March, 2012

Manufacturing Automation

Simulation, Creation and Automation: A New Production Plant is Fully Optimized Before Construction
For the Siemens AG Energy Sector, a supplier of products, solutions and services for power generation, transmission and distribution, as well as for the production, conversion and transport of oil and gas, Plant Simulation software allowed them to lower costs and eliminate bottlenecks - all before construction of a new manufacturing plant began.

Machine Design

Synchronous Technology Sheds Light on Surgical Laser Design
This article describes how Energist Group in Nyack, N. Y., recently moved from several different CAD packages to standardize on one. The intent was to improve the design and manufacture of its surgical lasers and light-based devices for hair-removal and skin treatments.

February, 2012

Polymotive

Composites for Complex Curvatures
Composites have long been used in aerospace but now a number of other industries - notably commercial automotive – are following. However, while both industries are becoming increasingly dependent on composites, these high tech materials are used very differently within aerospace and automotive. Cross fertilization of ideas does occur, but the two industries operate under very different criteria as discussed in this article.

Desktop Engineering

On a Mission to Mars
This article discusses how engineers designed and tested the latest Mars rover.

automotiveIT International

Siemens PLM: “Unreserved Support” for PLM Openness Codex
In this interview Siemens PLM Software CEO Chuck Grindstaff discusses his belief in open systems as well as upcoming new products, the changes in automakers’ PLM needs and the impact of new mobile technologies.

CompositesWorld

Software Enables Submarine Shipyard’s Composites-for-Metal Effort
When Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH looked for a software solution to reduce the risk of using composites for a greater range of thicker parts, FiberSIM software from VISTAGY enabled its engineers to develop initial designs more quickly and to better understand the impact of design changes.

Composites in Manufacturing

Synchronizing Development
This article demonstrates how Vistagy specialized engineering software can close the loop between design and analysis in aerospace applications and reap the benefits of composite materials.

January, 2012

AutomotiveWorld

One Size Does Not Fit All When It Comes to Composites
This article discusses the need for industry-specific solutions that has led suppliers of composites engineering software to evolve their products, addressing emerging challenges with expanding capabilities to model the diverse set of materials and processes that are being employed and developed by the automotive industry today.

November, 2011

Aerospace Engineering Online

Streamlining the Airframe Fastener Management Process
This article discusses how The Fastener Pattern capability in SyncroFIT 2011 incorporates design rules to position fasteners to satisfy edge distance, pitch, and tangent edge requirements while enabling a concurrent approach to part and assembly development.