Visual assembly and process simulation
Digital Manufacturing FJVPS
Smart manufacturing industry solution, that transforms a way of manufacturing
Digital Manufacturing FJVPS is a powerful software package that covers the entire process of production preparation, using 3D model data of products created in CAD tools for product reviews, process reviews when assembling products, production line layout reviews, and creating documents used in manufacturing, in order to support the smooth start-up of mass production.
Production preparation for mass production is often close to be late for the delivery deadline because of a delay of the previous process.
FJVPS enables to:
- review by the manufacturing division a product in an early stage of the design process, so that the division is able to communicate earlier to the design division about possible failures during assembly or improvement requirements;
- provide efficient communication flow that promotes product development for which the factory circumstance or manufacturability is sufficiently considered;
- easily verify the complex mechanism of a product during the design process;
- ensures simple mechanism setting using a wizard form and provides comfortable manipulation even for the model with large data by using its own lightweight system.
How FJGP4D works?
Benefits
Quality Improvement
- 50-80% of design error was detected on a virtual prototype beforehand.
- The remaining defect item concerning assembly vanished before it approved.
- The drawing change rate after approval became 1/6.
- Defective assembly was able to be reduced to 1/5 in 1.5 years.
- The assembly trouble reduction 80% that was the initial goal was achieved in four years.
Productivity enhancement and cost reduction
- The strat-up period of the prototype was able to be adjusted t0 1/15.
- The development period was shortened to six months, and the development cost was reduced to 1/2.
- FJVPS harness option was used, and the design period was able to be moved up one month.
Shortening at lead time and period
- The man-hour of making the work procedure manual has been reduced by 30-40%.
- Communication between design and other business segment have been improved.
- Suggestions for improvement (ex. mechanism operation, assembly, and check of serviceability) became possible without a real machine.
- The metal mold correction cost was redced by half by the front-loading by FJVPS.
Case Study
Shimadzu Corporation
(Analytical & measuring instruments)
- The start of production duties was hastened by a design revue using FJVPS. Rework and frequency of trial productions of actual equipment were decreased
- Product information data sharing with the FJVPS server. Work efficiency, consistency and maintainability are improved
- Man-hours required for document preparation were cut in half. Assembly procedure sheets, parts lists, service manuals, instruction manuals, etc. Man-hours required for the illustrations of harnesses and cables has been reduced by 10%
AMADA
(Metalworking machinery and devices)
- Reduction of indirect operations, logistic cost, and improvement of maintenance serviceability have been achieved in addition to a 50% reduction of the product development period
- A study/review for grouping and routing of wiring, hoses, etc. by utilizing FJVPS is executed from the planning stage. The development man-hour and time related to wiring and piping were reduced by 40%
- Promoting front loading, and aiming at reduction of development period & cost reduction. It was possible to shorten the period from development to release on the market to 11 months, which had conventionally required about 2 years
FJVPS has also been utilized for the study/review on optimization of efficient loading methods on trucks as well as containers for overseas transportation. The success of such efforts has brought about a 19% reduction in logistic expense and a 30% reduction in the logistic delivery period.
Jacto
(Automatic transmssion for automobiles)
- Challenges in reducing lead time before starting mass production. Jatco has undertaken formulation of the environment for utilizing 3D data where the functions of products, component characteristics and names, relationship with preceding & post processes about components to be assembled in charge, and precautions for safety can be learnt virtually
- Work proficiency before formulation of a mass-production line is realized using the animation function of FJVPS
- The staff in charge of the production site can routinely make full use of DMU, and feedback knowledge of the site into the animation for work proficiency by themselves
- The variability of the teacher side was also reduced on a global scale on certain projects, and as a result, the man-hours on the student side after proficiency was also reduced by nearly 40%
Murata Machinery Ltd.
(Manufacturing and Sales of Logistics Systems, FA Systems, Clean FA, Machining Tools, Metal Sheet Processing Machines, Textile Machinery, Information Equipment, etc.)
Concurrent Engineering: Delivering Better Producst, Faster
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Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co., Ltd.
(Development & design Electronic equipment)
Transformation of Escalator Development Process through the Utilization of 3D Data with FJVPS Implementation
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PHC Holdings Co., Ltd.
(Development, manufacture, and sales of various healthcare)
Demand-driven and Proposal-driven, 2 types of Deployment
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Tokai Rika Co., Ltd.
(Various automotive switches, key locks, seat belts, shift levers, electronics application products, steering wheels, connectors, mirrors, plastic wheel covers, ornaments)
Revolutionizing Production Preparation with 3D Utilization
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Multimedia
Capabilites
FJVPS provides:
- Assembly process design
- Man Hour Calculation
- Create Assembly Procedure Animation & Manufacturing Documents
- Create BOP (Bill of design)
DMU:
- Virtual Design Review and Harness simulation
- Tool model verification and Human model simulation
- Checking Tool and Checking Operation
- Confirmation of harness movement
- Front loading development process
- Digital mockup through verification of 3D models
- Verification at early stage of designing – digital mockup
Modules
FJVPS Standard | FJVPS Harness | FJVPS Assembly Animation | FJVPS Document Interface | FJVPS Viewer | FJVPS Assembly Instruction Viewer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Display 3D-model shape | yes | — | yes | — | yes | yes |
Show MFG flow, MFG animation playback | yes | — | yes | — | yes | yes |
Measurement, Cross section | yes | — | yes | — | yes | — |
Create / review harness | yes | — | — | — | — | |
Add annotations | yes | — | yes | — | — | — |
Edit assembling flow | yes | — | yes | — | — | — |
Assembly/disassembly animation creation | yes | — | yes | — | — | — |
Detecting collisions in animation | yes | — | yes | — | — | — |
Output flow data, Output snap shots | yes | — | — | yes* | — | — |
Interference/clearance check | yes | — | — | — | — | — |
Mechanism setting | yes | — | — | — | — | — |
Human, Tools | yes | — | — | — | — | — |
Design review | yes | — | — | — | — | — |
Engineering change | yes | — | — | — | — | — |
Man-hour estimation | yes | — | — | — | — | — |
Assemblability evaluation | yes | — | — | — | — | — |
Process split, Resource assignment | yes | — | — | — | — | — |
Touch panel operations | yes | — | yes | — | yes | yes |
FJVPS MFG will examine the assembly feasibility on the virtual prototype and realize front loading, quality improvement and efficiency of production preparation work.
It supports production preparation work such as examination of “assembly procedure, man-hour, process balance”, evaluation of assemblyability, preparation of manufacturing documents, education of workers.
FJVPS DMU enables difficult verification work in 3D-CAD. Its comfortable operability and performance will encourage effective use of 3D data in all sectors.
Static / dynamic interference between components and operating conditions of mechanical mechanisms are expressed easily in 3D, and design reviews among engineers and related departments can be performed smoothly.
FJVPS Assembly Animation is specialized in duties to edit CAD assembly structure for structure in consideration of an assembling procedure and to make an animation of the assembling.
It includes Creating Assemble Procedure, Create Assembly Animation and basic functions of DMU and is used simply and immediately in a beginner and a middle scale user. Both stand-alone licenses and floating licenses are offered.
FJVPS Document Interface can output MFG flow information and snap shot image made by FJVPS Assembly Animation to make various documents (Assembly procedure manual, identification tag, parts list and so on) or to cooperate with MBOM system.
The Excel macro that can make a work procedure manual automatically is provided by its output data.
FJVPS Viewer can identify model shape, parts property, MFG flow information and MFG animation. Also measure and search functions are available.
FJVPS Harness supports verification of flexible bodies such as cables and wire harnesses that were impossible with conventional digital mockups.
More realistic verification such as presence of interference according to the movement of the moving part is possible.
This module is provided for the viewing of VPS assembly information (assembly blocks, animations, and 3D models) on mobile device.
(iOS, Android)
manual download for iOS: English Japanese
for Android: English Japanese
Product Requirements
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise, Pro |
CPU | 1GHz and above |
Physical memory (RAM) | 2GB and above (4 GB and above is recommended) |
Hard disk capacity | 1GB and above |
Graphics card | memory 128MB and above |
CAD Data Interface | FJICAD/SX, FJICAD/MX, NX, NX I-deas,PTC Creo Parametric (former Pro/E), PTC Creo Elements/Direct, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, CATIA V5*, Autodesk Inventor,Parasolid*, STL, VRML 2.0 |
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Why Fujitsu?
Fujitsu is a manufacturer that designs and manufactures products on its own, including supercomputers, servers, telecommunications equipment, and mobile devices. Based on its experience in manufacturing, Fujitsu provides PLM package software solutions:
- 3D Design/ Modeling
- Virtual Assembly and Process Simulation
- 3D Visualization in VR
- Optimizing and Designing Production Lines
- Motion Analysis Software
Based on 30 years of experience in the industry, Fujitsu provides package software that caters to customers’ needs.
By developing its own package software, Fujitsu maintains high product quality to meet customers’ needs.
Fujitsu is capable of providing customers with a full range of services, including hardware (e.g., PCs and servers) as well as networks, telecommunications equipment, and software.
As an SI vendor, Fujitsu has helped many customers construct business operation systems for many years.
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