Entries Tagged: Digital Manufacturing

by Markus Erlmann | 19 Apr 2010

A quick update from Hannover Fair 2010; the world’s largest industry fair is opening the gates today. Siemens PLM Software will be present on two different booths. One is our own in hall 17 and the other one is the Siemens AG booth in hall 9.

Here is a sneak-peak from the preparation we did on Sunday afternoon.

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by Markus Erlmann | 26 Mar 2010

Just recently I had the chance to do a video interview with Ziyon Amram, Vice President Tecnomatix Digital Manufacturing solutions. He discussed the digital manufacturing market in North America and how the Tecnomatix organization supports this important market.

Furthermore he took a closer look at the Aerospace and Defense industry. Ziyon shared some examples about how the digital manufacturing solution integrated to the PLM platform Teamcenter helps this industry to manage today’s challenges.

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by Markus Erlmann | 12 Feb 2010

This is the first part of a series of tips & tricks for Jack. Take a look how easy it is to scale Jack and adjust it to different populations.

 

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by Markus Erlmann | 13 Jul 2009

What about the manufacturing productivity? Let’s have a look at automated production lines. They are e.g. used in the automotive industry. A good overview provides this movie from KUKA, a robot manufacturer.

Today all these robots are programmed and validated in a virtual environment. In addition to the robots, system level control is required. This is accomplished with Programmable Logic Controllers or short PLC. They handle the decision making for the line such as material flow or control the fixtures and grippers which are locating the parts in place during the welding process. These PLCs are generally programmed with applications provided by the PLC vendor. As you could see in the video, the robots and PLCs need to communicate. E.g. the robots start welding only after the grippers are closed and the grippers open again only after the robots finished the welding.

 

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Tags: tecnomatix | Tecnomatix | Digital Factory | Digital Manufacturing | productivity | Productivity | Robotics | Virtual Commissioning | Kuka | PLC |

by Markus Erlmann | 17 Jun 2009

Recently, I read about a mobile phone company which mentioned that they need to adjust their manufacturing lines every three weeks due to the fluctuation in the amount of mobile phones they sell over time.Besides reducing manufacturing cost, increasing flexibility is one of the most important goals of manufacturing companies. The main reason is the non-predictable customer demands which change over time.

Let’s look at the most flexible part of a production line: humans … we are much more flexible in terms of reacting to changing conditions than robots or other automated equipment. But most manufacturing lines are highly automated.

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by Markus Erlmann | 13 Apr 2009

Recently I wrote about the digital humans Jack and Jill from our digital manufacturing solution Tecnomatix. You might be interested in some actual customer stories and the value they get from the technology. Here you go.

USA-Space, a subcontractor to NASA, uses Jack to simulate the assembly of the Orion crew vehicle.

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Tags: Siemens PLM | tecnomatix | Tecnomatix | Digital Factory | Jack | Digital Manufacturing | Ergonomics | Jill | Orion | Constellation |

by Markus Erlmann | 19 Mar 2009

... look at this

Cool, isn’t it?

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Tags: NX | Siemens PLM | tecnomatix | Tecnomatix | Digital Factory | Jack | Digital Manufacturing | Ergonomics | Jill |

by Markus Erlmann | 05 Feb 2009

You might say, I know how to design a product, but digital manufacturing? Is it something like the creation of a product out of pure energy; a kind of STAR TREK technology? That would be really cool, but digital manufacturing is more real than that.

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Tags: tecnomatix | Tecnomatix | Digital Factory | Digital Manufacturing | virtual machine | NC Simulation | Siemens 840D | Index | Virtual Machine |

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