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News Release from: Dassault Systemes | Subject: Dassault Systemes' (DS) Catia Composites Design
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 March 2007
Chinese aviation company chooses PLM
solution
Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group, a major Chinese supplier for the global aviation industry, is using Dassault Systemes' (DS) Catia Composites Design to develop aircraft parts.
Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group, a major Chinese supplier for the global aviation industry, is using Dassault Systemes' (DS) Catia Composites Design to develop aircraft parts Composites are ultra lightweight and can be formed into any shape, allowing for inventive industrial design and giving Chengdu a strong competitive edge
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 29 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Chengdu Aircraft is expanding its activities to cover the entire composites design process and provide customers with breakthrough design and manufacturing solutions.
"Catia Composites Design has enabled us to shorten our manufacturing design cycle time by 50%, which is key for us to meet the tight deadlines of our OEM partners and focus more resources on innovation", says Youyi Wen, Director of the Composites Department, Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group.
"Catia Composites Design is fundamental to our success and makes working with composites, which requires new software, new machines- a whole new way of working, much easier".
"DS is delighted to be working with Chengdu on this revolutionary technology".
"Catia Composites Design provides a collaborative environment that covers the entire composites process".
"Engineers can focus on creating optimal designs to fully exploit composites' advantages", says Denis Georgeon, General Manager PLM Channel China and South Asia, Dassault Systemes.
An important strength of Catia Composites' Design stems from its synchronisation mechanisms, which allow engineers- no matter their location- to work simultaneously on the same 3D design.
And thanks to DS' strategic software and industrial partnerships, Catia Composites Design seamlessly communicates to composite-specific production equipment, enabling Chengdu to industrialise.
Capitalising on its composites know-how, Chengdu is launching a Composites Manufacturing Research centre in partnership with Dassault Systemes that will be dedicated to investigating alternative manufacturing technologies.
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