Tool and strong moulding make the secret that the factory lives

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Industry need is gotten in intense abroad competition live, must the pressing delivery time that can satisfy place of car OEM business to force. Because had the die of NX height automation to design a process, north America manufacturer just avoided business prediction of a person's luck in a given year to arrive abroad. 30 old since, the Verbom company that is located in Quebec is dedicated all the time design and make at tool and die, automobile industry occupies the 80 ％ of its business, include the client as far as Mexico and Europe. The technology is to live mechanism Verbom company has 150 stuff, organize over 10000h every year to these employee groom. The technology is this company grow provided power. In fact, president Mr Yvon Laplante of Verbom company thinks, if do not have a technology, criterion this company will be in without the opportunity be able to live in the environment of cheap abroad labor at present. The major servicing plan of this company includes new product development, custom-built manage with put sb in a very important position, knowledge and intellectual property and manufacture efficiency. Mr Laplante is using much work centrally the technology will make its company has competition ability more, these jobs are aimed at design process for the most part. "Begin in order to design entirely, " Mr Laplante expresses, "Any our competitor can undertake good production, abroad even competitor also is such. But, good will make with fast design our client won't turn and seek it to be in. " as to why to emphasize designing a process, mr Laplante still has other reason. A more efficient design process is the key of the pressing delivery time that contented car manufacturer forces. And, verbom company still used seed profit to make. Mr Laplante thinks, use corresponding advanced design process only, ability realizes seed profit make quite. The design is the foundation was using old 2D CAD (AutoCAD) later, use mixture method again subsequently (in AutoCAD the 2D that finish works, in Cadkey the 3D that finish works) , verbom company hopes exclusiveness ground is migratory build a model to entity. Its most foretaste tries is to use SolidWorks, but abandoned very quickly, because of the complex modelling of spare parts of manufacturer of its mishandle car. Then, this company installed the NX product of Siemens PLM Software to develop software. This software can handle these modelling not only, and be below a lot of circumstances, NX also is the software that car manufacturer uses. Siemens PLM Software is designed in the tool for Verbom company and make, and prototype detects and made a respect provide overall service. After installing this software from 2001, mr Laplante realizes software and did not get be usinged adequately, the Siemens delegate that contacts this locality then seeks advice. "We enquire Siemens how can we just provide productivity more, they listed for us a detailed list. " Mr Laplante expresses. According to these proposals, we bought a few add software, NX Progressive Die Design (class is designed into the model) , and a few custom-built jobs, so that the strong moulding of Verbom company is caught inside NX,create technical knowledge. The result of these jobs is the die design process that fashioned automation of a height, make die designed time to shorten 50 ％ . Automation and compositive change now, undertake automatically inside NX designing the job, compare with original photograph, need one fraction time to be able to be finished only. For instance, use NX Progressive Die Design, after design personnel inputs a few basic message about die, can be in a few seconds in found a die. Make stock detailed list automatically, use program than the hand not only more fast, and more accurate also. Verbom company still makes the ordering process that purchases a part implemented automation. NX component information delivers Oracle database automatically in, deliver a supplier next. Other automation operation still includes price and establish detailed production process information for the workshop. Last design process that explained how Verbom company uses his to be based on NX will support its seed profit to make plan. "Make to realize seed profit, we must reduce workshop administrator, " Mr Laplante expresses, "Use what we generate through NX to make news, the personnel in the workshop can special know to should use what process clearly. These information from include at the beginning in design data. " besides reduce production administrator besides, these are embedded knowledge still supports optimal design practice. Verbom company still uses NX CAM function, make cutting tool way automatically from inside designing information. So managing time, putting when the design is changed especially, and this kind of circumstance very frequent. "We need to handle design change everyday, " Mr Laplante expresses, "For example, if car manufacturer changed a part, so we must change die. We from makings platoon appearance begins, makings platoon appearance is controlling die design again. Accordingly, if we are in a makings platoon a point of view was changed on appearance, moved a curved curve or an aperture, criterion all metropolises on die are updated automatically, even cutting tool method. Everything joins each other in NX. " " the dominant position that uses NX Progressive Die Design and NX CAM, time of the buy before the design shortened half, we from go up at all make design ability to turn over times. We returned the process capability 15 machine tools to raise 15 ％ . These all adding in realized higher gain capability. " Mr Laplante say: "Through carrying out compositive the NX Progressive Die Design that change and NX CAM system, time of the buy before what we can cut down 30 ％ is overall, if use different 2D design and 3D CAM software to use a program, this is impossible. " the discriminative CNC process designing of gain and deficit needs expenditure to get much time less only now, thereby the time that process designing personnel uses them will optimize machine tool operation. From this, machine tool efficiency got so great that rise. "Previously, our machine tool can can move with the yield of 45 ％ , raise 60 ％ now, " Mr Laplante expresses, "15 machine tools raised 15 ％ , this was like us to have two new CNC machine tools. " before implementing this kind of automation that is based on NX, the average cycle that Verbom company die develops is 28 weeks. The client asks 22 weeks. "At any time very hurried, we must invest many time, overwork job, " Mr Laplante expresses, "Since us since making the project implements automation, our die development time shortened 20 weeks. These 8 weeks improvement is the distinction of gain and deficit. " Mr Laplante plans 14 weeks to shorten cycle. This means can more sufficient favourable geographical position to use NX. He believes NX can provide all functions that Verbom company needs, arrive in order to avoid its client prediction of a person's luck in a given year abroad. "All these jobs must begin with good software, " he is summed up, "Because Siemens and NX catch our knowledge and process to offer the capability of put sb in a very important position, make all our jobs can be finished satisfactorily. Make all our jobs can be finished satisfactorily.. CNC Milling CNC Machining