CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
02 November 2004
Financial News
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group Germany Improves CAE Processes with Virtual Product Development Tools from MSC.Software
MSC.Software Corp. announced
that MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Germany has improved their CAE simulation processes
through the integrated use of MSC.Software's SimOffice tools MSC.Marc
and MSC.Nastran. By combining the use of these tools, MAN has improved
their simulation processes and increased productivity up to 30%, compared
to use of previous software solutions.
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge currently uses a number of CAD systems and simulation
tools, including MSC.Nastran and MSC.Marc. In concert with complementary
software packages, the use of MSC.Nastran resulted in dramatic improvements
to the product development process due to improved interfaces between
the software tools and the implementation of new commercial MSC.Nastran
modules. A smoother and easier workflow has resulted in both time-savings
and improvements in the quality of calculations.
"The work done at MAN Nutzfahrzeuge is an excellent example on how
the integrated use of our Virtual Product Development products is resulting
in very tangible return on investment metrics for our customers,"
said Frank Perna, chairman and chief executive officer of MSC.Software.
"The key differentiator for MSC.Software is our ability to provide
customers with a broad, integrated portfolio of products that is unmatched
in the PLM and VPD market. The competent development team at MAN Nutzfahrzeuge
has done an excellent job of optimizing their CAE processes. By continuing
to use these products and others in concert with traditional physical
prototyping techniques, customers such as MAN can dramatically improve
their product development processes."
"MSC.Marc and MSC.Nastran provide a perfect combination for our engineering
specifications and tasks", said Dr. Ulrich Breitling, senior manager
technical calculation at MAN Nutzfahrzeuge. "With these Virtual Product
Development tools some of our calculations can be performed significantly
more efficiently and cost effectively than with our former systems."
MAN is using MSC.Nastran primarily for static and dynamic simulation of
full vehicles, assemblies or components and MSC.Marc for nonlinear simulation
of complex deformable bodies and contact issues. The main goal of MAN
engineers is to integrate Virtual Product Development tools as early as
possible into the development process, thus giving designers the right
direction with regard to dimensioning components and assemblies. The new
tools help to accelerate the product development process and to reduce
cost benefits which can be passed on directly to the customers of MAN
Nutzfahrzeuge.
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