Drive operational efficiency and safety with digital twin simulations

The launch of an automotive product historically begins with product engineering and validation, followed by the development of the manufacturing processes. With our Smart Manufacturing approach, all engineering disciplines are connected to a single source of up-to-date information which promotes collaboration and enables them to share key product engineering data with the manufacturing team earlier. This early access to data allows teams to simulate manufacturing processes in a digital environment before implementing them in the factory. The Virtual Development of Manufacturing combines product data, sensors, software, and programming automation to fully connect operations and realistically predict the behavior of individual manufacturing assets. Through human simulation, manufacturers can also test the effectiveness, safety, and ergonomics of plant workstations without putting real human operators at risk. Subsequently, operations become more predictable, allowing manufacturers to resolve potential issues before they occur from launch through production.

Launch flawlessly with virtual commissioning

In recent years, an advanced level of robotics has emerged because of new technologies like AI and the industrial IoT alongside hardware and sensor innovations. While this progress has raised the level of operational flexibility and speed, it has also increased the complexity of production development, making the commissioning of a new line time-consuming and expensive. With our Smart Manufacturing solution, robotics simulation offers offline programming and virtual commissioning technologies that enable manufacturers to translate the simulated robotics operations to the shop floor without interrupting production, reducing the time needed to physically commission the line, and ensuring machines and cells work together as they should to produce high-quality parts at launch.