approach. We’re looking at the routing of the cutting tools and forces, and we’ve optimized the path for speed and quality. It’s relatively new.”
Moving Toward the Digital Factory Digital manufacturing tools can help manufac-
turers prove out processes in advance of fi nalizing plant-fl oor layouts in new and existing manufac- turing facilities. With simulation software in the 3DExperience platform from Dassault Systèmes, manufacturers can easily view and share product designs and simula- tions for collaboration among global manufacturing locations. “We’ve been a big promoter of
3D. It started in aerospace and de- fense, and we’re now starting to see it more in transportation,” said Patrick Michel, vice president, Delmia Digi- tal Manufacturing, Dassault Systèmes (Paris and Auburn Hills, MI). “It’s not that the high-volume automo- tive OEMs weren’t using simulation. Automotive was the fi rst to adopt 3D work instructions.” The latest Dassault 3D Experience Release 2015 gives users stronger bond between 3D simulations and their connection with the shop fl oor. “It’s basic but very powerful visibility,” Michel said of the most re- cent R2015 platform. “You can connect in what I call ‘near real time—it’s 15-minutes-old data. In terms of real time for the shop fl oor, that’s real time.” With globalization, simulation has made an even greater impact on manufacturers that have more glo- balized operations than ever before, Michel noted. “One thing we see in digital manufacturing is the virtualization of things—almost all companies are integrating their work with global teams. Some of the Japanese companies are making decisions now in the US, and that was unheard of before,” Michel said. While automotive manufacturers have heavily adopted simulation for robotics, the technologies of- fered by digital manufacturing solutions like Siemens’ Tecnomatix line are spreading to many other industry segments, noted Ulrich Rossgoderer, director, prod- uct management, Siemens PLM Software (Plano, TX).
“Nike wants to shorten the cycle between design and production,” Rossgoderer said. “In aerospace, what we see is the need for simulation is growing on the factory fl oor for the amount of engines that Rolls Royce needs to build. They have to apply some of the methods that automotive has applied, and they cannot afford all of the time it’s taken in the past, so they’re doing more simulations today as well.”
The Process Simulation Reviewer in Dassault’s 3DExperience digital manufacturing platform offers users realistic reviews of shop-fl oor processes.
Image courtesy Dassault Systèmes
Many digital manufacturing applications need more effective simulations related to shop-fl oor ergonomics, and employing the Tecnomatix Jack and Jill manikins in simulations gives builders key insights into potential ergonomic risks in any particular process. “It was a bigger trend in automotive in the 90s, and it’s coming back with the aging workforce,” Rossgoderer said. “They have a shift in age on the shop fl oor they have to be sensitive to, especially in places like Germany where they’ve raised the retire- ment age to 67.”
Melding simulations with technologies like augmented reality, and with Google Glass, also are starting up, albeit in incubation form, added Frankel. Another trend is the support of point cloud data in visualizations recently added in Tecnomatix solu- tions, which narrows the gap between the factory and simulations. “With the support of point clouds, there is a greater fi delity between the product and the
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