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No carbs? No problem for Roush Fenway Racing

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Business challenges Re-engineer engines mid-season Meet ever-changing regulations Keep all team members synchronized

Keys to success Use Teamcenter to coordinate design information Share accurate data among engineers and purchasing agents Generate accurate BOMS Teamcenter helps Sprint Cup “The change to EFI systems was not a large Series team switch to electronic technical challenge since EFI systems have been around in production and racing for fuel injection per NASCAR rules Results over 20 years, ensuring that the technol- New EFI equipped engines ogy was fully mature,” says Jim Ryder, Making race cars more like ready for the 2012 season design manager of Engineering at Roush conventional cars Fenway Racing (RFR), one of the teams Driver captured NASCAR announced in February, 2011 that competing in the Sprint Cup series. “The the and won all teams competing in the Sprint Cup challenge was in the amount of hardware the race Series would be required to replace the that would have to change on the vehicle No on-track issues occurred carburetor and distributors with an elec- in a short time period, while still continu- with the new EFI system tronic fuel injection (EFI) system and igni- ing to race our full schedule in 2011.” tion system for the 2012 competition season. According to The New York Times, In May of 2011 formal guidelines were “the sanctioning body (NASCAR)...tries to published and initial meetings were held connect to the real world of passenger with EFI vendors. The first track test was cars, and fuel injection adds daily-driver scheduled for July 7 with the first Sprint relevance.” Cup carburetor-free race to be held in February of 2012.

www.siemens.com/plm “With Teamcenter, we were Racing to meet the deadline “With Teamcenter, we were able to have able to have several design “This left very little time for hardware several design engineers working simulta- engineers working simulta- design and prototype manufacturing,” says neously on the EFI project, all working neously on the EFI project, Ryder. “In addition, it was understood that from the same CAD models, tracking revi- all working from the same the initial set of guidelines and rules pub- sions and collaborating seamlessly,” says CAD models, tracking revi- lished by NASCAR were very open and Ryder. “The team was always sure that sions and collaborating would change and mature as issues were they were working from the latest CAD seamlessly. The team was found, and input from teams and suppliers data and changes that each individual always sure that they were was gathered. This meant that we would made were communicated immediately to working from the latest CAD have to be prepared for last-minute all team members. There was no passing data and changes that each changes to the system to meet regulations of memory sticks, e-mailing files from local individual made were com- as they were developed.” hard drives or wondering if the model you municated immediately to just opened was the correct one. This fea- all team members. There Roush Fenway Racing has used product ture alone saved countless hours and, was no passing of memory lifecycle management (PLM) technology more importantly, reduced the likelihood sticks, e-mailing files from from Siemens PLM Software since 1999. of errors.” local hard drives or wonder- Its initial deployment was NX™ software ing if the model you just for computer-aided design (CAD) and com- Generating a bill of materials (BOM) using opened was the correct one. puter-aided engineering (CAE). Recently Teamcenter proved to be one of the most This feature alone saved the team also implemented Teamcenter® important aspects of operating in a com- countless hours and, more software for complete PLM. This proved to pressed time cycle involving ever-changing importantly, reduced the be instrumental in the successful imple- rules and designs. “The engineers were likelihood of errors.” mentation of EFI into RFR’s Sprint Cup able to automatically create BOMs for our race program. vendors and purchasing agents for each Jim Ryder subsystem,” says Ryder. “The fuel-delivery Design Manager Engineering Roush Fenway Racing “With Teamcenter, we were able to have several design engineers working simultaneously on the EFI project...” system, the electrical system, chassis com- Instead, Teamcenter is used to store all “The technicians in the quality ponents and other hardware were auto- documentation. Using Teamcenter, they department do not store hard matically listed and tracked. This are able to easily organize and locate the copies of prints of our inspec- eliminated errors that are typically intro- latest information they need for inspec- tion procedures. Instead, duced from outdated spreadsheets or from tion, ensuring that it is always the latest Teamcenter is used to store copying and pasting. The purchasing revision level. This proved very efficient, all documentation. Using agents at RFR are all Teamcenter users and because new hardware and test proce- Teamcenter, they are able to Teamcenter is the standard platform for dures were introduced with the implemen- easily organize and locate the communicating with engineering on tation of EFI. latest information they need BOMs, project status and drawings.” for inspection, ensuring that “Communicating all of the new hardware it is always the latest revision RFR’s quality department is another area details and installation procedures to all of level. This proved very effi- that has benefitted from the implementa- our internal race teams as well as cus- cient, because new hardware tion of Teamcenter. “All internally manu- tomer race teams proved easy with and test procedures were factured parts as well as vendor-supplied Teamcenter. Engineers were able to create introduced with the imple- parts pass through our quality depart- assembly drawings, assembly models and mentation of EFI.” ment,” notes Ryder. “The technicians in the assembly BOMs for the race technicians Jim Ryder quality department do not store hard cop- who needed to understand the system Design Manager ies of prints of our inspection procedures. operations for installation and operation.” Engineering Roush Fenway Racing

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Customer’s primary business Roush Fenway Racing is a 50/50 joint venture between Roush Racing and Massachu- setts-based (FSG), which is a strategic sports marketing firm subsidiary of New “Siemens PLM Software technology England Sports Ventures, which owns the Red Sox and 80 percent of New has played a key role in our England Sports Network. www.roushracing.com successful implementation of EFI.”

Jim Ryder Customer location Design Manager Concord, Engineering USA Roush Fenway Racing

“The use of Teamcenter Using Teamcenter, RFR was able to effi- quality. The efficiencies gained allowed helped ensure that ciently design and implement EFI systems us to iterate through several designs, our engineers were on the team’s NASCAR Sprint Cup cars. “We optimizing for weight and performance.” working with the same were able to respond to the short develop- and latest CAD data, and ment cycle, make changes as testing and The inaugural race for the EFI systems at that the information flowed rules required and communicate the latest NASCAR was the 2012 , at seamlessly to purchasing information internally, as well as with our which RFR driver Matt Kenseth not only and quality. The efficiencies vendors and customers,” says Ryder. “The captured the pole position, but also won gained allowed us to iterate use of Teamcenter helped ensure that our the race. “To date, RFR has had no on-track through several designs, engineers were working with the same EFI issues,” says Ryder. “Siemens PLM optimizing for weight and and latest CAD data, and that the informa- Software technology has played a key role performance.” tion flowed seamlessly to purchasing and in our successful implementation of EFI.” Jim Ryder Design Manager Engineering Roush Fenway Racing

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