A living plant
Pretreatment, paint booths, air houses, ovens, conveyors, the electrical room and the lab. Each sector unlocks as you earn it and comes alive when you do.
Planta · early access · in active development
Plant engineering, learned on the floor.
Planta drops you into a working plant as the new engineer. Booths that won't balance, motors that won't start, ovens that don't cure. You learn the mechanics, electrical, controls and chemistry behind each one by fixing it in 3D.
- 32courses
- 303D simulators
- 371glossary terms, EN · ES · FR
- 4countries' codes and voltages
- 2industry tracks
And growing: new courses, simulators and industries are added as Planta develops.
The gap
School teaches the formula. The plant asks why the burner locked out.
New engineers and technicians spend their first years learning the plant the slow way: by being there when something breaks. Training is a binder, a video, a multiple-choice quiz nobody remembers a week later.
Planta flips it. Every concept is tied to a machine you can open, run, break and fix, with the numbers behind it. You don't move on until you can actually do it.
The product
Meet Planta
A plant you walk, a school you climb, and a shift of real problems every day.
A school by years
Five disciplines, from units and Ohm's law to PLC ladder, VFDs and networks. Prerequisites keep the order honest, like a real degree.
Calls from the floor
Story missions with a cast of plant characters: the senior mentor, the maintenance tech, the process chemist, the demanding plant manager.
It remembers what you miss
Every missed item goes into a spaced-review queue and comes back as tomorrow's work orders until it sticks.
30 simulators
Machines you can break
Every simulator runs on real engineering models, with missions to complete and the numbers on screen.
MECH
4-stroke engine
Cutaway engine, firing order, torque and power curves, knock and diesel ignition.
CNC
CNC operator
Home the machine, jog with the handwheel, touch off, set G54 and run block by block. Set Z wrong and you crash.
SAFETY
Forklift
Seat belt, parking brake, F/N/R, lift, tilt and side shift. Read the capacity plate before the heavy crate.
PROD
OEE stamping cell
A 450-minute shift in 90 seconds: breakdowns, slow cycles and scrap, and where every minute went.
AUTO
Stamping press
Tonnage, draw depth, wrinkles versus splits, light curtain and two-hand controls.
ROBOTICS
Industrial robot
Joint and world jogging, TCP, reach and safe teaching speeds.
FLUIDS
Centrifugal pump
Pump versus system curve, VFD versus valve, NPSH and cavitation you can see and hear.
ELEC
Motor control panel
A real 3-phase starter. Read the schematic, meter it live and dead, lock out for real, find the fault.
…and many more inside, with new ones added as we build. Early access users see them first.
How a lesson runs
One shift, five steps
- 01
The call
A short scene. Something is wrong and it's yours now.
- 02
The one idea
A worked example in a few lines. No walls of text.
- 03
On the machine
Open the simulator, change the variable, watch what breaks.
- 04
The checkpoint
80% to move on. Miss it and the questions change.
- 05
Tomorrow
What you missed comes back as the next day's tasks.
Curriculum
A common base, then your industry
Levels go from “I know what it's called” to “I can diagnose and fix it on a real line”.
Math & science
The physics, chemistry and math a plant actually runs on.
Mechanical
Machines, power transmission, fluid power and maintenance.
Electrical & controls
From the first circuit to panels, drives and PLCs.
Production, quality & safety
Drawings, lean, quality tools and working safe.
Industry track
Industrial finishing
Paint lines from pretreatment to the cure oven, the way a finishing plant really runs.
Industry track
Automotive manufacturing
Body shop, stamping and paint shop on a running automotive line.
Coming next
More industries
More plants are on the way. Tell us which industry you need.
Where you work
Your country's codes. Your plant's voltage.
Pick a country and the safety bodies, codes and plant voltages change with you. Units show SI and imperial side by side.
- United StatesOSHA · NFPA
- CanadaCSA · provincial OHS
- MexicoNOM-STPS · NOM-SEDE
- ArgentinaLey 19.587 · AEA
- Learn in English, check in SpanishEvery line has a Spanish toggle · trilingual glossary EN/ES/FR
Who it's for
Built for people who keep plants running
New plant engineers
Your first two years, compressed. Know the systems before the 2 a.m. call.
Technicians moving up
You know the machines by hand. Add the theory, the numbers and the vocabulary.
Students and career changers
See what a plant job actually is, and walk into the interview speaking its language.
For plants, integrators and schools
Onboarding people actually finish
Mastery gating means a pass is a pass. Progress is tracked per person. We are looking for a few pilot teams to shape the team features with us.
Why Tecnelio exists
I'm a project engineer on industrial finishing lines: booths, ovens, air make-up units, conveyors. On the job I kept running into the gaps school left: why the burner locks out, what the drive fault really means, why the parts come out of the oven tacky. Planta is what I wish I'd had in my first year.
Maxi Founder, Tecnelio
FAQ
Questions
Do I need an engineering degree?
No. The school starts at units and ratios and builds up. Technicians and students start at year one; engineers can move fast through what they know.
What does it run on?
Any modern browser on a computer, and phones for lessons and review. The 3D simulators run best on a laptop or desktop.
Is the content technically reviewed?
Every module goes through a technical review. Anything uncertain, like a specific code clause or a typical value, is flagged for human verification instead of guessed.
Are the plants and companies real?
No. Northshore Finishing Works and Lakeside Assembly are fictional, and so is everyone in them. The physics are real.
How much does it cost?
Early access is free while we build. Pricing for individuals and teams comes later; early users hear first.
Walk the plant before your first shift.
Planta is in early access. Write to us and we'll send you a build.
hello@tecnelio.com