Digital Manufacturing Applications

Facilitates collaboration for a holistic view of product and process design

Digital Manufacturing is utilized across industries. An automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) can design the entire manufacturing process digitally (tooling, machining, assembly sequencing, and factory layout) at the same time that designers are designing the next vehicle program. This enables manufacturing engineers to provide immediate feedback to designers if there are constraints in the part manufacturability. This collaboration between manufacturing engineers and designers creates a holistic view of product and process design.

A high tech supplier can use a digital manufacturing system to create a 3D simulation of a complete production line, and analyze the different production variants and concepts as part of the request for quote (RFQ) process. This transparency and precision in planning and proposal preparation help the company gain greater customer confidence, and ultimately win the contract.

Benefits of Digital Manufacturing

Enables product, process, plant and resource information to be associated, viewed and taken through change processes, with a consistent and comprehensive approach to production design.
Reduces commissioning costs through simulation by validating robotics and automation programs virtually.
Supports six-sigma and lean initiatives by providing a graphical environment to analyze dimensional variation.
Executes production processes with real-time access to lifecycle data.
Allows part manufacturing processes to be optimized within a managed environment to produce flexible work instructions capable of displaying 2D/3D part information, along with machining and tooling instructions.
Helps you create factory models faster and ensure they are operating under optimal layout, material flow and throughput before production ramp-up.
Facilitates the sharing of quality data across your organization by generating complete, verifiable CAD-based machine inspection programs for coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and numerical control (NC) machine tools.

Digital Manufacturing Applications

Benefits of Digital Manufacturing

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