Customer case studies
BMW
The main benefits of using Kineo Human Path Planner for the studies in the virtual prototype division are:
- Evaluation of visibility, accessibility and restrictions of the human body during disassembly operations
- A safer global Design process: Thanks to unmatched performance, computational times are so short that it is possible to increase the number of case studies resulting in an improved process validation
- Confidence in results is high in all cases due to the ease and speed with which it is possible to re-run the solution with differing tolerances/obstacles allowing different scenarios to be assessed
- Repeat studies are speeded up with the re-use of the previous path
- Different users achieve very similar results
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Airbus
“Using Kineo path planner, we are quickly able to see where a design proposal prevented component assembly in Manufacturing. Being able to quickly identify potential bottlenecks is being able to shorten the communication loop with Engineering for a design modification and issue resolution.” explains Jean-Philippe Brélivet, Manufacturing engineering A350XWB Mock-up Integrator.
“The ability to accurately assess and resolve Manufacturing issues early in the design phase is key to reducing global costs and time to market. The speed and accuracy of Kineo technology is enabling us to be more and more proactive to shorten development cycle times”, says Xavier Plassais, Manufacturing engineering Software Manager.
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Ford
"Using Kineo Path PlannerTM, we are quickly able to see where a design proposal prevented component removal in Service. Being able to communicate precise change information to Engineering led directly to a design modification and issue resolution. The ability to accurately assess and resolve Service issues early in the design phase is key to reducing repair costs and increasing Customer Satisfaction. The speed and accuracy of Kineo Path PlannerTM has enabled us to move from being a reactive force to a proactive one; a key challenge for any function in today's world of ever shorter development cycle times"
Peter Kinch, C3P Supervisor for Service Engineering Operations at Ford.
Optivus Inc.
"We chose KineoWorksTM because of its technical performance and because of Kineo CAM’s ability to provide us with service and support. Today we are pleased with this choice. The service provided by the Kineo CAM engineer dedicated to our project has been very professional and efficient. The integration into our Conforma 3000 Precision Patient Alignment System is an excellent example of finding the right technology to solve a complex problem. We are very pleased with the flexibility and capability provided by the Kineo technology"
David Lesyna , VP Engineering at Optivus
Renault
“We have similar tool in the manufacturing software we use, but it is difficult to set the parameters of the calculation. The calculation time is too long, and the failure rate is too high.
With the time saved using Kineo, we could validate the assembly process at each stage of the vehicle design”
Alain Bouy, Manager of process applications at Renault.
UGS Tecnomatix Inc.
“We chose KineoWorksTM as the path planner to be integrated within our commercial solutions eM-Workplace and eM-Assembler because of its performance, flexibility and ease of configuration. The first robotics application addresses spot welding processes by automatically creating the trajectories between each welding points”
- B. Hoessler, Robotic Product Director, UGS - Tecnomatix®
“The results so far of our collaboration have been impressive” said Jaron Lotan, former president and chief executive officer, Tecnomatix Technologies. “By significantly reducing the time required to simulate the production environment, our combined solution helps manufacturers better manage risk, streamline operations and accurately determine the feasibility of cost-saving alternatives and new production processes.”