Tecnomatix FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing

A leader in the design and manufacture of dies and welding fixtures for whole car bodies uses digital manufacturing to bolster its competitive advantage; costs and plant shutdown time significantly reduced

Industry Use of Tecnomatix figures Automotive and prominently in firm’s plans for transportation global expansion into new markets Business challenges Emphasis on innovation Compatibility of company’s With 125,000 square meters of facilities and customers’ plant informa- on 250,000 square meters of land, FAW tion systems Tooling Die Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Integration of engineering (FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing) is with manufacturing located inside the Changchun Automotive Industry Development Zone in China. The vehicle body die and welding fixture plant, Key to success which employs 1,800, was launched the Welding line. Tecnomatix for digital plant same year as China’s automotive industry. information planning, includ- Since that time more than 50 years ago, ing virtual verification, FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing has been anchored in its focus on the continuous evaluation and simulation of supplying scores of automakers around the improvement of its technologies and product manufacturing, pro- world, including FAW, with vehicle body resources, with the emphasis on innova- cess planning, logistics dies and welding fixtures. tion. The company strongly adheres to a planning, and process layout policy of developing a comprehensive set planning With fully integrated manufacturing opera- of advanced capabilities for competitive tions, the company is now delivering edge. Its immediate goals include plans for complete, well-matched body-in-white jig aggressive global expansion. Results products. It has become a prominent man- Substantially reduced cost for ufacturing base of passenger car dies, Meeting rigorous requirements project renovation commercial cars dies and welding fixtures FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing relies Shortened plant shutdown for the FAW Group, as well as is a leader in heavily on computer-aided design, com- time its industry sector across China. puter-aided engineering and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAE/ Generated significant sales In China, the die business is known as the CAM) for its technological development. revenues “mother of industry,” and FAW Tooling Die However, with digital plant technologies Delivered significant time, Manufacturing is one of China’s shining receiving increasing attention from more cost and quality benefits stars. The company’s success is soundly and more automakers, the company knew across projects

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“After taking different soft- ware options into comprehensive consider- ation, we believed that Tecnomatix would best meet Welding line simulation. our rigorous requirements, enable coordinated data transmission with our clients that it had to take an in-depth look at this manufactured. We were also impressed and help deliver significant opportunity to further its competitive with Siemens PLM Software as a technol- financial and competitive advantage. ogy partner, especially for its experience gains. We were right.” and expertise in the area of digital manu- After a thorough analysis of market alter- facturing. In addition, the deployment and Li Yue natives, FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing successful use of Tecnomatix by our cus- Assistant General Manager selected the Tecnomatix® portfolio. tomers meant a virtually seamless process Research Specialist and Siemens PLM Software’s Tecnomatix was between their systems and ours.” Director chosen for its comprehensive digital manu- Technology R&D Department facturing solutions, which can be used to Tecnomatix for a full range of virtual and Control Department deliver innovation by linking all manufac- simulation and analyses FAW Tooling Die turing disciplines together with product The company uses Tecnomatix for body-in- Manufacturing engineering. white welding line planning and process design. It builds the virtual simulation “After taking different software options model using Robcad™ software in the into comprehensive consideration, we Tecnomatix portfolio. With Robcad, users believed that Tecnomatix would best meet can design and verify the manufacturing our rigorous requirements, enable coordi- process of the car models that are to be nated data transmission with our clients put into production on the welding line. and help deliver significant financial and More specifically, users can design, simu- competitive gains,” says Li Yue, assistant late, optimize, validate and program general manager, research specialist and (offline) multi-device robotic and auto- director, Technology Research and mated manufacturing processes, all within Development (R&D) Department and the context of configured product and Control Department, FAW Tooling Die resource data. Manufacturing. Yue notes, “We were right.” At FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing, Robcad is commonly used for such items as weld- Management representatives of FAW ing gun placement and robot welding Tooling Die Manufacturing selected operations, via locations and welding Tecnomatix because it covers all work pro- paths. Using Robcad, the company creates cesses and enables integrated digital full-action mockups of complete manufac- workflows. Yue explains, “The use of turing cells and systems within a 3D Tecnomatix makes it possible to carry out environment, and then optimizes pro- virtual simulation verification, virtual eval- cesses and calculates cycle times uation, feasibility studies of product throughout the various stages of the manufacturing, preliminary process plan- development timeline, from concept ning, logistics planning, and process layout through implementation. planning – all before physical products are Solutions/Services Tecnomatix Robcad www.siemens.com/tecnomatix

Customer’s primary business Welding line planning. The primary business of FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing Company, Ltd. is the design Moreover, the company is using renovation expenses as well as minimized and manufacture of dies and Tecnomatix for a full range of virtual simu- shutdown time for renovation. The com- welding fixtures for whole lation and analyses before the actual pany has completed more than 20 projects car bodies. physical manufacture of products. Metrics and manufactured welding lines for major indicate that the use of Tecnomatix has automakers, including FAW Car and significantly shortened the production FAW Volkswagen. Among those projects, Customer location preparation cycle and improved the overall which all utilized Tecnomatix, some Changchun, Jilin quality of production preparation. assembly lines are capable of production China programs of more than 200,000 seats. “Our use of Tecnomatix for process simula- Such results could only be realized by for- tion and process optimization has been eign suppliers in the past. FAW Tooling Die “Tecnomatix is used widely in very productive,” says Yue. “We use it Manufacturing has generated sales reve- the automotive industry extensively for our work with FAW Car and nues of more than US$1 billion on these around the world, and it other customers. In fact, its compatibility projects. aligns especially well with with our customers’ systems is a real oper- our vision for global expan- ational advantage. Equally important, the sion into new markets.” solution’s breadth of applications and Li Yue functionality are exceptional. Tecnomatix Assistant General Manager is used widely in the automotive industry Research Specialist and around the world, and it aligns especially Director well with our vision for global expansion Technology R&D Department into new markets.” and Control Department FAW Tooling Die Significant results Manufacturing The implementation of digital factory sim- ulation and offline programming has saved FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing significant

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