Voltrus Factory is a 3D factory builder with a deterministic simulation core. Place machines and conveyors, define routing, and see throughput, bottlenecks, 5S score, and muda before you move a single machine. $29 one-time for Windows and Linux. No recurring fees.
01: The Problem
Moving a machine after installation costs multiples of moving it on a screen. Most layout tools stop at drawing the plan — they never run it.
A static layout hides its own logistics. Where do parts queue? Which output has nowhere to go? What happens at shift peak? In Voltrus Factory the flow is on the floor: directional chevrons on every belt, arrows on every feed, red pulsing rings on unwired outputs.
The slowest station caps the whole line no matter how fast everything else runs. The throughput forecast shows parts-per-minute per node and names the bottleneck before you commit — speed it up or starve it, and watch the constraint move.
5S and muda are easy to recite and hard to feel. Here they are mechanical facts: orderly layouts score higher and their crews literally walk faster. The 5S panel shows the bonus; the delivery counter shows the consequence.
02: How It Works
No manual to read before your first chain runs. The flow panel is a live checklist that teaches the process as you build.
Place a source, process machines, and sinks on the grid. Drag-lay conveyors between ports. Walk the floor in first or third person to check travel and sight lines.
Out-port faces in-port: wired. Across the hall: pin a destination and transporters or AGVs carry it. The panel shows every chain as plain text, with anything broken in red.
Hit run. The forecast names the bottleneck in parts-per-minute; the 5S and muda panels price the waste. Change the plan, re-run, keep the winner.
03: What's In The Box
Shipped features, not roadmap. Every item below runs in the current build.
Place machines, conveyors, and sinks on a snapped grid. Drag-lay belt runs, rotate, bulldoze. Build mode keeps out-of-the-way of walk mode: Tab switches.
First- and third-person walk mode as a PPE operator. Check sight lines, reach, and operator travel the way no top-down diagram can.
Every source-to-sink chain rendered live: IN·RESIN → MIXER → … → OUT, with per-node status. Unwired outputs, dead ends, and starved machines show up red the moment they exist.
Define where output goes — pin a destination and transporters or AGVs carry it, even across halls. Belts stay optional wiring.
Directional chevrons on every belt, arrows on every feed, pulsing red rings on outputs with nowhere to go. The flow is visible on the floor, not just in a panel.
Theoretical parts-per-minute per node with the bottleneck highlighted before you run. Fix the constraint, watch the bottleneck move.
Sort, set-in-order, shine, standardize, sustain — scored live, with a real worker-speed bonus. Orderly layouts measurably out-deliver shuffled ones.
The seven wastes tracked and costed as you run: motion, transport, waiting, inventory. Lean concepts you can see, not just recite.
Manual carry vs conveyors vs AGV fleet — compare capex and throughput side by side before you commit a layout to either.
Six industries — discrete assembly, injection molding, dairy, chemical, food, BOPP film. Each level: a budget, a target, a clock. Ship the order book or lose.
Same seed, same actions, same result. A fixed-timestep core you can trust for teaching and comparison, not a canned animation.
The simulation runs entirely on your machine. Layouts stay on disk. No account, no cloud, no telemetry required.
04: Who It's For
From the shop floor to the classroom — anyone who has to defend a layout decision.
05: Pricing
$29 once. No subscription, no per-machine fees, no account required to run the simulation.
Beta builds are free while the product matures. Running a lab, classroom, or training department? Site licensing: [email protected]
06: FAQ
Straight answers. The short version: buy once, run anywhere, keep your data.
Voltrus Factory is a $29 one-time purchase for the Windows and Linux desktop builds. The browser sandbox at factory.voltrus.id is free, and the beta desktop builds are free to download while the product matures. For site licenses (labs, classrooms, training departments), contact us.
Windows 10+ and Linux x86_64 for the desktop builds, and any modern browser for the free sandbox. The simulation is identical across all three.
No. The desktop build runs fully offline. The browser sandbox also runs locally in the page; signing in only adds optional cloud-saved layouts.
CAD draws a factory. Voltrus Factory runs it: parts flow, machines cycle, operators walk, and the simulation tells you the throughput, the bottleneck, and the waste in the plan. It complements CAD — sketch the flow here before you commit it to drawings.
Scenario packs across six industries — discrete assembly, injection molding, dairy, chemical, food, and BOPP film. Each level gives you a budget, a production target, and a clock: spend wisely, wire the flow, and ship the order book before time runs out.
Nowhere, unless you send it. The simulation runs entirely on your machine and desktop layouts are stored locally.
07: Read More
Long-form breakdowns on the problems this tool exists to solve.
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