Warwick Manufacturing uses Aesthetica software
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Icona Solutions product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Sep 26, 2005
Warwick Manufacturing Group has selected Icona Solutions' Aesthetica software for use in a project within the Premier Automotive Research and Development (PARD) Programme.
Icona Solutions, developer of Aesthetica software for visually simulating the effects of automotive component and assembly variation and component deformation in assemblies during the production process, has announced that Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) has selected its software for use in a project within the Premier Automotive Research and Development (PARD) Programme currently under way at WMG's International Automotive Research Centre in the UK.
The software was selected for use in one of the five work streams that make up a current PARD project investigating the use of advanced simulation tools in automotive design and manufacturing.
Like all PARD projects, its aim is to develop expertise and processes and to then embed these in the working practices of automotive industry suppliers in the UK's manufacturing heartland in the West Midlands.
Specifically, Aesthetica was selected for work on using simulation tools to predict the level of variability likely to occur in a manufacturer's production systems and to enable the manufacturer to develop its production processes in order to deliver the high levels of quality demanded within the premium automotive sector.
In addition, aesthetica will be used in work designed to enable targets for 'cosmetic' appearance, for example, of a vehicle body assembly, to be set and validated.
"Using aesthetica on this project enables us to visualise the effects of production variations in real time and to better understand the degree of the flexibility within the components and assemblies in question", said Alan Olifent, Lead Engineer, Simulation Project, Premier Automotive Research and Development Programme at WMG's International Automotive Research Centre.
"When you are examining the effects of manufacturing variation, it is always beneficial to be able to see what is actually going on, rather than having to rely just on numerical dimensional data", he added.
"Icona's Aesthetica software enables this to be done, with high quality visualisations".
"Furthermore, when the project is complete it will help us to communicate the results of our research and will also demonstrate the benefits of using a software tool like Aesthetica for something more than visualising the ideal, nominal condition of an assembly".
"We are delighted that Warwick Manufacturing Group has selected Aesthetica for use in this important research and development project", said Dr David Belford, Executive Chairman, Icona Solutions.
"It demonstrates the value of being able to simulate and visualise the effects of production variation, in real time, early in the product development process".
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