Benefit and evaluation of interactive 3D process data visualization in operator training of plant manufacturing industry

Operator training without a process model is necessary in certain plant manufacturing industry's applications because the process models from the control theory perspective are still not available. This paper describes an experiment that analyzed the benefits of 3D data visualization integrated in HMI for process control in combination with different types of operator training to obtain process knowledge. The benefits of interactive 3D slider training in identifying errors during operation could be proven.