Entries Tagged: Plant Simulation

by Markus Erlmann | 14 Dec 2009

The goal of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is a global climate protection convention. One part of this goal is the reduction in CO2 emissions, which could be achieved by reducing energy consumption. How can manufacturing contribute to this goal? Or how do we become green in manufacturing?

You could look at the way the energy you consume is provided, e.g. from burning coal, oil or gas or from hydroelectric power stations, wind turbines or solar cells. Changing your energy source will help you to become green. Another possibility is the reduction in energy consumption of manufacturing processes, which will save costs in manufacturing too. How to do that?

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Tags: tecnomatix | Tecnomatix | green | Plant Simulation | Green Manufacturing | Green |

by Markus Erlmann | 30 Nov 2009

Many of you probably use or consume Procter & Gamble (P&G) products in some fashion almost every day. I certainly do, at least when I shave anyway. But it wasn’t until I thought about the fact that P&G uses simulation software – to optimize material flow, resource utilization and logistics – that I realized just how many products they produce every day around the world, and the high volumes associated with each of those products.

We had the opportunity to talk with the P&G Technology Section Head for Global Computer Aided Engineering, Brad Whitmore about the challenges they face and the success they’ve achieved by using our simulation software. Actually, Jeff Miller will be talking about them at the Winter Simulation Conference and highlighting the success they have had with the Tecnomatix Plant Design and Optimization solution.

I just got a sneak-preview from him

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by Markus Erlmann | 13 Nov 2009

Did you ever think about how a whole manufacturing line is set up on the shop floor? And wonder why it is running smoothly and at an optimum in regards to throughput, reliability, flexibility, safety and sustainability. Well, I’m not sure if all manufacturing lines runn at an optimum, but I’m always fascinated seeing the complex system of a whole manufacturing line working smoothly.

Finding an optimum is a difficult task for manufacturing engineers. How can this be done?

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Tags: tecnomatix | Tecnomatix | Manufacturing | Plant Simulation | Virtual Commissioning | Process Simulate | virtual commissioning |

by Markus Erlmann | 04 Nov 2009

The Plant Simulation User Conference 2009 was a very interesting conference with 110 customers participating and 10 of them presenting the usage and success they achieve with Plant Simulation. Additional presentations from development and marketing as well as live demonstrations were shown during the conference.

The first session of the Plant Simulation User Conference was done by Jeff Miller, Tecnomatix Marketing Manager. He provided an overview about the Plant Design and Optimization solution. Plant Simulation is a major component of this solution.

The use of the Plant Design and Optimization solution enables you to design factories in 3D (which is actually faster than the design in 2D due to smart objects). In addition to the design, the simulation and optimization of the material flow is a major benefit.

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by Markus Erlmann | 02 Nov 2009

On Tuesday, the Plant Simulation User Conference in Stuttgart, Germany will start. I will share details from the conference here on the blog and on Twitter. It will be a very interesting conference with more than 100 users attending. Several customers from different industries like automotive, shipyards and universities will talk about their projects. In addition the product management team will share insight about development projects and current trends.

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by Markus Erlmann | 06 Oct 2009

Another interesting session today about how Tecnomatix optimizes material flow with Plant Simulation. Plant Simulation is part of the Plant Design and Optimization solution.

Matthias Heinicke provided an overview of the great capabilities of Plant Simulation and talked about several customer use cases. Even experienced production managers which know there production lines by heart were impressed by the additional optimization results which Plant Simulation revealed.

 

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