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Accelerate agricultural machinery design with Solid Edge

Agricultural machinery manufacturers facepressure to improve the speed and efficiency of their product design andengineering processes so they can deliver
new designs on time, and meet theircustomer’s expectations for reliability andlow running costs.
Solid Edge® software from Siemens PLM
Software enables manufacturers to respondrapidly to major trends that are impacting
farming and agricultural machinery manufacturing including:• Increasing demand from farmers formore flexible, multi-use machinery thatenables them to respond to fluctuating
grain and livestock prices• Increasing demand for reliable, low costequipment that minimizes capital expenditure and running costs• Increased use of sensors and geolocation
to improve farming efficiency• Government support for mechanizationin developing countries• Rising material and energy costs thatthreaten manufacturers’ profit margins
To respond to these trends and be
successful in the competitive agricultural
machinery market manufacturers canimprove their performance in these key
processes:
Communicate new designs to potential
customers
Agricultural machinery manufacturers cansubstantially improve how they communicate designs to potential customers before
the product is manufactured, and sales
personnel can quickly convey the innovative features and value of their designs.
Solid Edge makes that possible by enabling
you to create rich 3D product information,
including high quality rendered images andanimations. As a result, you’re able toclearly demonstrate your innovations
through the use of the latest design andvisualization technologies.

The Solid Edge advantage:• Meet increasing demand formachinery with shorterproduct development times• Support innovative machinery and equipment design
with powerful, flexible 3D
design tools• Facilitate feasibility studies
with rapid 3D modeling toassess new product designs
and configurations• Easily integrate standard
and catalog parts fromexternal suppliers into yourdesigns• Perform virtual testing ofyour designs to eliminate
interference between moving parts, and minimize
manufacturing issues

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Solution
focus
The Solid Edge advantage:
continued• Take advantage of Solid
Edge Simulation analysis
capabilities to optimize
designs for high performance and durability while
minimizing material costs• Reduce end-user operating
costs with efficient machine
designs• Demonstrate compliancewith government and industry regulations with secure
document control and electronic workflow management and signoffs• Improve customer service
by providing high quality,
illustrated maintenancedocuments and maintaining
accurate as-delivered BOMs

Perform feasibility studies
Assessing the feasibility of new products
and sourcing components and subassemblies from external suppliers is an
important part of the design process formachinery manufacturers. For example,
what changes will you need to make to fit a
new pump design into your existing equipment? Solid Edge has unique capabilities toincorporate designs from external suppliersin a variety of computer-aided design (CAD)
formats, and gives your designers theability to edit these designs.  
Speed 3D mechanical design
Designers and engineers are under pressure
to work faster as well as produce accurate
3D part models, assemblies and 2D drawings. Siemens PLM Software provides acomplete software portfolio to speed
design and eliminate errors before manufacturing. This enables you to make designchanges faster and deliver products sooner.
Configure standard products to meetcustomer needs
Sales and engineering staffs can configure
standard products to meet customer needs
while minimizing the need for one-off
customized product development. Siemens
PLM Software enables you to manage theproduct configuration throughout the sales
cycle, including selecting the optimum
configuration based on experience andstandards. This reduces risk by enabling
you to fulfil more orders with standard,
predictable product configurations.
Integrate electrical wiring andcomponents
There is a trend toward using more sensors
and actuators in agricultural machinery,so routing electrical wiring and housing

electronic components is an importantpart of the design process. Siemens PLM
Software helps by enabling you to model
electrical wiring, connections andhousings. You can calculate correct cable
lengths and define accurate bills-ofmaterials (BOMs) for electricalcomponents.
Produce fabricated structures
Manufacturers need to develop a lot of
fabricated steel content and engineers
need to consider structural integrity andwelding standards while minimizing material costs. Siemens PLM Software helps you
accomplish this by providing tools forstructural steel design and detailing, andyou can simulate and test structures using
embedded simulation capabilities. This
enables you to optimize structures andminimize material and manufacturingcosts.
Design sheet metal components
Manufacturers need to design safety
guarding, housings, brackets and othersheet metal content in the context of thecomplete machine. Siemens PLM Software
assists you by providing industry-leading
sheet metal design and detailing solutions
so engineers can produce accurate flat
patterns and send the geometry directly tomanufacturing. This enables you to streamline sheet metal design and manufacturing,reducing costs and speeding delivery.
Design for manufacturing
Improving the design to minimize manufacturing costs and understanding suitable
tolerances and when to use machining or
weldments is critical for manufacturers.

Key solution components• Solid Edge for 3D part andassembly design using synchronous technology  accelerates machinery design,
speeds revisions  andimproves the re-use ofproven components in newdesigns• Solid Edge Simulation for
digital validation of criticalcomponents  reduces  theneed to create physical prototypes, lowers material andtesting costs and improves
reliability and durability• Solid Edge Manufacturing
for definition of accurate
machining, fabrication andassembly processes improveoverall manufacturing
efficiency• Solid Edge Design
Management improves theoverall efficiency of machinery design processes andprojects, and ensures that
accurate product data, specifications and requirements
documents are easily
accessible

Siemens PLM Software helps manufacturers
overcome these challenges by providing
standard geometry linked with available
tooling, making design data easily accessible to manufacturing. Designs areoptimized for production capabilities, andmanufacturing errors are reduced.
Prebuild testing and prototyping
Typically, agricultural machinery designers
have to wait until a machine is built to
identify engineering problems. However, bycreating 3D models of machinery andequipment, engineers can investigate
different solutions and refine machinefunctions. Integrated simulation tools
include static, kinematic, dynamic andfatigue analysis, and the end result is asignificant drop in costs and time-todelivery as engineers solve problems before
manufacturing begins.
Manage quality assurance andcomplianceSignificant time and effort may be neededfor quality assurance and to demonstratecompliance with government and industry
regulations. Siemens PLM Software enables
you to work efficiently in this area by
providing the ability to manage regulatory
requirements and documentation, create
print files of designs to ensure released
versions cannot be changed and implement
electronic workflows for controlled, consistent process completion. As a result, youhave reliable audit results and a reduced
risk of litigation.
Visual design and project management
Manufacturers need to retrieve data
quickly, optimize resources and manage
engineering changes efficiently. Siemens
PLM Software helps by providing visualdesign management tools that include
preconfigured workflow capabilities,
enabling your team to access and track
design projects and engineering changeinformation.
Mobile access to your design projects
Engineers need access to accurate design,
installation and maintenance information
while working on the shop floor and atremote locations. Siemens PLM Software
provides mobile viewing of 2D drawings
and 3D CAD models, enabling you tounderstand service procedures using 3Dinteractive product information.

Realizing significant benefitsAgricultural machinery manufacturers
report that they are achieving significant
benefits using Solid Edge. Some examples
from published case studies include:• Successfully competing with larger manufacturers while using fewer resources• Reducing development time for newmachinery by 60 percent• Completing design changes 75 percent  
faster• Minimizing errors in manufacturing andservice• Decreasing manufacturing lead time by
30 percent• Demonstrating compliance with government regulations
For more information on this offering, seewww.siemens.com/plm/solidedge/
agricultural_machinery

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