Traditionally, the high cost of PLM and difficulties implementing large-scale enterprise PLM systems were cited as major barriers to entry. But now, PLM technologies are becoming more common at smaller to mid-size manufacturers. PLM systems have continued to perform well, and market researcher CIMdata Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) reported that the comprehensive PLM market experienced 15.2% growth in 2011 to $29.98 billion. “What we’re seeing is a shift to the democratization and the availability of simpler analysis tools that are being embedded within CAD systems as well as be- ing separate tools, where more people are being able to use them,” said CIMdata President Peter A. Bilello. Reaching the Shop Floor Siemens PLM Software (Plano, TX) has been mak- ing steady improvements in what the company calls the CAD/CAM/CNC process chain, with tighter ties between the Siemens Teamcenter PDM and its NX CAM design and manufacturing solutions to Siemens’ Sinumerik line of CNC controls. Using standardized tooling libraries can make man- ufacturers much more effective, said Vynce Paradise, director, product marketing, Siemens PLM Software,
who noted that the company has been working with Sandvik for about two years on tooling libraries. “We’re hoping to get the industry to adopt this,” he added. “It’s important for our joint customers that they will be able to spend less time manually adding tooling data to their libraries.”
In the future, this easy access to standardized cata- log data will be a part of PLM systems. This effort can also leverage data from third parties like CIMSource, bringing in tool data from the Web. With the Sie- mens’ Tool Component function, Paradise added that “we can map attributes from standardized catalogs to existing customer standards. Having access to fully populated tool libraries will make them more efficient in planning, and help them make smarter decisions on which tools to select for optimum machining. The CAM programmers will go to the tool library, search and find cutting tool assemblies and use 3-D models of these within their NC programming sessions.” Another key Siemens development is its new Shop
Floor Connect for Teamcenter, which allows direct ac- cess to production-ready work packages that remain under full PLM control inside Teamcenter until they are needed on the shop floor, Paradise said. “We can
New Manufacturing
Resource Library in Sie- mens PLM features ISO 13399-compliant tooling data with 3-D solid models of
tools.Nas- tran FEA software.
Image courtesy Siemens PLM Software.
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