SOFTWARE UPDATE
The addition of AR to its IIoT offerings aims to add a disruptive technology to the enterprise, according to PTC. Vuforia’s AR platform is supported by more than 200,000 de- velopers who have built some 20,000 apps for smartphones, tablets and a new generation of digital eyewear, according to the company. “PTC believes the technology has arrived to completely transform the way we interact with and experi- ence things, and that technology is augmented reality,” said Jay Wright, Vuforia general manager and senior vice presi- dent, PTC. “Our goal with Vuforia is to deliver an augmented reality experience on top of all types of things—and funda- mentally change the future of work.” VuMark, which the companies dubbed the next-generation bar code, potentially could alter the way applications are delivered to the machinery and manufactured goods that will be found in future IIoT ecosystems. VuMark is said to offer a simple method for encoding data, such as a URL or a product serial number, and it is capable of overcoming the limitations of existing bar code technologies that do not support the AR experience or that may detract from a product’s appearance. Service applications are the first “killer app” for the Inter- net of Things (IoT), and new augmented reality applications will be critical for service, noted PTC CEO Jim Hepplemann at the ThingEvent. PTC offered a glimpse into the future of IIoT enterprise applications, showing its new ThingX plat- form for building AR-enabled apps, which included the new ThingServer, for storing IIoT data; the ThingBrowser, a way to browse IIoT objects on the Web; and the ThingBuilder, for leveraging CAD models and other data for manufacturers to easily build IIoT applications. PTC said that support for Win- dows 10 and VuMark will be publicly available to all develop- ers this spring.
Acquisitions Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) and CAE simulation de-
veloper CD-adapco (Melville, NY) announced Jan. 25 that the companies signed a stock purchase agreement under which Siemens will buy CD-adapco for $970 million. CD-adapco is a global simulation company with solutions in a wide range of engineering disciplines including computational fluid dynam- ics (CFD), solid mechanics, heat transfer, particle dynamics, reactant flow, electrochemistry, acoustics and rheology. Siemens plans to integrate CD-adapco into the PLM soft-
ware business of Siemens’ Digital Factory division. “As part of its Vision 2020, Siemens is acquiring CD-adapco and sharp-
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ening its focus on growth in digital business and expanding its portfolio in the area of industry software,” said Klaus Helmrich, member of the Managing Board of Siemens, in a statement. “Simulation software is key to enabling customers to bring bet- ter products to the market faster and at less cost.” In its last fiscal year, privately held CD-adapco had more than 900 employees and revenue of almost $200 million with double-digit profit margins, according to the companies. CD- adapco’s simulation tools include its flagship product STAR- CCM+, and its solutions allow engineers to discover better designs, faster. With more than 3200 customers worldwide, CD-adapco’s software is currently used by 14 of the 15 larg- est carmakers, by all of the top 10 suppliers to the aerospace industry, and by nine of the 10 largest manufacturers in the energy and marine sectors. Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, NJ) announced Feb. 1 that is has acquired Prometec GmbH (Aachen, Germany), a developer of advanced solutions for monitoring and con- trol of machining processes in production machines. The company also supplies equipment for laser beam diagnostics and primarily operates in the European and North American market. A large part of the customer base comes from the global automotive industry. The acquisition includes all shares in Prometec GmbH. The company, which has 35 employees and had sales of approximately 48 MSEK for fiscal year 2014-2015, will be in- tegrated with Sandvik Coromant, according to Sandvik, and will be part of Sandvik Machining Solutions’ efforts in Industry 4.0 and digital manufacturing.
New Releases
SPC software developer Hertzler Systems Inc. (Gosh- en, IN) has released the latest version of its GainSeeker Suite SPC software. The latest version 8.5 makes disparate manu- facturing data even more accessible and actionable. Users can triage, prioritize, address issues faster and more reliably, and uncover hidden opportunities to increase revenue, grow margins, and improve asset performance.
The update contains applications for Overall Equipment
Efficiency (OEE), SPC, Defect Management, and costly Over- pack in a single software package. It also includes a new browser-based analysis tool, Mobile GainSeeker Analysis, to quickly and securely analyze data from any device. Software Update is edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak;
pwaurzyniak@sme.org.
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