Industry insights

Accelerate agricultural machinery
design with Solid Edge
Siemens Digital Industries Software

Agricultural machinery and equipment
manufacturers face pressure to improve
the speed and efficiency of their engineering processes so they can deliver
new products on time and meet theircustomer’s expectations for highquality, reliable equipment that canwithstand harsh environments. Siemens
Solid Edge® software provides nextgeneration technologies that solve
today’s toughest product development
challenges. A 3D computer-aided design(CAD) software platform, Solid Edge
creates digital models that allow you tovisualize and validate ideas, reducing
the need to build and test physical prototypes and improving your productdevelopment performance.
Solid Edge enables farming and agricultural machinery manufacturers to
rapidly digitalize their product development processes, a fundamental stepin moving to a digital enterprise.
Digitalization efforts help thesemanufacturers respond to major industry trends that threaten to disrupt theirbusinesses, such as:• Increasing demand for reliable,
low-cost equipment that minimizes
capital expenditure and running costs• Increased use of sensors andgeolocation to improve farmingefficiency, and a corresponding
increase in electrical content• Global competitive pressures fromnew low-cost providers in fastgrowing countries with lower
employment costs• Rising material and energy costs
that threaten manufacturers’ profit
margins
To respond to these trends and succeedin the competitive agricultural machinery market, manufacturers can improvetheir performance by creating and using
3D digital models for these key
processes:

The Solid Edge advantage• Meet increasing demand formachinery with shorter productdevelopment times• Support innovative machinery andequipment design with powerful,flexible 3D design tools• Facilitate feasibility studies with rapid
3D modeling to assess new productdesigns and configurations• Easily integrate standard and catalog
parts from external suppliers into
your designs• Perform virtual testing of yourdesigns to eliminate interference
between moving parts, and minimize
manufacturing issues• Optimize designs for highperformance and durability while
minimizing material costs

Solutionfocus
The Solid Edge advantage
continued• Reduce end-user operating costswith efficient machine designs• Demonstrate compliance withgovernment and industryregulations with secure
document control and electronic
workflow management andsignoffs• Improve customer service byproviding high quality, illustrated
maintenance documents andmaintaining accurate
as-delivered BOMs

Visualize new products
Substantially improve how you showcase designs before product manufacturing. Photorealistic 3D renderings
and animations can communicate innovative features to potential customers,
quickly conveying the value of thedesign and potentially selling the product before it is built. Solid Edge evenoffers the ability to showcase designs
through augmented reality, so customers can view products in real-world
settings.
Perform feasibility studies
Assess the feasibility of new products
and sourcing components and subassemblies from external suppliers. Being
able to quickly and accurately understand the impact of using new components and changing configurations
accelerates the product development
process. Unique synchronous technology in Solid Edge allows you to treat
multi-CAD data as native files, enabling
seamless collaboration with suppliersand partners.
Accelerate mechanical design
Support innovative machinery andequipment design with powerful, flexible 3D design tools. Solid Edge provides a complete software portfolio tospeed the design of complex parts andassemblies and to eliminate errors prior
to manufacturing. The CAD software
allows you to work directly with thedesign’s geometry and make changes
instantly, quickly producing accurate 3Dpart models and assemblies that enable
you to deliver products sooner.
Reduce customized content
Configure standard products to meet
specific customer needs while minimizing the need for one-off customized
product development. Solid Edge
enables you to manage product configuration throughout the sales cycle,
including selecting the optimum configuration based on experience andstandards. This reduces risk by enabling
you to fulfill more orders with standard,
predictable product configurations.
Integrate electrical and mechanicaldomains
Overcome electromechanical design
challenges that arise from including
electrical components, such as sensors,
actuators and GPS systems in yourdesigns. Solid Edge Electrical Design
software modules seamlessly communicate changes between mechanical andelectrical environments. The electricalcomputer-aided design (ECAD) tools
contribute connectivity information forwiring and board schematics while themechanical computer-aided design(MCAD) software routes wires, cables orharnesses through the 3D physicalspace. This type of collaboration, which
includes validation of electrical circuits,cross-probing and cross-visualization,
enables faster and more accurate
design.
Design frames and weldments faster
Accelerate the creation of rigid frame
structures and weldments using process-specific applications. Solid Edge
includes embedded engineering process
knowledge, along with structured workflows, that enable faster design. Frames
and weldments are fully associativewith Solid Edge assembly, part modeling and drafting capabilities. Advanced
memory management techniques allow
you to easily manage large assemblymodels with unprecedented speed.
Streamline sheet metal guarding
and housing design
Streamline sheet metal design to reduce
costs and delivery time. Solid Edge
includes sheet metal specific features,such as emboss, dimple, drawn cutout,
bead, contour flange, straight brake andetch, and unique functions for complex
modeling efforts, such as the ability toeasily design enhanced lofted flanges
and relieve bend bulges. Built-in intelligence saves time by automaticallycalculating material treatments and validating parts for manufacturability. The
ability to create manufacturing-readysheet metal flat patterns and nest complex shapes efficiently helps eliminate
scrap and improve manufacturing
productivity.
Simulate designs for validationand verification
Validate and improve performance withscalable simulation tools that use virtual
prototyping and integrated motion andvibration simulation. Finding and resolving issues prior to manufacturing resultsin significant reductions in costs andtime. Virtual testing can be used toeliminate interferences between moving parts and minimize manufacturingissues. The integrated analysis capabilities of Solid Edge Simulation optimize
designs for high performance and durability while minimizing material costs.
Optimize manufacturing processes
Manufacture accurately and efficiently
to complete the job right the first time.
Easy-to-use, learn and deploy solutions
optimize manufacturing processes tomaximize machine tool value, accelerate production and reduce errors.
Solid Edge solutions feature a capable,
proven set of tools that define andexecute a wide range of manufacturing
processes including CNC machining,nesting, cutting, bending, welding,assembly and additive manufacturing.
Comply with industry regulations
Demonstrate compliance with government and industry regulations withsecure document control and electronic
workflow management and signoffs,
which can help demonstrate compliance with government and industry
regulations by providing complete
traceability. As a result, you have reliable audit results and a reduced riskof litigation.

Manage projects and changes
Retrieve data quickly, optimize
resources and manage engineeringchanges efficiently for faster completion of design projects. The design
management capabilities in Solid Edge
provide a visual approach to managing
complex design data, including theability to manage standard parts.

Key solution components• Solid Edge Mechanical Design for3D part and assembly design usingsynchronous technology – speeds
revisions and improves the re-use ofproven components in new designs• Solid Edge Electrical Design for thedesign of wiring, cables, bundles
and printed circuit boards – enables
true electromechanical co-designcollaboration• Solid Edge Simulation for digital
validation of critical components –reduces the need to create physicalprototypes, lowers material/testing
costs and improves reliability anddurability• Solid Edge Manufacturing fordefinition of accurate machining,fabrication and assembly processes –improves overall efficiency withadditive and subtractive
manufacturing• Solid Edge Technical Publications forcreating illustrations and technicaldocuments – communicates
manufacturing, installation andmaintenance procedures globally• Solid Edge Data Management forsearching, managing and sharing ofproduct data – improves
collaboration within the designteam and with other departments,suppliers and customers• Solid Edge Cloud Collaboration –online CAD management, viewing
and collaboration

Access models on the go
Access design, installation and maintenance information while working on
the shop floor and at remote locations.
Solid Edge follows you wherever you gowith mobile viewing of complete digitaldefinitions of parts and assemblies
including annotated 3D CAD models,
which can be easier to understand thancomplex 2D drawings. And, with Solid
Edge Portal, you can visualize and markup CAD data created in many different
formats and collaborate easily with suppliers and customers.

Some examples of the benefits achieved
using Solid Edge include:

Realizing significant benefits
Machinery manufacturers who use
Solid Edge consistently achieve significant benefits from designing theirequipment in 3D. Solid Edge integrates
seamlessly with a portfolio of affordable, easy-to-use software tools that
address all aspects of the product development process, from 3D mechanicaldesign to electrical design, simulation,
manufacturing and more, assisted withintegrated data management along
the way.

• Reducing rework rate from 20 to
2 percent• 75 percent faster completion ofdesign changes• 70 percent reduction of development
time for new machines• 33 percent decrease in time to market• 30 percent decrease in manufacturing
lead time• 20 percent reduction in manufacturing costs• Moving from concept to manufacturing drawings in 1/6 the time

For more information on how
Solid Edge can enable faster design
processes, see:www.solidedge.siemens.com/en/
industries/agricultural-machinery/

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