The manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly but certain beliefs remain stubborn. Fast and agile 3D simulation offers a real breakthrough to improve the design of industrial processes. The key: saving time, driving change.
Manufacturing industry: many opportunities for improvement
Old habits sometimes die hard in the manufacturing industry. We spoke to a few companies that are moving the industry forward by introducing new ways of designing factories and production lines .
“We have customers who have been doing things a certain way for decades,” says Edward House, CEO and president of In-House Solutions, a provider of CAD/CAM, DNC, PCMM and robotics programming software services.
“ They usually have, for example, complex robot trajectories and they take the tedious task of manually generating trajectories for granted .” We see a big opportunity for improvement, but often the customer hasn't even considered the options for laborious manual work yet.
Delfoi, a provider of simulation-based services to a number of industries ranging from healthcare to aerospace, has similar experiences.
“We can immediately identify tasks that could be automated”
Saving time is the main driver of change
In-House Solutions and Delfoi support their ambitious projects with the same simulation software: Visual Components .
“A good example of these results is the manual calibration and teaching processes we have. The integration took approximately 10-20 days . Now that we have working applications on the Visual Components platform , this time has increased to four days on average , which is a spectacular result from our customers' point of view! »
Edward House of In-House Solutions tells a similar story: “We count the time we can save, for example path generation, in days! At worst, we are able to cut path generation times in half and most often the time saved reaches 80-90% . »
3D Simulation: You have to see it to believe it
“Sometimes our customers find it hard to believe what we offer with our Visual Components-based applications,” says Edward House.
“We are ready to make sample applications to show how the solutions actually work . Fortunately, this is a very quick and easy process with this technology. »
Visualization is key when it comes to breaking stagnant beliefs. “With Visual Components simulation, we can show the factual benefits of the changes we make ,” says Edward House. “Once they see them for themselves, customers are easily convinced. »
Low awareness and traditional tools block the growth of 3D simulation
Why aren't more companies exploiting these resources?
On the one hand, the reason lies in technology. “In our field, many companies use offline visualization and programming tools. However, none of these tools are as sophisticated or as powerful as Visual Components ,” says Edward House.
“No other tool offers all the functions on a single platform and at a reasonable price. »
On the other hand, customer awareness of these services can still be improved. “The concept is solid, but with new customers we have to start from scratch,” explains Edward House. “ Customers have no prior experience to fall back on. »
You don't have experience in this area but you think this could help your company improve its industrial processes? Contact us to discuss and benefit from a no-obligation demonstration of Visual Components.
