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DIVISIONS · LIFECYCLE COVERAGE

From drawing board to digital twin to decision.

Most engineering firms own one phase. VB owns all seven.

PLANT LIFECYCLE MATRIX · VB GROUP · v4READ: LEFT → RIGHT
Phase →
01
Concept
02
Detailed Engineering
03
Build
04
Commission
05
Twin
06
Operate
07
Continuously Improve
EngineeringDivision 01
Digital MfgDivision 02
METADivision 03
Lead engagement Supporting role Three lanes · seven phases · zero hand-offs
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CHAPTER ONE · THE FOUNDATION · 2014 → present

Detailed Engineering.

The credibility engine. Brownfield digital engineering for process plants, refineries, smelters and substations. Specification-grade deliverables under IEEE, NFPA 70E, IEC and OSHA, across twenty-one countries.

GENESIS · A DECADE OF BROWNFIELD ENGINEERING
2014
FoundedPower-system engineering practice spins out as VB Engineering in India.
2017
First Gulf clientArc-flash & PSS rollout into Middle East refineries.
2020
3D LiDAR practiceLeica RTC360 capability launched. Brownfield digital twins begin.
2023
1,000+ studiesCumulative milestone. Footprint reaches 21 countries, 8 industries.
2026
Now50,000+ LiDAR scans. The data backbone for every digital platform we ship.
POWER SYSTEM STUDY · ARC FLASH RISK ASSESSMENT DELIVERABLE TYPE · ELECTRICAL SAFETY · BROWNFIELD STANDARDS · IEEE 1584-2018 · NFPA 70E-2024 · IEC 60909 · OSHA 29 CFR 1910.269
Callouts (see drawing →)
1
Incoming MV switchgear132 kV / 33 kV interface. Source impedance modelled per IEC 60909.
2
Power transformerTwo-winding, ONAN/ONAF cooling. Magnetising inrush + decay constants captured.
3
LV PCC bus415 V distribution. Arc flash boundary calculated at every bolted bus connection.
4
Arc flash zone markerIncident energy mapped in cal/cm². PPE category & working distance specified per NFPA 70E.
5
Relay coordination pointTime–current curves harmonised. Selectivity ratio > 0.3 across the protection scheme.
Deliverable package
  • Single-line diagram (SLD), issued for review
  • Short-circuit study report (3-phase, line-to-ground, double line-to-ground)
  • Arc-flash hazard analysis with PPE-category labels per bus
  • Protection coordination study with relay setting sheets
  • Power-quality assessment (harmonics, voltage flicker)
  • Plant-side recommendations & implementation roadmap
DRAWING · SUBSTATION-LV · ISO A3 · 1:50VB-ENG-PSS-0142
132 kV INCOMING · 50 Hz · 3-PH 1 2 PCC LV BUS · 415 V · 3-PH + N 3 4 51 / 50 5 M M M SUBSTATION LV BUS, 18,000 mm 3-PH PHASOR IE = 8.4 cal/cm²
SCALE 1:50 · NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION FILE · VB-ENG-PSS-0142 · REV C
CAPABILITY · A
3D LiDAR Scanning
Leica RTC360 + cloud post-processing. We deliver registered point clouds, 2D drawings (P&ID, isometric, structural) and IFC-format BIM exports. ±1.9 mm precision across 50,000+ scans completed.
ISO 17123-9 · BS 7385-2 · BIM LOD 350
CAPABILITY · B
HAZOP & Risk Studies
Multi-disciplinary HAZOP node analysis with LOPA layering. SIL determination, consequence modelling (Phast / DNV), and recommendation tracking through close-out.
IEC 61882 · IEC 61511 · API RP 754
CAPABILITY · C
Power System Studies
Load flow, short-circuit, arc-flash, relay coordination, harmonic analysis, transient stability. ETAP and DigSilent PowerFactory. Delivered for refineries, smelters, pharma campuses, and data centres.
IEEE 1584 · IEC 60909 · NFPA 70E
COMPOSITE CASE · ANONYMISED
A Tier-1 petrochemical refinery in the Gulf required arc-flash risk assessment across 14 substations and 412 buses inside an eight-week shutdown window. VB Group's engineering team delivered NFPA 70E-compliant labels, switchgear retrofit recommendations, and a relay coordination matrix, closed out before the plant restart.
Sector: Petrochemical · Geography: Gulf · Window: 8 weeks · Scope: 14 substations / 412 buses
Explore vbengg.com → Chapter Two: Digital Manufacturing
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CHAPTER TWO · THE TRANSFORMATION LAYER · 2019 → present

Digital Manufacturing.

Four platforms. One operating system. What ERP did for the office in the nineties, the Industrial Digital Twin Engine now does for the floor. Wistwin · Vijai · Zentry · Forgecore, each one earning its place inside India's largest plants.

GENESIS · FROM SERVICES TO PRODUCTS
2019
The pivotVB engineers begin building Wistwin internally, first digital twin for a brownfield plant.
2021
Vijai bornAI vigilance platform spun out. PPE-AI deployed at first Hindalco site.
2023
Zentry launched11 statutes mapped. Pass · Gate · Drive · Induct.
2024
ForgecoreIndia-first contract-workforce platform. DPDP · CLRA · BOCW from day one.
2026
78 plants live12,547 assets twinned · 95.8% AI accuracy · 1M+ events/day.
WISTWIN · ASSETTWIN · LIVE · VB-DIG-WTW-LIVE LIVE · LAST SYNC 2.4s AGO
Plant Health Index
87/100
7-day trend · 1 amber asset
⚠ Predictive Alert · T+0.0s
PUMP-12 · Bearing anomaly
RUL 142h · Conf. 94.1%
Action Maintenance work-order dispatched to CMMS
Asset State · Live
1,247NORMAL
3WATCH
0CRITICAL
14SCAN
Twin Layers · Visible
Physical model · IFC LOD 350
LiDAR · 50k+ scans · Leica RTC360
P&ID overlay · ghosted
Live sensors · OPC UA · MQTT
Asset health · colour-mapped
CAM 30° AXONOMETRIC SCALE 1:120 NORTH ↑ UPDATED 2.4s
N C-101 C-102 DATA STREAM ↑ R-401 T-301 T-302 E-201 IFC · LOD 350 PUMP-12 · ⚠ LIDAR · RTC360 · SCAN SLICE X Y Z
WISTWIN · ASSETTWIN MODULE · PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE DELIVERABLE TYPE · DIGITAL TWIN PLATFORM COMPLIANCE · IATF 16949 · SCHEDULE M 2024 · BRSR CORE · ISO 27001:2022
What this twin runs on
1
Edge gatewayOPC UA + MQTT collection from PLCs, SCADA, vibration sensors, condition monitors.
2
Asset Twin computePer-asset state model. P&ID ingested. LiDAR registered. RUL forecast.
3
Predictive alert engineFailure mode prediction with confidence interval. Triggers maintenance work-order in the plant CMMS.
4
Plant Head dashboardPlant Health Index 0–100. Top 3 risks. One-screen view per facility, per site, per group.
5
Audit logHash-chained, tamper-evident. 7-year retention. Inspector Mode for regulator read-only access.
Module suite (10 -Twin's)
  • AssetTwin™, asset-level digital twin
  • SmarTwin™ · PlanTwin™ · PredicTwin™
  • AviraTwin™, environmental + emissions
  • ImpacTwin™, impact & scenario
  • TrusTwin™ · VolTwin™ · InsighTwin™ · InspectWin™
SYSTEM DIAGRAM · WISTWIN · ASSETTWINVB-DIG-WTW-04A
PHYSICAL PLANT · SENSORS · PLCs · SCADA PUMP-12 CV-04 RX-301 HEX-7 TANK-T1 EDGE GATEWAY · OPC UA / MQTT FIELD PROTOCOLS · 24V DC 1 ASSET TWIN · COMPUTE P&ID · LIDAR · RUL FORECAST 2 PREDICTIVE ENGINE RUL · ANOMALY · WORK-ORDER 3 PLANT HEAD · DASHBOARD 87 PHI · /100 4 AUDIT LOG 5
SYSTEM DIAGRAM · NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION FILE · VB-DIG-WTW-04A · REV B
PLATFORM · 01
Wistwin
Bharat's Digital Manufacturing Platform. 10 trademarked -Twin modules covering asset, schedule, prediction, environment, impact, trust, energy, insight, inspection. 78 plants live.
SCHEDULE M · BRSR CORE · IATF 16949
PLATFORM · 02
Vijai
AI vigilance & surveillance. 9 modules: PPE, fire, gesture, zone, vehicle, crowd, behavioural safety, perimeter, guard tour. 95.8% accuracy across 100+ sites.
10M+ DATA POINTS · 42% INCIDENT ↓
PLATFORM · 03
Zentry
Industrial workforce & access governance. 6 modules: Pass · Gate · Drive · Induct · Learn · Worksheet. 11 statutes mapped including CLRA, Schedule M, IATF, MSIHC, DPDPA. Cloud · Hybrid · On-Prem.
1M+ GATE EVENTS / DAY · 11 STATUTES
COMPOSITE CASE · ANONYMISED
A diversified Indian industrial group twinned twelve process plants on Wistwin inside an eighteen-month rollout. AssetTwin coverage reached 4,200 assets. Predictive alerts cut unplanned downtime by thirty-one percent in the first full operating year. The Plant Health Index became the group CFO's morning briefing screen.
Sector: Diversified industrial · Geography: India · Window: 18 months · Outcome: 31% unplanned downtime reduction
See the full portfolio → Chapter Three: META
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CHAPTER THREE · THE IMMERSIVE LAYER · 2021 → present

META, the immersive layer.

Industrial complexity, immersively clear. VR training that scales. Industrial walkthroughs of plants you cannot yet visit. Three-dimensional safety films at every shift change.

GENESIS · WHY IMMERSIVE BECAME NON-OPTIONAL
2021
The triggerDrona pilot at a Hindalco smelter. VR induction replaces 8-hour classroom session with 22-minute headset experience.
2022
360VistaIndustrial walkthrough product launched. Plants you can "visit" before they're built.
2024
DreamVerse StudioIn-house 3D content arm for safety films, SOP videos, training animations.
2025
Sub-brands consolidateSTiXR · MetWin · Magic · Akira · Rehab, five specialist IPs under vbmetaverse.com.
2026
Now100+ plants trained · 18 VR modules · 11 industries · 5 languages.
DRONA · VR PLANT INDUCTION · STATUTORY TRAINING DELIVERABLE TYPE · IMMERSIVE TRAINING MODULE COMPLIANCE · ISO 45001 · BIS · MoLE · CLRA-RULE-78 · OEM SAFETY STANDARDS
Training scene callouts
1
Trainee, full standing postureTracked at 6-DOF via inside-out cameras. Body-position safety scoring active.
2
Meta Quest 3 headsetPancake lens display, 110° FOV, 90 Hz refresh. Standalone, no PC tether required.
3
Holographic plant interiorPhotorealistic plant model rebuilt from LiDAR + P&ID. Trainee navigates the actual plant.
4
Scenario branchHazard event injected. Trainee decision tracked. Outcome scored against the regulator-compliant SOP.
5
Certificate outputPass/fail certificate gate-linked to Zentry. Plant entry granted only on training completion.
META portfolio
  • Drona, 18 VR training modules · 11 industries
  • 360Vista, industrial walkthroughs (browser + VR)
  • DreamVerse Studio, 3D content arm
  • STiXR. XR platform layer · sub-brand
  • MetWin · Magic · Akira · Rehab, specialist IPs
SCENE COMPOSITION · DRONA VR · INDUCTIONVB-META-DRN-12
1 2 3 DECISION TREE 4 CERTIFICATE · DRONA PASS · ZENTRY GATE OK VALID 12 MONTHS 5
SCENE COMPOSITION · NOT FOR PRODUCTION FILE · VB-META-DRN-12 · REV A
FLAGSHIP · 01
Drona
VR training platform. 18 production-ready modules across safety, SOP, equipment operation, emergency response. Hardware-agnostic (Quest · Vive · Pico). Offline-first. Five Indian languages + Arabic. 100+ plants live.
ISO 45001 · BIS · MoLE
FLAGSHIP · 02
360Vista
Industrial walkthroughs. Plants, refineries, warehouses, pre-commissioning sites, in browser and VR. AI-enhanced precision >99%. Used for executive pre-build reviews and remote inspector access.
INDUSTRIAL-FIRST · BROWSER + VR
FLAGSHIP · 03
DreamVerse Studio
Internal 3D content arm. Safety films, SOP videos, training animations, 3D explainers, induction films. Built for VB clients and external industrial customers.
VB STUDIO · INDUSTRIAL 3D
COMPOSITE CASE · ANONYMISED
A pharmaceutical campus in southern India scaled mandatory SOP training from 480 hours of classroom delivery per year to zero physical hours. Drona VR modules deployed across the contract workforce. Schedule M 2024 induction trail became a hash-chained, gate-anchored audit record. Inspector visits now begin at a kiosk login, not a paper register.
Sector: Pharma · Geography: India · Workforce: Contract-heavy · Outcome: 480 classroom hours → 0
Enter vbmetaverse.com → See all platforms
━━ THE PLANT HEAD'S BUYING JOURNEY

From first conversation to continuous operations.

A single Plant Head buying conversation typically touches all three divisions. Here's how the engagement sequences, and which divisions show up at each step.

STEP 01
Scoping
P&ID review · LiDAR baseline · arc-flash gap analysis. The honest baseline before commitment.
Engineering
STEP 02
Design
Detailed engineering deliverables · power system studies · piping & layout · twin baseline established.
EngineeringDigital
STEP 03
Commission
Wistwin AssetTwin goes live · Vijai AI rolled out at zones · Zentry gate-up · Drona induction begins.
DigitalMETA
STEP 04
Operate
PHI tracked daily · Forgecore workforce onboarded · continuous VR refresh · audits pulled from the hash-chain.
DigitalMETA
STEP 05
Improve
Predictive twin alerts close loop · Vijai sees what humans miss · workforce retrained on new SOPs · plant gets smarter.
EngineeringDigitalMETA

Three divisions. One industrial digital twin engine.

Concept to commissioning to continuous operations. Engineering at the base, intelligence above it, immersion across it.

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