CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
24 February 2009
Implementation Investments
Klippan Safety AB Selects Technia and Q-checker to Enable Product Data Quality (PDQ)
Technia recently received an order from Klippan Safety for a design solution, based on Qchecker from Transcat PLM GmbH & Co. Q-Checker is a management system tool for Product Data Quality (PDQ) which enables companies to meet and control internal and external design standards. With this order Technia continues the expansion of its new offering “Design Solutions” that is focusing on 3D services and products, which also complements Technia’s other offering in the PLM area, ENOVIA MatrixOne and ENOVIA SmarTeam.
Klippan Safety is a system partner for the international automotive industry with competence in the fields of safety and comfort. The company is Europe’s leading developer and manufacturer of complete bed systems with integrated occupant restraint systems for trucks. The production of bed systems is supplemented by the development and manufacture of safety nets and seat belts, making Klippan Safety an obvious global partner. Their vision is that Klippan Safety shall be the most widely recognised, preferred system supplier of products and solutions that enable OEMs to guarantee outstanding personal safety and comfort for truck drivers and occupants.
Q-Checker is used by many large OEM’s (original equipment manufacturer) today. The basic idea of a PDQ tool such as Q-checker is to streamline the design processes and make sure that all designers in the process are following the rules. These rules not only affect how the internal design department is working, they are also making sure that the FEM calculation departments, the NC departments and the external suppliers are following the OEM’s quality requirements.
Our large OEM customers within the truck industry are using Catia V5 and Q-checker. They are requiring that we as their supplier are delivering CAD data in a certain format. To ensure that we are delivering the CAD data with the right quality we are using Q-checker. This is a supporting tool that helps the engineering to assure that the data have the required quality. Q-checker is also used internally at Klippan Safety to increase the quality level of the CAD data, says Gabriel Lindén, R, D & E Manager, Klippan Safety AB.
“During the last six months we have noticed that more and more companies have shown interested in the Q-checker solution. It simply looks like the market has matured and that the companies have discovered the possibilities that Q-checker offers”, says Johan Schenning, Director Design Solutions, Technia AB.
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