INTA completed implementation of PDM of the Windchill system

At the present stage of development of INTA company also solving of tasks of designing of the equipment according to requirements of the Russian customers with accomplishment of strength and gas-hydrodynamic calculations by forces of remote design offices was required to ensure effective functioning of the enterprise for the new principles of Engineering center assuming not formal separation on departments with the organization of document flow between departments, and along with sale.

To the possible solution rather high requirements, including opportunities 3D - modeling, joining with the ANSYS and STAR programs of CCM+ and creation of CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM system were imposed. Besides, the program had to have positive experience of implementation in Russia, a possibility of the organization of joint work with remote design offices and PDM/PLM system.

As a result a choice was made for benefit of the software solution constructed on the products CreoElements/Pro (before Pro/ENGINEER) and Windchill, PTC (ParametricTechnologyCorporation) companies.

The project started in September, 2009 and in October, 2010 the first stage was completed. Initial phase of the project consisted in delivery of jobs of CreoElements/Pro and Windchill. Within a year five jobs of designers and six jobs of Windchill were equipped. Implementation was performed jointly. Specialists of IRISOFT company made setup of the solution and training of specialists INTA, including training in work in Creo Elements/Pro, consultations of users and the administrator of PDM of the Windchill system.

Today the data of developers of the equipment made in CreoElements/Pro are transferred to department of clerks (CAE) who carry out calculations for the CreoElements/Pro models in a packet of ANSYS and STAR of CCM+.

The functioning CAD/CAE/PDM system allowing to execute in short terms design preparation of production of new products with high quality is result of the first stage of the project. Design of 3D models, carrying out reverse engineering of the created products and management of a product of structure allows to release RKD with high quality due to reduction of errors of design and in the managed terms.

Cooperation by IRISOFT and INTA company will be continued: one of the directions will be connected with the organization by means of Windchill of remote work with the design and technology offices of manufacturing plants which are in the territory of Ukraine and Russia. For this purpose the problem of obtaining the electronic digital signature (EDS) on the developed documentation is at the moment solved.

Other direction of development of partnership is construction of INTA LLC of new manufacturer in the territory of Russia. For ensuring work of this enterprise in its territory the design-technology bureau including designers and technologists of the CNC will be created. To ensure effective functioning of KTB the organization of equipment (implementation, training, settings, development of post-processors on the equipment) and implementation of a common information space between head CB of the organization and KTB at the plant will be required.

"In our practice rather often successful implementation of one project becomes a step for a new stage of cooperation with the customer who, having convinced of efficiency of the implemented solution, understands that he would like, and, above all, can reach bigger, - Prokhorov Andrey, the CEO of IRISOFT company says. – Within this project, I consider that forward development of the information infrastructure by INTA company – correctly selected strategy in modern economic conditions".

"The solutions proposed by IRISOFT company allow to react timely to market requests regarding reduction of terms of preparation of design-technology production of new products due to transfer of long transactions of approval of paper design drawings and technology processes to accurately planned and monitored approval of documents in digital representation between participants of process of preparation of production in electronic archive, uniform for all participants, - Oleg Horin, the development director of INTA LLC comments. - Also the quality of the performed works due to application of uniform three-dimensional model of a projectible product at all stages of product lifecycle – from designing before utilization increases. In future INTA LLC is going to continue cooperation with IRISOFT company for solving of tasks of processing of parts on the CNC equipment without output of paper drawings and technology processes".