Safran Nacelles uses Virtual Reality Solution ESI IC.IDO to Validate Nacelles Manufacturing Tooling
21 Octobre 2016 - 6:14PM
ESI Group, leading innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and
services for manufacturing industries, announces their
collaboration with global aerospace manufacturer Safran Nacelles.
The aerospace company has recently deployed an R&D project to
demonstrate how they can use ESI's Virtual Reality solution IC.IDO
to conduct process design reviews and validation, to set-up new
manufacturing and assembly processes, and to deliver interactive
maintenance training. The project has already delivered successful
results for Safran Nacelles, who intend to roll out Virtual Reality
within the entire company. ESI IC.IDO has proven its ability to
deliver Safran Nacelles greater agility in their design and
development process, while promoting collaborative and interactive
work.
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Safran Nacelles engineers conduct an immersive and interactive
process design review using ESI IC.IDO. |
In early 2015, Safran Nacelles launched an
R&D program to evaluate the potential of Virtual Reality to
improve their new product and process design. In order to
incorporate innovative concepts and new materials, Safran Nacelles
engineers needed a tool that could enable them to visualize and
validate new manufacturing and assembly line set-ups, to conduct
ergonomic studies, and to train their operators efficiently.
Safran Nacelle's site at Gonfreville l'Orcher in
Normandy, France, hosts a design office, a materials laboratory, a
Center for Excellence in composite materials applied to engine
nozzles, customer support, and service departments. After a test
phase and a 6-month benchmark during which the Safran Nacelle
project team exchanged experiences with ESI IC.IDO customers at
Boeing, Airbus and Renault, Safran Nacelles chose to adopt IC.IDO,
running on Immersion's Virtual Reality hardware.
The first entity in the Safran Group to deploy
Virtual Reality technologies on site, Safran Nacelles purchased a 2
sided "cave" and placed it at the heart of its design facilities.
The system projects an image measuring 4 meters wide by 2.5 meters
high. Since deploying the system on site in March 2016, Safran
Nacelles engineers developed over 60 use cases. Their Virtual
Reality (VR) room has become a true hub for local and remote users,
and is used daily for collaborative design reviews. Engineers can
easily discuss current design projects and swiftly detect errors
early in the design process, thus avoiding bad surprises in later
product development stages.
The IC.IDO implementation of Virtual Reality
enables users to see the 3D image of any given CAD part "real-size"
and to interact with it in real-time. Engineers can test the
reachability of parts, evaluate early feasibility for even the most
complex maintenance operations, validate tool design, assess the
ergonomics of a workstation, and simulate realistic operating
conditions.
"IC.IDO is profoundly changing the way Safran
Nacelles engineers work: Virtual Reality reduces the need for
physical prototypes and costly retooling, while promoting live team
discussion to deploy optimum designs much faster than when working
in silos," says Philippe JAMES, Vice President Continuous
Improvement and Risks at SAFRAN Nacelles.
Today, Virtual Reality is a trusted process
validation tool and is truly integrated in Safran Nacelles' design
and development processes, at an industrial scale. Thanks to this
collaborative tool, engineering teams save time and get their parts
right the first time. Ten champion users from different teams at
Safran Nacelles have been thoroughly trained to ensure the fast
integration of Virtual Reality at Safran Nacelles and to assure
best practices for several use cases. As an added benefit, Safran
Nacelles can now schedule remote and on-site collaborative process
design reviews with their customers who use the same
technology.
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Image: Transcowl A330neo assembly line in Virtual Reality
(left) and in reality (right). |
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About ESI Group ESI Group is a leading
innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and services. Specialist
in material physics, ESI has developed a unique proficiency in
helping industrial manufacturers replace physical prototypes by
virtually replicating the fabrication, assembly and testing of
products in different environments. Today, coupled with Virtual
Reality, animated by systems models, and benefiting from data
analytics, Virtual Prototyping becomes immersive and interactive:
ESI's clients can bring their products to life, ensuring reliable
performance, serviceability and maintainability. ESI solutions help
world-leading OEM's and innovative companies make sure that their
products will pass certification tests - before any physical
prototype is built - and that new products are competitive in their
market space. Virtual Prototyping addresses the emerging need for
products to be smart and autonomous and supports industrial
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