Tecnomatix
Tecnomatix is a software solution that combines production areas of process definition and planning, through simulation and verification to actual production. Tecnomatix is an example of application for the Digital Factory.
Company History
Founded in 1983 by Israeli companies Tecnomatics Technologies Ltd. , Which was previously listed on the New York Stock Exchange NASDAQ under the symbol TCNO, was acquired on 1 April 2005 at a price of 227.5 million USDdurch the UGS Corporation. The company employed at the time of the acquisition of more than 600 employees in more than thirty offices and seven development centers, of which there were in Germany with branches in Haar near Munich and Stuttgart two. In addition, the date of acquisition, there were four additional sales and support offices in Germany. In recent independent fiscal 2004 was published on 27 October 2004 by about 20 % compared to the same period last year increased sales of $ 73.5 million for the first nine months of the fiscal year. On 4 January 2005 the basic agreement between the two companies over the repurchase offer of UGS for outstanding are shares of stock of Tecnomatix 17 USD / share was announced. This offer were satisfied with both the general meeting of shareholders Tecnomatix and the Bundeskartellamt in spring 2005.
The company has delivered software solutions for planning, monitoring and control of production processes (Manufacturing Process Management ( MPM) ) and production management to the automotive, electronics and aerospace industries and other manufacturing industries.
The product range of the company went into the existing products of UGS Corporation for a control of production processes. The current product line includes the areas of parts production, assembly planning, resource planning, manufacturing plant design and optimization, manpower, quality and production management, product and production data management. Main product lines Tecnomatics Technologies Ltd.. are anySIM, eM- Human, eM- Workplace ( RobCad ), eM-Plant ( Plant Simulation ), Process Planner, and Process Designer. Tecnomatix is integrated into the Teamcenter product range of UGS Corporation and is with its modules within the automotive, suppliers, used yard and electronics industries.
Overview of functions
Tecnomatix has several programs that are suitable for different tasks.
Plant Simulation
Plant Simulation provides a graphical, and integrated modeling, simulation and visualization of systems and business processes and is fully object -oriented. There are hierarchical structures, inheritance, polymorphism, reuse of objects, etc. possible. Plant Simulation can be modularly extended by additional products.
Process Designer
In " Process Designer " the general layout of the scenario is determined. The respective components of the scenario, such as products and resources are assigned to so-called studies. Each type of study provides other functions.
Process Simulate
In " Process Simulate " is produced in " Process Designer " scenario of a study to other resources or products are added. Not all types of studies can be loaded "Simulate Process" with. Here robot operations and operations of other resources can be defined and their temporal sequence are determined. Sensors and external signals can be implemented easily processed by so-called " logic blocks", and connect with a programmable logic controller (PLC). During a running simulation can be influenced on the scenario by allowing the objects, such as human resources or local move and a " signal Viewer" signals can be monitored and set. So also fault situations can be simulated. The program provides an interface to a real PLC and robots.