Design & Engineering
Digital Twin
3D Visualization
Software
We perform and offer engineering services in all kinds of projects. Both complex and simple challenges are solved by a multidisciplinary team of experienced engineers. We offer product and specification development, structural analysis, operational simulations, manufacturing documentation and planning, and more.
Our large network of quality suppliers always ensures that the components offered is the reliable choice.
Modern engineering tools enables new and efficient design and engineering processes. Where the industry up until today have been depending on paper documentation for production, modern production equipment allows usage of digital production data.
We can deliver production documentation based on the customers needs, both conventional and modern formats. For internally developed solutions we already deliver complete paperless production documentation packages.
We can offer the following engineering services:
Engineering management
Mechanical engineering
FEM analysis
Automation engineering
Safety engineering
Support long lead procurement
Naval architecture
The work leading to a good design solution starts with analysing and understanding our customers business model and strategic goals. Furthermore, we acknowledge the importance of fully comprehend the current production process. This is accomplished by utilizing the customer’s process knowledge, so that we can propose the best suited process design solution.
Our interdisciplinary team with wide industrial experience, can lead and/or provide support in the design process and define requirement specification and goals alongside the customer.
We recommend customers to introduce a digital twin already in the conceptual phase, and continuously develop the twin through the process lifecycle. In the conceptual phase, a simplified 3D model of the desired solution is defined. The 3D model is working as a “data carrier”, in which we assign basic physical behavior and kinematics. By utilizing this methodology, initial behavior simulation can be defined and studied. This enables early identification of possible design flaws and thus prevent large rework operations in the detail engineering phase.
When it comes to doing business, the ability to communicate with your clients is essential. 3D rendering and visualizations makes it a lot easier to sell the product in a presentation than a dead and dry description. It enables you to demonstrate what the product will look like in details step by step. The clients can explore it with their own eyes, and they can see how it will develop from beginning to end. Visual communication is a key factor in modern business and deciding to use it or not can make or break any potential sale.
Another common use-case for 3D visualizations is to present projects internally in businesses, for instance to a decision-making group of people, like the board of directors.
Complex products and projects often have a manufacturing process that consists of many stages. With the benefits of 3D animation and visualizations it is possible to visualize each part of the process in detail. Thus, it is possible to see the advantages and spot the bugs and errors in the design at an early stage before manufacturing is initiated. Being able to use such tools as a project simulation makes the whole investment more cost-effective.
When adding time as the 4th dimension to the model we can visualize the progress of construction, plan cycles times to achieve a good production flow and check for clashes in space and time.
The advantage of 3D over traditional blueprint is that 3D tells the whole story of the product, mentioning its environment, functionality and users. We can create 3D images, films and animation either from scratch or by using already existing CAD data from you or your client. There are different use-cases for images and videos, for instance if it shall be used in presentations or being published online. To make an animation video during the concept phase of the project is something we advise customers to do, since this gives the viewer a much deeper understanding of the product.
Digital continuity is an important topic for us; thus, our methodology revolves around the usage of a digital twin. A 3D model of the physical assets is the base component of the twin and is working as a “data carrier” containing the necessary metadata and information. Physical behavior of the different components are analysed through suppliers data sheets and applied to the corresponding twin model. Kinematics of moving components are also defined, including inverse kinematics of robot manipulators. With the necessary mechanisms and kinematics in place, programming of the automated solutions in the twin is performed.
In a production setting, sensor and process data are collected and stored in the digital twin. This data can be used to analyze different parameters of the production execution, and thus improving efficiency.
Welding data is the main process that we capture data on in our own facility. Especially the laser welding equipment is monitored closely through an optical process observer, which enables us to locate errors in a weld in real-time during welding. This makes it possible to stop the welding process if something is out of the ordinary, and also help the operators to locate the errors to correct them.
Programming in the digital twin is often referred to as offline programming. A completed program may be ran as a simulation on a computer or on the physical twin. The ability to simulate the process is an excellent method to visualize how the physical objects will move and interact with each other, as well as detecting clashes and other irregulatities in the program before it happens in the physical world.
Modern production methods require modern software solutions. One of the key components and success factors in Prodtex is the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. In addition to utilizing the platform in-house, Prodtex is also a reseller of 3DEXPERIENCE through a partnership with Dassault Systèmes. Development of add-ons, support and training of personnel can be offered on-demand.
The 3DEXPERIENCE Platform is a Business Experience Platform created by Dassault Systèmes. It provides software solutions for every department in your company - from marketing, sales to engineering & production. With a single, easy-to-use interface, it powers industry solution experiences, based on 3D design, analysis, simulation and intelligence software in a collaborative interactive environment.
Dassault Systèmes offers industry-leading applications delivered on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform: Design & Engineering, Manufacturing & Production, Simulation, Governance & Lifecycle, 3D Design Experience for Professionals, as well as a broad catalog of services.
The platform are available both as an on-premise solution and on the cloud. The cloud is transforming the way companies do business, and 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud is no exception. Instant deployment, automatic updates and built-in security systems lowers the workload on IT administration significantly, compared to on-site servers and on-premise solutions.
CATIA is the world’s leading engineering and design software for product 3D CAD design. It addresses all manufacturing organizations, from OEMs through their supply chains, to small independent producers.
DELMIA helps industries and service providers connect the virtual and real worlds through the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. This allows them to collaborate, model, optimize and perform their operations.
SIMULIA delivers realistic simulation applications that enable users to accelerate the process of evaluating the performance, reliability and safety of materials and products before committing to physical prototypes.
ENOVIA powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, enables stakeholders across the enterprise to contribute in innovation, with a broad portfolio of technical and business applications.
Digitization of the workplace is more important than ever before. Automation of tedious and cumbersome tasks are necessary to give employees more meaningful and value-adding tasks, as well as achieving higher profitability for the company. We develop customized applications to automate tasks and processes in several disciplines, for both small and large companies.
Our applications are based on modern frameworks and are developed as cross platform web applications or basic Windows applications, depending on the customer needs. We use cloud-based databases to store all customer data, to make sure that the data is secure and easily available to all stakeholders.
Development of applications to automate handling and preparation of 3D data for automated production is one of our specialities. This is achieved by creating applications that run on-top of Dassault Systèmes software, combining it with external databases. With this approach, full digital traceability of the production data can be ensured, which makes it easier to handle new and future demands from class societies and authorities.
