Aerospace and defense JSC LEPSE

Russian aerospace firm significantly improves productivity using solutions from Siemens PLM Software

Products Solid Edge, NX, Teamcenter

Business challenges Improve product quality Reduce the time it takes to manufacture products Create a common information database at the enterprise level

Keys to success Integration of Solid Edge, NX CAM and Teamcenter with ERP system Modernization of design preproduction Software of choice Implementation of concurrent Reducing design time while engineering processes improving innovation and During the dynamic development of JSC quality LEPSE in the early part of the century, the company realized it needed to enhance Results Aircraft electrical equipment specialist its competitiveness by improving quality and reducing production schedules. The Reduced design time and The JSC Electric machine building plant company recognized that having the right improved production quality LEPSE (JSC LEPSE) manufactures aircraft computer-aided design (CAD) system was electrical equipment that can be found in Optimized use of enterprise critical to this effort. “We analyzed several every Russian production aircraft. The information technology solutions with three criteria in mind,” says plant manufactures more than 600 types resources Dmitry Emelyanov, deputy head of the JSC of aircraft electrical components, such as Upgraded milling equipment LEPSE Information Technology Directorate. alternating and direct current generators, efficiency “The CAD system needed to support the electric motors, multiplexing equipment full product lifecycle within the framework Substantially improved and electric motor starting systems. JSC of a unified software solution; it needed to collaboration LEPSE takes products from design and be compatible with the computer-based Enhanced innovation manufacturing to testing and after-sales documentation format used by our outside service.

www.siemens.com/plm “ We started with Solid Edge. It was adopted quickly with- out any problems. The prod- uct is fully localized. Also, the specialists for the CAD implementation organized training to teach us the new technology. The ‘trainers’ were our employees, who completed full-time autho- rized training coursework with certified NS Labs instructors.” Dmitry Emelyanov Deputy Head of Information contractors; and as we wanted to integrate and Teamcenter® software for complete Technology Directorate it with information management and product lifecycle management. JSC LEPSE control systems at the enterprise level, it needed to be feasible that we could inte- “Siemens PLM Software’s products are the grate it with our ERP (enterprise resource standard for the aircraft industry in planning) system.” Russia,” says Emelyanov. “The largest aircraft manufacturers in Russia as well as Based on the evaluation, JSC LEPSE deter- many of our suppliers and partners have mined that the best approach to meets its been operating very effectively with NX needs would be to adopt product lifecycle and Teamcenter for a long time.” management (PLM) technology from Siemens PLM Software. Solutions included Getting off to a solid start Solid Edge® software for new product and NS Labs Company (located in Nizhny die mold development, NX™ software for Novgorod), a Siemens PLM Software part- computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) to ner, is the systems integrator for JSC manage numerical control (NC) machines LEPSE. NS Labs has significant experience

“ Siemens PLM Software’s products are the standard for the aircraft industry in Russia. The largest aircraft manufacturers in Russia as well as many of our suppliers and partners have been operating very effectively with NX and Teamcenter for a long time.”

Dmitry Emelyanov Deputy Head of Information Technology Directorate JSC LEPSE in implementing software solutions in the fundamentals for creation of 3D “ Our team covered all core the aerospace industry. “We started with models and associated release of draw- fields of design preproduc- Solid Edge,” says Emelyanov. “It was ings,” says Emelyanov. “Moreover, we tion, including CAD, CAM, quickly adopted without any problems. optimized the principles of interaction CAE, PLM and the automation The product is fully localized. Also, the between divisions in the course of design of NC machines. By using all specialists for the CAD implementation preproduction.” Siemens PLM Software prod- organized training to teach us the new ucts, we were able to address technology. The ‘trainers’ were our JSC LEPSE was able to implement an any issue holistically. That employees, who completed full-time enterprise-wide master model during the takes a lot of the worry out authorized training coursework with deployment of Solid Edge. The master of integrating systems.” certified NS Labs instructors.” model drove tooling design, NC program- Alexander Struchkov ming machines and engineering evalua- General Director Alexander Struchkov, general director of tions. All required projections are NS Labs Company NS Labs, notes, “Our company always generated based on 3D models. trains the customer’s personnel to operate the system and implement its required “This approach enables our specialists to components. We conduct regular training significantly improve the quality of their and provide curricula for engineers of JSC work,” says Emelyanov. “Application of LEPSE, taking into account the specialties associative links significantly reduces the of electric machine building production.” quantity of errors during design planning, design updates and modification Reducing errors development.” After the CAD training was completed, the full-scale pilot project for the design of The LEPSE Plant is designing and manu- components for Russian military aircraft facturing other products using Solid Edge. was launched at the enterprise level. Its For instance, the firm developed a medi- purpose was to use Solid Edge to imple- cal device for extraction of ozone from ment design techniques, including the oxygen in cooperation with Vyatsky technical documentation approval State University. It is supplied to Russian process. As a result of the pilot project, medical facilities. engineers became confident that Solid Edge would allow them to more efficiently Optimizing resources create simulation models of parts, assem- “During the first year the system was in blies and tooling. use, about 20 products were developed and substantial data was accumulated,” “The 3D simulation methodology worked says Emelyanov. “Developing a common out during the pilot project established product data bank and establishing a transfer of parts, material reference books and other information from our home- grown, enterprise-level ‘Saturn’ manage- ment system to Teamcenter,” says Emelyanov. “Data is transferred automati- cally and the process is synchronized. A common, digitized information source has been created in the plant.”

New part libraries, which are used in design preproduction, are integrated into the PLM system. Particularly, tooling, standard product and material reference timely process for change management books have been developed. became vital issues, so we used Teamcenter to create a common informa- The implementation of Teamcenter helped tion source.” significantly improve the efficiency of JSC LEPSE’s allocation of manpower: The PLM The use of Teamcenter enabled JSC LEPSE environment enables teams of specialists, to standardize its process for filing engi- such as designers, process engineers, and neering documents. As the product lifecy- NC machine programmers, to work on a cle in the aircraft development field project in parallel. frequently lasts 30 or more years, official records (design, assembly, shipping) need “While the designer is working with the to be kept for a long time. assembly and making updates, the process engineer may already start the tooling “We worked jointly with NS Labs specialists design,” says Emelyanov. “At the same to develop the module that provided the time another specialist can prepare the NC

“ Using product lifecycle management technologies from Siemens PLM Software releases designers and process engineers from routine work and encourages innovation and the search for new solutions, while improving motivation and professional growth.”

Dmitry Emelyanov Deputy Head of Information Technology Directorate JSC LEPSE Solutions/Services programming. By adopting this concurrent product and material libraries. This Solid Edge process, we are able to minimize the need resulted in optimized resources, saving www.siemens.com/solidedge for corrective actions, such as updating JSC LEPSE’s specialists’ time and making complicated production tooling, and cooperation with the plant partners NX CAM ensure improved product quality.” more efficient. www.siemens.com/plm/nxcam Teamcenter Increasing machine efficiency The use of NX improved the quality of www.siemens.com/teamcenter Using Teamcenter helped enable LEPSE operations across the design, engineering plant management to consolidate their and tooling departments, because the designers, process engineers and tooling company was able to fully automate Customer’s primary business department into one integrated team. program creation for NC machines. Joint-Stock Company Electric With milling operations based on 4- and machine building plant (LEPSE) 5-axis NC machines, use of the NX applica- “Using product lifecycle management is one of the largest enter- tion programming interface (API) enabled technologies from Siemens PLM Software prises in Russia focused on the company to fully automate its releases designers and process engineers manufacturing aircraft electri- programming process. from routine work and encourages innova- cal equipment. Virtually all tion and the search for new solutions, Russian airliners are equipped JSC LEPSE’s plant engineers and NS Labs’ while improving motivation and profes- with products manufactured specialists carried out the full range of sional growth,” says Emelyanov. by the LEPSE Plant. projects for development, adjusting post- www.lepse.com processors in compliance with the enter- NS Labs believes another notable reason prise equipment. Their work was simplified for JSC LEPSE’s success was its decision to by use of the special capabilities of NX take a systemic approach to software: Customer location CAM for the development, setup and “Our team covered all core fields of design Kirov editing of postprocessors. preproduction, including CAD, CAM, CAE, Russia PLM and the automation of NC machines,” Facilitating innovation says Struchkov. “By using Siemens PLM Software’s products, we were able to Partner Siemens PLM Software’s solutions enabled JSC LEPSE to significantly improve its address any issue holistically. That takes NS Labs manufacturing operations. a lot of the worry out of integrating www.nslabs.ru/software/sapr systems.” The use of Solid Edge enabled the replace- ment of 2D drawings with 3D models. Struchkov notes that JSC LEPSE considers The associative master model created by its collaboration with Siemens PLM the designer became the basis for the Software to be a critical component of its concurrent sharing and operation of other plans for developing successful products departments. This approach reduced the and maintaining a marked operational preproduction period and substantially edge going forward. Currently, JSC LEPSE, increased product quality due to fewer together with NS Labs, is launching the errors and tight project development. manufacturing capabilities of Teamcenter to automate its engineering process. The The use of Teamcenter provided a work includes developing a standard elec- common information framework for the tronic model of technological processes enterprise. Using Teamcenter in conjunc- and creating material reference books tion with the company’s “Saturn” ERP solu- of equipment, technological operations tion provided access to new standard and more.

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