Sanyo Machine Works Selects DELMIA Automation

By DE Editors

Dassault Systèmes (Paris, France) announced that its DELMIA (Auburn Hills, MI) Automation platform was selected by Sanyo Machine Works, Ltd. (Toyko, Japan). With this deployment, Sanyo Machine Works completes the integration of the manufacturing validation process from product design to digital manufacturing.

Sanyo Machine Works initiated an enterprise-wide digital manufacturing project in 1991 using Dassault Systèmes’ PLM solutions, designing products with CATIA and verifying automated assembly lines and welding lines with DELMIA. The DELMIA Automation solution will enable the Sanyo Machine Works’ control system design team and mechanical design team to collaborate by sharing information at an earlier stage, making it possible to virtually validate production control systems before they are installed.

With DELMIA Automation the user can debug a PLC program weeks or months before it is installed by connecting to the actual PLC. Previously, production control systems could not be tested and optimized until they were actually installed. With this improvement, virtual tests in advance can replace physical tests,  which significantly reduce product development time along with any potential adjustments at physical facilities.

For more information, visit Dassault Systèmes.

For previous DE coverage, “EDAG Implements DELMIA Automation to Optimize Production,” (Oct 2008).

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.