PECM Issue 38 2019 | Page 186

SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS VIRTUALISING FACTORIES TECHNIA HOW DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE CAN DIGITALLY TRANSFORM YOUR FACTORY Stefan is a Production Manager at an industrial equipment manufacturer. He and his team are responsible for building enormous equipment. To build that equipment, they are dependent on their own heavy machinery. The more ergonomic that machinery is - the more perfectly adapted to Stefan’s workers - the more efficient Stefan and his team can be. But efficiency can only be evaluated in action. Adjustments made for the next, expensive, iteration. Right? DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE virtualises entire factories. It simulates workers. The objects they’ll interact with. Their surrounding environment. Individual machine parts can be evaluated virtually, any production issues flagged pre-manufacture. Approved parts can be manufactured automatically using NC machine paths generated within the program. DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE simulates production manufacturing, manufacturing processes, machine operations and human operations. Users can identify process modifications during the planning and manufacturing phases - accelerating product development and bringing your product to market faster. DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE creates a collaborative workspace for every phase of the product life cycle. Manufacturing and production users can communicate and contribute within an integrated platform that encompasses virtual process and system definition, optimisation, scheduling and operation, and maintenance of real-time production systems. DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE KEY CAPABILITIES: # Additive Manufacturing Use DELMIA to plan, simulate and program additive manufacturing processes, to ensure optimum efficiency in the real-world. # Ergonomics Assess working conditions, ensure compliance and verify assembly across multiple platforms. Realise ideal ergonomics and improve your workers’ productivity. 186 PECM Issue 38 # Lean Manufacturing Make lean manufacturing practices an integral part of shop floor operations. Virtual pre-planning ensures you only ever use what you need. # Machining Automate manufacturing by programming CNC machine tasks. Free your workers to focus on tasks that only a human can do. # Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) Evaluate and adjust the entire manufacturing lifecycle as one. In real-time. DELMIA collects systems information to give you visibility and control of global production operations in a single system. # Process Engineering Create and optimise build-to-order manufacturing techniques, before going into production. # Robotics Perform reachability studies, interlock analysis and offline robot teaching, and deliver optimised robotics programs to the shop floor. # Virtual Factory Create a complete 3D digital twin of your factory. Use pitch-perfect simulations of prominent systems to inform real-world decisions. Welcome to Industry 4.0. Upgrade your factory with DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE. Visit www.technia.co.uk/software/ delmia/. Email us at info@technia. co.uk. Call us on +44 (0)1908 776776.