Werk GmbH — Stability in a few days

Retrofit of an automatic panel cutting line. The process was recorded from video and the wiring plan and modelled in full before anyone touched the control. Control: TwinCAT 3.

Scope of the model20 sequences · 254 steps · 330 zones
Baseline before the projectSettlement offers ranging from 10 weeks to eviction
ResultFull process logic in production after 5 days.source: project WhiteBox monitoring surfaced hidden sensor faults nobody had seen before.
Open assumptionsWithout a baseline the duration is not a comparison. Virtual commissioning finished before the real one — how much of the 5 days it accounts for was not recorded separately.
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igm Robotersysteme — Competence made scalable

Robot welding cell, a new installation and the customer's first Selmo project. Modelled by one engineer with no conventional PLC background.

Scope of the model5 sequences · 96 steps · 248 zones
Baseline before the projectProgramming: 3-month internal estimate without a digital twin
ResultOne engineer modelled the complete line.source: project On-site commissioning ran without rework; the behaviour was known before production started.
Open assumptionsWithout scope and baseline, “one engineer” is an observation, not a metric. What the line would otherwise have tied up in people was not recorded.
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MAHLE Filtersysteme — Better quality, simpler handling

Test station (end-of-line tester) for quality control, retrofit of an existing line. Preparation: analysis of the current state and process capture.

Scope of the model2 sequences · 192 steps · 196 zones
Baseline before the projectRetrofit—due to the failure of 75% of the stations
ResultA few weeks from analysis to commissioning.source pending Higher quality, less complexity, shorter cycle times.
Open assumptions“A few weeks” is a range, not a measurement. Quality and cycle time carry no figures without starting values.
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AZO Group — Retrofit with full decidability

Modernisation of an existing raw-material handling plant. The process was captured on site, modelled in Selmo Studio and virtually commissioned against the digital twin of the 3D model. Hardware: Beckhoff.

Scope of the model213 defined zones
Baseline before the projectThe trade show booth was programmed in 3–5 weeks, and a programmer had to be present at the trade show
Result80 hours of engineering effort in total.source: project The process was visible and verifiable before commissioning; optimisations were spotted virtually.
Open assumptionsWithout a comparison project the effort says nothing about a saving. Sequences and steps are not documented for this case.
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thyssenkrupp Automotive — From idea to production

Full automation of a camshaft assembly line as a proof of concept. Two weeks of preparation, three days on site.

Scope of the model7 sequences · 187 steps · 236 zones
Baseline before the project2–3 years of development to reach the current stage
ResultUnder two weeks from the first workshop to live commissioning.source: project HMI commissioning took three days; the behaviour was known before production started.
Open assumptionsA proof of concept is not series operation. Whether the line has run unchanged since is not evidenced here.
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Austrian beverage producer — Traceability of every batch

Digitalisation of a juice mixing plant, new installation. The starting point was a manual process with BlackBox risk; the behaviour was modelled as WhiteBox logic. The customer stays unnamed at their own request.

Scope of the model7 sequences · 793 steps · 479 zones
Baseline before the projectmanual process, not quantified
ResultRecipe, parameters and cycle of every batch are traceable.source: project Every movement is recorded continuously.
Open assumptionsThe 100 % refers to the modelled quantities, not to the plant as a whole. What is not modelled is not traceable either.
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Cosma Engineering (Magna) — Precision at a high cycle rate

Intelligent press-tool control in the R&D phase. An extremely dynamic process, structured entirely in Selmo.

Scope of the modelnot documented
Baseline before the projectDevelopment Project: Outcome Uncertain
Result250 ms cycle accuracy.source: project A robust architecture without special-case code.
Open assumptionsR&D phase, not series operation. Whether the 250 ms is a target or a measured value is open.
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Firmware test rig — Small in effort, large in result

Test rig, the first live use of Selmo Studio. Starting point: the system could not be put into operation. Hardware and process were defined exactly.

Scope of the model1 sequences · 45 steps · 22 zones
Baseline before the projectthe rig could not be put into operation
ResultCommissioned in 2 days, six years since without retraining or a service call.source: project “The machine explains itself.”
Open assumptionsThe lifecycle figure comes from the customer's operation and is not measured continuously by us.
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03 — What can be generalized

Ranges from completed projects,
kept apart from the individual cases.

These values do not come from a single case but from several completed projects. They are project-specific and therefore carry a condition.

−50 bis −80 %commissioning time
−40 bis −70 %unplanned downtime
+3 bis +10 %OEE
−25 bis −50 %maintenance
+5 bis +20 %output

Ranges from completed customer projects. The actual value is project-specific and is measured on your line during the assessment.

04 — What is not claimed here

No case evidences an effect
on a different line.

That is not caution, it is the statement itself: structure transfers, effect is measured.

No transfer of numbers

What was measured on one line holds for that line. On yours it is measured anew — in the assessment, with a stated baseline.

No selection of the best cases

These are all the applications for which material exists — including the ones where the grid has gaps. Where a figure is missing, it says so on the tile instead of the case disappearing.

No statement about your industry

The industry of a case says where it happened — not that it would yield the same elsewhere.

The Behavior Reference (BR) is not after-the-fact documentation of the code

It exists before the code. What these cases evidence is therefore the path, not a result explained in hindsight.

Verification asks: was it built right? Validation asks: was the right thing built? The cases above evidence the first question. The second was answered in each project by the operator. WhiteBox does not mean you can see the code. WhiteBox means conformity becomes decidable instead of a matter of judgment — and that is what a case here can evidence.

What the method does not do

Selmo replaces neither commissioning nor experience — it reduces the space of possible causes. And what is checked is always the defined behavioral space: what is not modeled is not covered.

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