by A + B Solutions and LC Consulting Services ®

How to Integrate Production in to T EAMCENTER by LC Consulting Services 8 Denison Parkway East Corning, NY (607) ®

LCCS & A+B Solutions Profiles Business & Production Challenges The Solution Benefits Agenda Demonstration Support

Company Profiles A+B Solutions Based in Germany, Sebaldstr. 23, Schwaebisch Gmuend More than 25 years of experience Over 250 customers with 270 installations 12 dedicated employees for installation, customization, and project support Reseller, Foundation Partner and System integrator of Siemens PLM software since 2006 LC Consulting Services 8 Denison Parkway East Corning, NY (607) Over 30 year of experience in engineering design, computer programming, and manufacturing consulting. 6 dedicated employees supporting your internal engineering requirements FIT4TC DNC software implementation & Training

FIT Customers in Germany

Security Revision Control & Traceability Business and Production Challenges Global Production Costs Process & Scheduling Engineering Flexibility Production

Different Databases with Redundant Data Media Brakes between Development & Production Production not integrated within process chain Unsecured process and workflows Actual Business and Production Data Conditions No transparency and tons of paperwork Use of actual data is not warranted Different Organizational Forms 6 5 7

Today's Production Data Processes Shop Floor Production Data (single data source) - CNC program - Setup sheet - Tooling list Product Data PDM/ CAD CAM DNC System drawings models CNC programs tooling sheets, etc. Optimized production data - workflows - release process - revision Redundant data, media brakes, human workflows

Today's Communication Flow Production Manager Tooling Engineer CNC Operator Quality Control Tooling Output CNC Programmer Mold & Die Construction Fixture Designer Work Scheduler Shop Supervisor

Human workflow concerns Will they use the correct revision? Are all needed & approved documents provided in the process? What happens with altered CNC programs? How will changes from production be processed and archived? Do we have documentation and complete data for product liability?

The Solution

ERP-System I-deas Solid Edge CATIA Pro/E AutoCAD SolidWorks NX Mentor (PCB) Multi-CAD Manufacturing Data Resources DNC NX CAM The Solution lies with T EAMCENTER from SIEMENS PLM & FIT4TC from A+B Solutions

Tomorrows production processes with closed process chain Production Optimized production data Revision control Release process Workflow Engineering data Production data Production resources Production data Production resources Product data Drawings Solids Quality documents PLM

Tomorrows Communication Ways …….. Single source database Production Manager Work Scheduler Shop Supervisor Tooling Engineer CNC Programmer Mold & Die Construction CNC Operator Quality Control Tooling Output Fixture Designer

Factory Integrating Tool is the central communication tool in the production area FIT4T EAMCENTER integrates directly, without any redundant data management with the production Product Lifecycle Management software The Production Solution is FIT4T EAMCENTER

Production Floor FIT4Teamcenter DNC NC program Setup & Tooling Data ShopDoc Drawings Solid (JT)…. Optimized CNC program Tool data Markups JT photos tool presetting Revisions Release process Workflow

The FIT4Teamcenter Tools  FIT4Teamcenter DNC –Integrated Teamcenter server based application with services for machine and worker interface connection. Configuration of connection, data down- and upload and viewing tools/possibilities. Data search routines for different TC item types (part item, MENC machining item, etc.)  FIT4Teamcenter Service Tools –Configurable CNC part data interface for automatic import of legacy data (CNC programs, tooling sheets, etc.) into Teamcenter –CAM Integrator to integrate CAM systems in Teamcenter over CNC part data interface –Integration of different comparison programs for CNC data into Teamcenter Portal  FIT4Teamcenter HI (Human Interface) –Browser based easy to use worker interface for direct information access to Teamcenter, down and upload of released CNC data and viewing of additional CNC part information's like drawings, JT’s, tooling sheets, ShopDocs, CNC programs, tool data, etc.  FIT4Teamcenter MI (Machine Interface) –Connection interface to CNC control with parameters and special function for different protocols for serial, Ethernet or direct connect. Supports all manufacturers CNC controls and protocols

Supported and Released Teamcenter Versions  Teamcenter V2005 SR1  Teamcenter V2007 Eng  Teamcenter V2007 Unified  Teamcenter 8  Teamcenter Express up from Version 2.2

Infrastructure Assembly external process CNC machines Fiber, Copper and wireless ERPCAMCAD LAN (Ethernet) WLAN Tool presetting COM Server LAN >> V24 connect IPC Serial Windows/Linux

Support of all CNC Controls with serial or Ethernet interfaces Teamcenter Server  CNC Control Via standard LAN for machines with Ethernet interface WuT Com-Server (LAN/serial connector) for machines with serial interface Machine Connection Integration

The Production Benefits  Integration of production into processes  Secured processes  One single data pool  No redundancy of data  Electronic workflows  Secured usage of actual and approved revisions  Locked resources/revisions can’t be accessed  Transparent processes to production area  Closed process chain  Higher quality, productivity and delivery reliability

Business Benefits  Consistent Data Systems  Central Data Management  Reduction of Interfaces  Actual Data  Reduction of Cycle Time  Automation  Communication Channels  Parallel Processes  Creation of Flexible Business Processes  Integrated Business Processes in One System

 Installation server software from LCCS onsite or remote via appshare  Installation hardware (COM Server) from LCCS and customer training  Support/Hotline from 7 am until 5 pm  Over phone  VPN  Appshare Support and Services

Machine Interface XML / SOAP HTTP Web Server - Own Portal based on Java - Function calls to Teamcenter with a subset of all Teamcenter Portal possibilities - Search routines for referenced item revision information Files RDBMS Database SQL TeamCenter Services/API C++, ITK, Java TeamCenter Web Service (A+B) TC Web Service XML / SOAP (Tool AXIS Java) TeamCenter Base Services TC HTTP Server Apache/Tomcat Java Servlets Human Interface Java HTML/XML FIT4TC MI (Machine Interface) FIT4TC HI (Human Interface) Corba FIT4Teamcenter Architecture

FIT4T EAMCENTER Demonstration