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Speed up food processing equipment design with Solid Edge

Industrial food processing equipment (IFPE)
manufacturers face pressure to improve
the speed and efficiency of their productdesign and engineering so they can reducedelivery time and increase profit margins.
Solid Edge® software from Siemens PLM
Software enables them to do just that bystreamlining the design of new equipment
so they can meet market pressures,
including:• Changing consumer food habits anda growing population demanding
more processed food is driving higher
demand for IFPE equipment. Thisrequires manufacturers to design morecustom machines and is an opportunity
for them to grow their business• Rising and unstable costs of raw
materials and energy. These unknowns
lead to inaccurate cost estimates and area threat to the margin on individual projects and on overall profitability• Rising consumer awareness and attitudes
surrounding food safety are increasing
litigation risks. IFPE companies need toapply strong corporate governance andensure that the equipment they deliver
meets all relevant industry standards• Meeting food manufacturers’ demands
for equipment that results in lower laborcosts and an improved work environment
for their employees. To support this,equipment manufacturers need to
improve the operating costs and ergonomic characteristics of the equipment
they design and manufacture• The trend toward more food productparity together with a growing awarenessof the environmental impact of foodpackaging. This is driving food manufacturers to demand packaging with morecustomer appeal while maximizing recyclability. This is an opportunity to offer
innovative equipment that maximizes
consumer convenience and appeal, while
minimizing the environmental impact of
packaging• The drive for a better return on capitaland the desire to reduce their carbon
footprint is driving producers to purchasemore remanufactured equipment. This is

The Solid Edge advantage:• Meet increasing demand forequipment with shorterproduct development times• Control material costs byusing embedded simulation
tools to optimize component design• Meet compliance standards
with electronic workflow
processes and signoffs• Easily access requirements
documents• Minimize end-user laborcosts with ergonomicdesign• Diminish end-user utilitiescosts with efficient equipment design• Support innovative packaging design with powerful,flexible 3D design tools• Improve customer service
by tracking as-maintained
configurations

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an opportunity for equipment manufacturers to extend their machine refurbishment business

Solution
focus
Solid Edge for 3D partand assembly design usingsynchronous technology
accelerates equipment
design, speeds revisions
and improves the re-use ofprevious designs
Solid Edge Simulation for
digital validation of criticalcomponents reduces the needto create physical prototypes,
lowers material and testing
costs and improves reliability
Solid Edge Manufacturing
for definition of accurate
machining, fabrication andassembly processes improves
overall manufacturing
efficiency
Solid Edge Design
Management improves theoverall efficiency of equipment design projects andensures that accurate
product data, specifications
and requirements documents
are available to all• Facing increasing pressure to reduce theenvironmental impact of running theirequipment. Energy is a major cost forfood producers. The IFPE industry isresponding with new technologies that
reduce power consumption
Solutions for equipment developmentand manufacturing
Solid Edge software accelerates food processing equipment design. With Solid Edge,
manufacturers react faster to business pressures enabling them to increase market
share and profitability by:• Designing custom equipment faster using
product configuration tools that facilitate
the re-use of existing components andsubassemblies• Controlling rising material and energy
costs by optimizing equipment designusing 3D part and assembly modeling.
Solid Edge enables users to optimize all
aspects of equipment design from frame
structures and sheet metal housings toelectrical cable routing, and facilitatesthe use of integrated simulation tools tosave on material costs• Ensuring compliance with industry
regulations by enabling the implementation of electronic workflows for designchanges and release to manufacturing,and making customer requirement
documents and industry regulations
easily accessible• Delivering ergonomically designed equipment by modeling the complete machine
in 3D and validating that access for daily
operation, cleaning and maintenancemeets the highest industry standards• Downloading 3D models of catalog components from extensive cloud-based supplier libraries to minimize manufacturingcosts and maximize fit and function• Improving packaging by creating 3Dmodels of both packaging and equipment
and validating how they interact, as wellas creating high-quality rendered images
to support sales and marketing• Keeping track of as-delivered andas-maintained configurations to improveafter-sales service and accelerateredesign of existing equipment• Reducing running costs of equipment bykinematic analysis of moving parts toimprove operation efficiency and specify
the correct size for motors and actuators

Realizing important benefits
Designers and engineers using Solid Edge
with synchronous technology achievesignificant benefits, including:• Cutting equipment design time by
50 percent• Replacing physical prototypes withvirtual prototypes• Increasing capacity for new productdevelopment by 30 percent

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the Siemens Industry Automation Division,
is a leading global provider of productlifecycle management (PLM) software andservices with nine million licensed seats
and 77,000 customers worldwide.
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Software products and services, seewww.siemens.com/plm.

• Reducing manufacturing timeby 20 percent• Cutting manufacturing costs by20 percent• Reducing errors and part interferences
in manufacturing
For more information on this offering, seewww.siemens.com/plm/solidedge/machinery

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