Closed Loop Quality Management -Training

Closed Loop Quality Management

Adroitec Engineering Solutions hosted the event for Quality Department resources. The event was focusing on the product quality, reduction of automation time.

The event was held at Hotel Quality Sabari Inn, T.Nagar on 12 June 2018 from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm where we had participants from most of the Automotive Companies, Tier I and Tier II suppliers and even other manufacturing companies.

This was one of the nice Event ever hosted by Adroitec because, this event focused on,

Boosting the product quality by identifying the failure trends and critical failure information and generate their reports

How fortune companies reduce the engineers time in identifying the root cause, pinpoint right problem statement and arrive at the solutions

How automation of ISO/IATF process and CAPA Process helps in reducing the lead time.

Gaining real-time visibility over product quality, failure modes, control plans and more.

Success stories of top companies in reducing product risk, improving product development, and improved quality and reduced cost.

The event started with the Welcome speech by Mr Vinayak Bhandarkar, Country Manager at Adroitec Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd, giving insights on how Adroitec has transformed lot of Tier I and Tier II automotive companies in their design process automation, improving quality by introducing automated IATF process and moving to paperless culture. He also address how these had impacted critically in improving productivity and the growth of the company.

The event started of with the guest speaker, Mr Siva Ganesh, Marketing Director from PTC, who gave real-time insights on addressing the Quality issues through the Internet of Things.

Finally, live demonstration on Closed Loop Quality Management was done by the Technical team which was presented by Mr Arunraj Rajakumar, Senior Engineer - Enterprise Technologies.

A live demonstration was shown on how a closed loop quality management can be automated and how it helps in streamlining the process to identify failure trends and how to multiple people can interact with automated CAPA process.

A variety of trend graphs and reports were shown to audience which would help them to take better decisions on quality improvement.

Finally, a live demonstration on IHS Root Cause Analysis was shown how to identify and solve root cause faster compared to traditional way which would takes days and months to solve.

The participants were pretty excited on these solutions provided by Adroitec and had started discussing on ways to implement them in their organizations during the networking dinner.

If you are interested in finding more about this program, please contact

Srinivasan, Senior Territory Manager
k.srinivasan@adroitecengg.com
+91-99520 88075

Arunraj Rajakumar, Senior Engineer - Enterprise Technologies
arun.raj@adroitecengg.com
+91-77082 55753

New Creo releases

Did you catch the big announcement at this year’s LiveWorx? Starting in 2018, Creo will be moving to annual releases. Paul Sagar, PTC’s senior vice president of product management, broke the news earlier this year. Annual releases will benefit companies of every size. SMBs can get new features faster, while enterprise users can see how those new additions are working for everyone else before they implement them.

CAD segment senior vice president Brian Thompson says that moving to annual releases will allow PTC adapt to changes in the industry more quickly, which will be critical as the IoT and AR markets continue to grow and more companies move to subscription licensing. “As the interest in subscription expands, an annual release cycle allows us to deliver continuous value to our customers,” says Thompson. “The selection of Creo by companies of varying sizes and industries is a testament to the momentum in the market and the interest in the added capabilities PTC brings to the design process with IoT and AR.”

New Creo releases are scheduled to come out every March, starting with Creo 5 in March of 2018, Creo 6 in March of 2019, and Creo 7 in March of 2020.

IHS Engineering and Design Solutions

Adroitec is now partner for complete suite of Engineering and Design Solutions including Goldfire/Engineering Workbench (EWB), Parts and Standards

Standards, Codes & Specs

Industry's top management solution that connects entire enterprise to worlds largest collection of continuously updated largest engineering and technical reference documents. Read more

 

BOM Intelligence: Bill of Material Management Software

World’s first intuitive, automated bill-of-materials intelligence tool so you can meet production targets on time and within budget. Read more

 

Engineering Workbench -

Information overload" challenge with a single intuitive interface that uses advanced knowledge discovery technologies to surface answers from a curated universe of technical knowledge. Read more

ADROITEC Exhibits PLM Technology Trends to Academic Institutions

Our initiative to communicate the current technological trends adopted in industries to educational institutions concluded in a successful workshop on Product Lifecycle Management on Nov 30th, 2017.The workshop witnessed a great turnout of HOD , Professors and Assistant Professors from various colleges and universities who showed profound interest and enthusiasm in gaining insight on PLM.

The session kicked off with a brief introduction about PLM, the objective being to provide a comprehensive experience our workshop’s session significantly focused on imparting the knowledge through a complete hands-on experience. The participants got to experience PTC Windchill - PLM software that is being used by top manufacturing companies. To further enhance the experience, the following session on process automation enabled the participants to automate the business process management under the guidance of our experienced implementation consultants.


ADROITEC Exhibits PLM Technology Trends toW Academic Institutions


Our initiative to communicate the current technological trends adopted in industries to educational institutions concluded in a successful workshop on Product Lifecycle Management on Nov 30th, 2017. The workshop witnessed a great turnout of HOD, Professors and Assistant Professors from various colleges and universities who showed profound interest and enthusiasm in gaining insight on PLM.


The session kicked off with a brief introduction about PLM, the objective being to provide a comprehensive experience our workshop’s session significantly focused on imparting the knowledge through a complete hands-on experience. The participants got to experience PTC Windchill - PLM software that is being used by top manufacturing companies. To further enhance the experience, the following session on process automation enabled the participants to automate the business process management under the guidance of our experienced implementation consultants.


One of the engaging segments of the workshop was the demonstration of the new age digital technology, augmented reality that is changing the way how information is communicated. Finally, the event wrapped up with a talk on the career in PLM and the benefits of having a center of excellence for the students.


This workshop on PLM was very much appreciated by the professors who participated leaving them inspired and wanting to share this hands-on experience with their students. Likewise, we are looking forward to technologically inspire for transforming students into successful engineers.

ADROITEC Exhibits PLM Technology Trends to Academic Institutions

Our initiative to communicate the current technological trends adopted in industries to educational institutions concluded in a successful workshop on Product Lifecycle Management on Nov 30th, 2017.The workshop witnessed a great turnout of HOD , Professors and Assistant Professors from various colleges and universities who showed profound interest and enthusiasm in gaining insight on PLM.

The session kicked off with a brief introduction about PLM, the objective being to provide a comprehensive experience our workshop’s session significantly focused on imparting the knowledge through a complete hands-on experience. The participants got to experience PTC Windchill - PLM software that is being used by top manufacturing companies. To further enhance the experience, the following session on process automation enabled the participants to automate the business process management under the guidance of our experienced implementation consultants.

ADROITEC Exhibits PLM Technology Trends toW Academic Institutions

Our initiative to communicate the current technological trends adopted in industries to educational institutions concluded in a successful workshop on Product Lifecycle Management on Nov 30th, 2017. The workshop witnessed a great turnout of HOD, Professors and Assistant Professors from various colleges and universities who showed profound interest and enthusiasm in gaining insight on PLM.

The session kicked off with a brief introduction about PLM, the objective being to provide a comprehensive experience our workshop’s session significantly focused on imparting the knowledge through a complete hands-on experience. The participants got to experience PTC Windchill - PLM software that is being used by top manufacturing companies. To further enhance the experience, the following session on process automation enabled the participants to automate the business process management under the guidance of our experienced implementation consultants.

One of the engaging segments of the workshop was the demonstration of the new age digital technology, augmented reality that is changing the way how information is communicated. Finally, the event wrapped up with a talk on the career in PLM and the benefits of having a center of excellence for the students.

This workshop on PLM was very much appreciated by the professors who participated leaving them inspired and wanting to share this hands-on experience with their students. Likewise, we are looking forward to technologically inspire for transforming students into successful engineers

PTC CREO 4.0 Launch

Adroitec along with PTC, launched the PTC CREO 4.0 on with Groundbreaking capabilities namely

Model-based definition;
Additive manufacturing;

Smart,connected Product design with the power of Augmented Reality and IOT for the Engineering Industry . The launch program participated by the Industry leaders from various verticals like Automotive, Electronics, Electrical, Tool and Die units from different IDA of Bangalore.

PTC Q4 Creo Illustrate Time Limited Offer

We wanted to ensure you are aware of a valuable deck that you can use to support your efforts with the Q4 Creo Illustrate TLO.

There is a 25% discount available on subscription pricing during the final quarter of the year to support your sales efforts.

The deck is available here and covers high level benefits/capabilities, the customer value proposition, part numbers along with links to marketing content that you will find useful for your promotion efforts.

International Industrial Trade Fair INTEC 2017 - CODISSIA.

Team Adroitec participated in the International Industrial Trade Fair INTEC 2017 - CODISSIA.
Technological Solutions for CAD-IOT-PLM-SLM-Augumented Reality were demonstrated by team to visitors @ INTEC. Thoughtful Appreciation shown by Visitors, Customers on the Cutting Edge Technologies that were demonstrated.

Adroitec to participate International Industrial Trade Fair INTEC 2017 - CODISSIA

The Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, brings together the very best in technological advancement. INTEC is a congregation of various Industries exhibiting their finest innovations and services. More details.

Technology Workshop on solutions for APQP - RFQ Management - By Adroitec.

Team Adroitec conducted a technology workshop ,exhibiting the Solutions for APQP-RFQ Management, as a part of their PLM Series Program . The workshop was conducted at Chennai, and participated by Who's of Who  of Automotive  and  Auto Ancilary Organisation from Tamil Nadu.

Prominent among them were M/s Sundaram Clayton , M/s TVS Motors , M/s Palfinger , M/s Wheels India ,  M/s Yazaki Wiring, M/s Motherson , M/s Automotive, M/s Rane.

PTC Get Active offer expiring soon!

The Get Active TLO is getting ready to shut its doors forever! Act now and take advantage of this final offering, EVER! We are now in the middle of March and  we encourage you to plan for getting our licenses enrolled into the program.

Under Get active program, PTC is offering its existing clients the opportunity to trade in the old perpetual license and buy the latest version for One year subscription at a discounted price. It is especially useful for clients whose licenses are out of maintenance for more than a year.

*Note that the client has sign and agreement with the consent to give up the perpetual functionality.

Deal expires on 28th March 2017

Team Adroitec Slatues the Spirit of Scientist at ISRO

Team Adroitec Slatues the Spirit of Scientist @  ISRO and their supply chain vendors for making  history by launching 104 Satellites in ONE GO.  Hearty Congratulations from TEAM ADROITEC

PTC Recognized in the Annual Roll of Honour as the "COMPANY OF THE YEAR -2016 " in the vertical Product Lifecylce Management

WHATS NEW IN PTC CREO 4.0

The world of product design is changing with the introduction of exciting, new technologies. To help you grab opportunities, Creo 4.0 includes breakthrough capabilities in Additive Manufacturing, IoT, Model-Based Definition (MBD) and Augmented Reality (AR). Now you can design faster and smarter because your digital designs are connected to physical products. It's a winning combination: Creo 4.0's new tools along with extensive core enhancements to support day-to-day productivity.

Core Productivity Enhancements

Creo 4.0 is our most productive release yet. There are hundreds of enhancements to make your job faster and easier. Here are just a few:

• New interaction workflow: increased productivity.
• Modeling enhancements: core modeling capabilities are better than ever.
• Materials library: more than 100 new materials available out-of-the-box.

Smart, Connected Product Design

With Creo Product Insight, you can design digital sensors as an integral part of your CAD model and connect them, via PTC’s ThingWorx, to a product in the field. Now you’re driving your design process with facts, not assumptions.
Replace the assumptions in your design process with facts.**

Additive Manufacturing

What you see is what you print. Creo 4.0 closes the gap between 3D CAD and 3D printing
Additive Manufacturing is changing product design, but it is done using a disconnected multi-step process. The Creo 4.0 Additive Manufacturing Extension solves this problem by enabling you to design, optimize, validate, and print all within a single piece of software.

• Create parametrically controlled lattice structures.
• Directly connect to 3D Systems and Stratasys printers.
• Track, validate, and manage print jobs.
• Eliminate mistakes due to human error.
• Direct connection to service bureaus.
• Improved rapid prototyping.

Design, optimize, validate, and print all in Creo.

Model-Based Definition (MBD)

Creo 4.0 removes the barriers for successful MBD implementation.
With MBD, all the information about your product lives in a fully-detailed, documented 3D model accessible to everyone from engineering to package design. The improved workflows make it easier than ever to author and publish the full model-based definition.

• Increase productivity.
• Reduce costs.
• Provide consistency.
• Eliminate mistakes due to human error.
• Improve design communications.
• Enhance GD&T understanding.

Augmented Reality (AR)

With AR the physical and digital worlds converge.
Coming soon, a native integration between Creo 4.0 and Thingworx Studio, the world’s leading AR platform. This will enable you to create AR experiences of your design.
The result? A more effective, engaging, and compelling design review process.

Adroitec Engineering Solutions: Engineering Customised PLM Solutions

ADROITEC extends their Solution Portfolio into Suite of Simulation Solutions from ANSYS.

ANSYS enables you to predict with confidence that your products will thrive in the real world. Industry leaders use ANSYS to create complete virtual prototypes of complex products and systems – comprised of mechanical, electronics and embedded software components – which incorporate all the physical phenomena that exist in real-world environments.

Adroitec Joins the Partner Eco System with ANSYS as a Channel Partner for Sales and value added service - support of ANSYS products in INDIA.

ANSYS (www.ansys.com) is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and has more than 60 strategic sales locations throughout the world. In addition, ANSYS enlists a network of channel partners in more than 40 countries, and all together the Company fosters close partnerships with customers and provides local, value-added service and support.

Building a Banked Track Is a Balancing Act

Mitchell Machine Works is in the business of building complex machines. Hailing from Dalton, Ga., the company has been known the world over for its Magic Carpet, a hydraulically driven roller system that can roll up, or roll out, an entire sports field of turf in a matter of minutes.

Mitchell Machine Works was founded in 1967 by the company’s self-described “chief engineer, owner and just about everything else,” Mark Mitchell, who has gained a reputation for being someone who can design and deliver complex machines. Because of this pedigree and his previous experience building the Magic Carpet, Mitchell picked up the phone one day and found himself with some surprise business. On the other end of the line was a company that needed Mitchell to build an indoor running track.

Taken at face value, building an indoor running track doesn’t seem all that mechanically complex. A track’s essentially an oval. A flat oval.

But there was a catch.

Instead of being flat, the indoor running track that Mitchell was being asked to build had to be hydraulically driven, because, you see, some indoor track events use a banked surface, not a flat one like its outdoor counterpart.

As you can imagine, building a banking hydraulic indoor running track isn’t a straightforward endeavor. In fact, building such a machine requires some 200,000 pounds of steel and 72,000 components (including 72 hydraulic actuators)—and that doesn’t even take into account the 7,000 work hours required to build the machine. What’s more, for an indoor track to work properly, it has to work in perfect harmony, with each of the hydraulic drivers that lift the track’s banks working in unison with its nearby neighbors.

As Mitchell described it, one of the biggest issues facing the design of this track was figuring out the complex control system that would be used to govern how each hydraulic actuator worked, because as Mitchell noted, “given the torsion in the system, no cylinder could be more than 10 mm out of line with its neighbor.” To transform this seemingly intractable problem into something more manageable, Mitchell looked to IronCAD.

Mitchell's Hydraulic Track in IronCAD

Although Mitchell is familiar with CAD, he turned much of the actual CAD work over to RJ Saucier of Genesis Technology Systems. Working in concert with Saucier, Mitchell was able to create a robust CAD model using IronCAD that gave him great insight into how the hydraulic system worked.

Once Mitchell’s vision for his indoor track had been modeled, Saucier and his team set out to analyze how the track’s movement would affect its overall performance. Using IronCAD’s finite element analysis (FEA) tools, each component in the assembly was tested, and when errors that would affect the performance of the track were found, the design was slightly modified.

“One of the best parts about IronCAD is the fact assemblies are so easy to use,” said Saucier. “You’re never hung up with constraint sets, so when a client comes in and needs a quick change, say, this component needs to be moved over one-sixteenth of an inch, IronCAD can do that quickly without having to untangle an assembly connected mess.”

With this analysis at hand, Mitchell and Saucier were able to articulate their assembly and move the track as it would move in reality. Because of the integrity of the geometry in their model, Mitchell could accurately measure how much each hydraulic cylinder would move at different points along its path as it was raised and lowered. With those numbers in hand, Mitchell was able to give the programmers developing his control system detailed instructions describing the positions of each hydraulic cylinder as it moved through the banking operation.

“Trying to make 36 cylinders dance together is tough, but with IronCAD we were able to simplify the design control system design process,” noted Mitchell.

CAD as an Installation Tool

Beyond the fact that IronCAD was instrumental in designing Mitchell’s track, it also played a role in making the assembly of his track much easier. Not only was Mitchell able to use detailed drawings to transform those 72,000 parts into one working whole, he also used IronCAD’s software to give instruction to the workers assembling the track. Whenever communication problems would arise during the assembly process, Mitchell was able to bring up a detailed 3D model directly in IronCAD and specify exactly how a subsystem should be assembled and why. 

Given that level of communication, Mitchell was able to cut down his time on site and have his track built efficiently.

With one completed track behind him and a second nearing completion, Mark Mitchell is confident that his hydraulically articulated indoor track’s design represents the shape of things to come in multipurpose sports facilities being built around the world. Still, Mitchell realizes that each and every track design will be different, requiring minor tweaks and work-arounds that will alter his original design. Fortunately, Mitchell is confident that he can meet any design requirement thanks to the robust design and analysis tools that he has in IronCAD today.

IronCAD has sponsored this post. It had no editorial input. All opinions are mine. —Kyle Maxey

India celebrates 70 years of independence

India celebrates 70 years of independence on 15 August 2016. The Government has outlined an additional detailed 15-day long program.

PLM market grew to $38.7 billion

"The PLM market grew to $38.7 billion overall in 2015, 2.8% growth over 2014,” according to Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata’s Vice President of Research. “When looked at in constant currencies, that growth rate would be 8.2% over 2014. Most of the PLM market leaders had strong growth in constant currencies, and all continued to make strategic acquisitions to expand their portfolios and, in some cases, to enter new markets. Looking toward 2020, CIMdata forecasts the PLM market to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.3% to $52.3 billion."

Courtest - CIMData

Adroitec offers PLM services using PTC windchill.

NASA’s Expedition 48 Commander Conducts 3D Printing Experiment in Zero-Gravity

This past week, on NASA’s Destiny laboratory module, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams began conducting an experiment to 3D print in zero gravity. After gathering the 3D printing payload hardware and setting it up in the lab’s Microgravity Science Glovebox, Williams began testing whether or not a 3D printer can work in the conditions of outer space. The experiment demonstrated that the 3D printer operated normally while in space, proving that the emerging technology may provide major benefits for deep-space crewed missions and in-space manufacturing. During Williams’ experimentation with 3D printing, his Russian crewmates, Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin, worked on a variety of other experiments, and also prepared a cargo ship for departure back into the Earth’s atmosphere this weekend.