Transcription

1

2 The Electronic Product Catalog by CADENAS as a marketplace for a company Markus Bamberg

3 Contents Pepperl+Fuchs CAD Background Challenges Solution Implementation Current Status Outlook Markus Bamberg At Pepperl+Fuchs in Mannheim since 2002 Group Leader in Product Information Management Product classification Provision of product data Electronic catalogs, e-business Image materials, drawings Translation management Product printing CAD and CAE data Markus Bamberg

4 Mannheim 1949 Walter Pepperl and Ludwig Fuchs establish a radio repair workshop in Mannheim. The company moves to a larger building in 1970 setting the course for future growth. Markus Bamberg

5 Competence Center Mannheim Research and Development Headquarters with over 1000 employees Berlin Competence Center for photoelectric sensors with over 200 employees Twinsburg Competence Center HMI / Purge and Pressurization Systems with over 200 employees Markus Bamberg

6 Manufacturing Locations Our production locations in Germany, the USA, Singapore, Hungary, Indonesia, and Vietnam are ISO 9001 certified. Large unit volumes Standardized products Economies of scale Markus Bamberg

7 Solution Engineering Center In close cooperation with our world-wide customers, we design and manufacture application-specific system solutions, covering all types of explosion protection. Solution Engineering Centers close to the user, all over the world Expert knowledge on protection against explosion and environmental hazards Full support from project specification to operation in the plant Markus Bamberg

8 Over 80 Locations Worldwide With locations in over 80 major cities on 6 continents, we re there when you need us. Markus Bamberg

9 48 Hours Ordered and delivered without delay. We deliver to every country in Europe within two days from our state-of-the-art distribution center in Mannheim. Around the clock. Markus Bamberg

10 5.700 Employees Worldwide Behind every success are people with ideas. Our employees guarantee that we will continue to develop and bring innovative products to the market. Markus Bamberg

11 Annual Sales of 540,000,000 Pepperl+Fuchs always remains on track, even under difficult economic circumstances this is proven by our stable sales figures. We employ nearly 500 engineers to develop the products of tomorrow We invest more than 30 million in research and development annually Markus Bamberg

12 One Company Two divisions Industrial Sensors Explosion Protection The Factory Automation division is a pioneer and innovator in industrial sensors. Providing solutions and technologies for explosion protection in your plant is the expertise of the Process Automation division. Markus Bamberg

13 Industrial Sensors Proximity sensors Photoelectric sensors Industrial vision Ultrasonic sensors Rotary encoders Positioning systems Inclination and acceleration sensors AS-Interface Identification systems Pulse control units Markus Bamberg

14 Areas of Application and Target Industries Markus Bamberg

15 Explosion Protection Intrinsically safe barriers Signal conditioners FieldConnex, fieldbus infrastructure Remote I/O systems HART interface solutions Level measurement technology Purge and pressurization systems HMI operating and monitoring systems Electrical explosion protection equipment Wireless solutions Solutions with explosion protection Markus Bamberg

16 Areas of Application and Target Industries Markus Bamberg

17 Background Products Many products approx. 50,000 active products approx housing designs approx. 85 design engineers High level of diversity Own individual product Merchandise products Configured product The existing data is of varying quality Preparation will cost a lot of resources Reduction to STEP format CAD models created in STEP format Markus Bamberg

18 Background Requirements Required format diversity Native data formats Precise and detailed presentation Usage behavior Preview required No need to search models on various manufacturer websites What is needed and how Enable download in many formats Direct integration into CAD programs Publish on product portals Markus Bamberg

19 Challenge Work Involved Use existing data Do not recreate all STEP models from scratch Data source is often unavailable Import of STEP data to CADENAS Many portals = many exports Use standard export BMECat, added value through product data Configuration Do not create every variant individually Make individual product lines "intelligent" Many exports for different channels Markus Bamberg

20 Solution Hybrid Export existing products with product data BMECat 1.2, DE and EN Import to CADENAS Regular updates Recreate configuration (intelligent parts) Service at CADENAS Gradual expansion Markus Bamberg

21 Problems Import / Export Import of STEP Defective models, surface models "No CAD" BMECat without classification No defined field mapping Partially CADENAS definitions Partially P+F ID with labeling BMECat languages One catalog per language Translation via field mapping Markus Bamberg

22 Problems Creating the Configuration Level of detail Define All details available in 3D? Implicit knowledge, e.g. IP65 Configuration options Recreation, because geometric selection No transfer, e.g. from own configurator or database Release Check all configuration options Update Requires partial recreation Markus Bamberg

23 Problems General Problems Completeness Dimensional drawings Photos Design of the 3D PDF Some things are not possible Integration of direct links Calculation or list Processing of contacts Internal organization Markus Bamberg

24 Current Status Pepperl-Fuchs.partcommunity.com Markus Bamberg

25 Conclusion Intermediate status of project Approx. 1 year running time A lot of patience needed Stayed "on track" thanks to excellent support from CADENAS Intermediate result Bilingual catalog in corporate design Approx products in the catalog 10 series of rotary encoder created with over 400,000 possible variants This success encourages us to continue the journey Markus Bamberg

26 Outlook Next Steps Update to BMECat 2005 Multilingual Faster updates Integration into own website Viewer Configurator Deep links Use of additional tools Apps CADENAS offers Markus Bamberg

27