Virtual collaborative simulation environment for integrated product and process development
- Deneb Robotics, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (United States)
A Virtual Collaborative Engineering (VCE) capability for Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) has been demonstrated which allows distributed, real-time visualization and evaluation of design concepts, manufacturing processes, the total factory, and enterprises in one seamless simulation environment. This work was developed in cooperation with Sandia National Laboratories. Deneb`s VCE environment provides a distributed, real-time interactive capability for realistic engineering 3D simulations to link integrated product teams over wide area networks. Engineers, manufacturing personnel, system operators and users are able to interactively evaluate design concepts, manufacturing workcells, processes, and factory layouts in the Deneb dynamic simulation environment at geographically remote locations to support informal and formal IPPD meetings. Anyone on the network having Deneb`s simulation software and VCE capability can assume control of the simulation and make changes in real-time that can be visualized by others on the network. Benefits include: (1) Facilitating and streamlining design reviews; (2) Linking integrated product teams early in acquisition programs; (3) Integrating suppliers and users to get early feed back in design; and (4) Reducing travel costs and improving communications across integrated product teams throughout a program`s life cycle. Traditionally, development of large, complex systems necessitates geographical separation of the required disciplines. The ability to perform concurrent engineering activities in widely separated IPPD teams becomes increasingly important. VCE capability enables interactive graphic simulation and development of key elements including: system performance requirements; configuration definition; assembly sequences and tooling concepts; shop floor layout; handling requirements; and training.
- OSTI ID:
- 421343
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960835-; TRN: 96:006403-0004
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. IEEE international symposium on high-performance distributed computing, Syracuse, NY (United States), 6-9 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the fifth IEEE international symposium on high performance distributed computing; PB: 664 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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