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HIROTEC realized a digital factory twin

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Establishing a consistent production engineering system

FASTSUITE made it possible to seamlessly verify the feasibility of production equipment, which greatly contributes to productivity improvement. Thanks to this, HIROTEC was capable to achieve significant project improvements by detecting collisions and other issues at the very early stages of a project and to optimize the complete downstream process until the start of production.

About the customer

About the customer

HIROTEC Corporation

HIROTEC is one of the world's leading mass production suppliers of automotive components and a system integrator of production equipment. HIROTEC is headquartered in Hiroshima, Japan, and has 16 companies in 8 countries around the world.

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Business challenge

Business challenge

Process efficiency/cost reduction

Finish and validate the complete robot program and PLC program on the computer.

Risk reduction

No more equipment crashes and no more problems.

Collaboration

Better collaboration between mechanical and electrical designers.

Customer goals

Customer goals

Efficiency

FASTSUITE made it possible to seamlessly verify the feasibility of production equipment, which greatly contributes to productivity improvement.

 

Simulation

They can now avoid reworking the robot motions during the commissioning phase by directly using the offline results.
Easy selection of the hemming range and setting of the bending angle.
Automatic calculation of the value of the 7th axis
Smooth interpolations of the tool orientation to avoid jerky motions

 

Market position

For us as a production equipment integrator, the robot program and PLC program are very important. A system that can verify both programs in one environment is very important in improving international competitiveness.
Build an optimal integrated production system with different models without depending on hardware or software manufacturers.
Build a "digital try" system. A Digital Factory Twin.

 

CENIT employees have in-depth knowledge of our production technologies and many years of experience in the industry. It is important also to us that the software supports our teams in applying their expertise. This is exactly what FASTSUITE Edition 2 does.

Hideharu Aranii
General Manager, Assembly Tool Engineering Department, Tool & Die Division

HIROTEC

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Approach

Approach

Reducing the number of try-outs and of project lead-time before delivery.
The added value that HIROTEC is aiming for is to finish and validate the complete robot program and PLC program on the computer before the actual setup on the shop floor.

By using offline programming and virtual try-out methods, HIROTEC is independent of the availability of the production equipment.

FASTSUITE Edition 2 was implemented as an integrated system from layout validation to offline teaching. By using FASTSUITE, HIROTEC has solved many problems and improved the processes, for example, they can now avoid reworking the robot motions during the commissioning phase by directly using the offline results.

In a nutshell:
  • FASTSUITE Edition 2 can be connected to a motion controller (e.g. robot) and a logic controller (e.g. PLC).
  • The integrated CENIT motion controller is used for layout studies and off-line programming of the robot.
  • For high accuracy cycle time verification, an external VRC (Virtual Robot Controller) can be connected via Software in Loop.
  • For virtual test run evaluation, an external controller is connected via Hardware in Loop.
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Results and conclusion

Results and conclusion

Digital Factory Twin

Digital Factory Twin and therefore reducing the number of trials and time consuming before delivery.
Providing a digital twin of the real factory equipment, it realizes signal driven and behavior models of equipment resources.

End-to-end-Solution

Full support for the Hirotec Roller Hemming as well as a 7-axis automatic path generation

Product quality

No need to try out the actual machine before delivery, thus no need for dismantling and no need for temporary construction.

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