Friday February 10, 2012

Fast design process supports rapid growth

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As its name implies, Giant KONE Elevator Co., Ltd., is big in the elevator industry. Founded in 1910 in Finland, the company has become one of the world’s largest elevator and escalator manufacturers. KONE first entered the Chinese market in 1996. KONE entered into a joint venture agreement with Zhejiang Giant Elevator Co., Ltd., the leading Chinese elevator manufacturer.The... Read More

Boots for the boundary-free skier

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Black Diamond Equipment Ltd. makes equipment for climbing and skiing that regularly wins awards for its innovation and quality. Several years ago, Black Diamond decided to apply its expertise to a new area – free-ride ski boots. These boots are used in a certain niche of skiing known as “boundary-free” skiing. Boundary-free skiers strap their skis to a backpack, hike up a... Read More

CAD and PLM help develop innovative products

Swiss-based isotec uses Siemen PLM Software’s NX CAD software and Teamcenter software for product data management. The company is collaborating with scientists on the ETurn spine implant, a replacement for damaged spinal discs.After creating the first designs in NX and preparing static-mechanical calculations with the ANSYS Workbench platform using STL file format data, icotec... Read More

Enterprise-wide use of 3D CAD software

Up until 2007, the Ikeda Business Group in Brazil was using a 2D graphics design software to create their mobile equipment, and agricultural and leisure product. Then Helcio Mariano Pinto was hired for coordinating the product design and development for all Ikeda divisions. He was familiar with Solid Edge software and its advanced 3D capabilities. The product was selected for use... Read More

Leader in hydropower equipment seeks world-class advantage

The Flovel Group is a hydropower equipment supplier that provides turnkey solutions for small- and medium-sized hydropower projects. Business units include Flovel Energy Pvt. Ltd., which specializes in the entire range of hydropower equipment and services for design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, and servicing for all heads and outputs covering all types of turbines,... Read More

New mobility app for Teamcenter empowers mobile workforce to make smarter decisions, better products

Siemens PLM Software announced its new Teamcenter Mobility mobile device application (app) for instantly accessing — from WiFi or mobile broadband-available locations — the rich and comprehensive product knowledge managed by its Teamcenter software. Through the use of this new app, which is being initially deployed on the Apple Inc. iPad portable digital device, companies can... Read More

Siemens PLM Software redefines CAD/CAM/CAE productivity and product development decision support with NX 7.0 software

Siemens PLM Software announced the latest enhancements added to NX™ software, the company’s integrated CAD/CAM/CAE solution. Presented at The World Exposition Shanghai China 2010 (Expo 2010), the latest enhancements to NX 7 include new functionality throughout all aspects of the software. In addition, NX, together with Teamcenter® software, are the first products to support... Read More