Industry insights

Accelerating energy and utilities
equipment design using Solid Edge
Siemens Digital Industries Software

Energy and utilities equipment manufacturers are under considerable pressure as they react to trends likeincreasing global competition, higher
product complexity and fluctuatingenergy prices. They need to improve thespeed of their product development
process and ensure the equipment they
deliver is reliable and operates with
best-in-class efficiency. Digitalizing theirengineering processes is an excellent
way to help them react to these trends
while increasing their market share andprofitability.
3D digital models, or “digital twins,” canstreamline engineering processes, helping energy and utilities equipment manufacturers of all sizes accelerate thedevelopment of optimized, reliableproducts. Intelligence can be added tothe digital twin throughout the productdevelopment lifecycle, as it moves fromconcept design to detailed design, andthrough to simulation, manufacturingand service.

Digital twins include data that can help
optimize and validate products and help
ensure that customer and regulatory
requirements are met.

The Solid Edge advantage

Digitalization also reduces the need tocreate and test physical prototypes,
speeding the product development process while ensuring the final product’sreliability and durability. With fastercompletion of design projects, energy
and utilities equipment manufacturers
can deliver new products faster andincrease revenues.

• Use assembly modeling to manage
large assemblies, up to 100,000 parts

Siemens Digital Industries Software’s
Solid Edge® software creates 3D digitalmodels that can be used to accelerate
all aspects of product creation, including 3D mechanical design, electricaldesign, simulation, visualization, manufacturing, technical publications anddata management. With Solid Edge youcan perform virtual testing of yourdesigns to minimize manufacturingissues, reduce costs and ensure thedurability and superior performance ofyour equipment in harsh operating
environments.

• Make digital representations ofexisting designs with reverse
engineering• Optimize products with generative
design• Seamlessly integrate electrical andmechanical domains for effective
electromechanical design• Improve design of fabrications,weldments and sheet metalcomponents• Use integrated analysis capabilities toensure high performance, safety anddurability• Use powerful and flexible NCprogramming tools, including
feature-based machining• Access and showcase designs
remotely through cloud collaboration

Solutionfocus
The Solid Edge advantage
continued• Reduce time on engineering
documentation using 3D
annotated models• Take advantage of integrated
routing capabilities for piping
and tubing, and specific add-on
applications for modular plantdesign• Manage customer, regulatory
and industry requirements

Using Solid Edge improves productdevelopment performance in these key
areas:
Communicate new designs
Convey innovative features and thevalue of your equipment designs topotential customers prior to manufacturing. By enabling the creation of rich
3D product information, you can clearly
demonstrate design innovations using
the latest visualization technologies.
Integrated photorealistic rendering
included with Solid Edge creates amazing product images and animations,which lets you stand out from thecrowd with superior marketing materials that clearly communicate yourequipment designs.
Speed product development
Integrate proven standard components
in new equipment designs to speed
product development and improve quality in the final product. Using standard
parts can minimize costs, improve reliability and maintain profit margins.
Solid Edge enables designers to easily
access libraries of standard and catalog
components and insert them into
assemblies, where rapid feasibility
assessments can be made.
Effortlessly create sheet metalmodels
Streamline the entire sheet metal product development process, from computer-aided design (CAD) through flat
pattern and drawing development, tomeet unique sheet metal design challenges like manufacturability. Solid
Edge includes sheet metal-specific features, such as enhanced lofted flanges
and bend bulge relief, to build complex
models. And with integrated applications for analysis, nesting, numericalcontrol (NC) programming and related
tasks, Solid Edge helps you speed
design time, improve quality, andreduce costs.

Automate modular plant design
Accelerate your design process formechanical routed systems. A comprehensive set of industry-specific design
tools helps developers quickly route andmodel piping and tubing in Solid Edgeassemblies; integrated applications rapidly create piping and instrumentation
diagrams (P&ID) and automate thedesign of complete 3D pipe systems
which are crucial for meeting company
and international quality standards.
Validate and optimize fabricatedstructures
Solid Edge provides excellent tools forthe fast and accurate design of weldments and structural steel fabrications.
Designers can select standard sections
and Solid Edge automatically calculates
the appropriate intersections and end
treatments. Designers can simulate andtest structures using embedded simulation capabilities to optimize structuresand minimize material and manufacturing costs while ensuring performanceand reliability.
Integrate electromechanical design
Create fully functional and manufacturable designs using industry-proven electrical design tools. By automating
design processes, you can enable seamless electromechanical design andachieve first-pass design success. Fromsimple wire routing to full harness
design and printed circuit board (PCB)
layout, Solid Edge lets you model in 3D
and collaborate on the electrical details.
Electrical designs can be validated for
optimized wire gauges and fuse ratings,
and cross-probing is available between
electrical and mechanical domains.

Deliver machine tool value for
manufacturing

Publish interactive technicaldocumentation

Manufacture parts accurately and efficiently using both traditional machining
and new additive manufacturing technologies. Using a single unified computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)system allows you to get the most fromyour tools. Solid Edge CAM Pro, a powerful NC programming software, can beused to create tool paths that are associative to the Solid Edge CAD model.
These tool paths can be automatically
updated when the design is changed.

Embed 3D CAD models into documents
to author complete printed or interactive documentation in minutes. The
ability to clearly communicate correct
manufacturing, installation and maintenance procedures is essential to theperformance of your products and thesuccess of your business. Solid Edge
Technical Publications allows you toquickly create technical documents
directly from Solid Edge parts andassemblies, eliminating the need toconvert CAD files and produce topquality documents in-house.

Prepare designs for 3D printing
Create world-class products using thelatest 3D printing techniques, with support for an end-to-end workflow.
Generative design techniques combine
design tools with topology optimization
allowing you to quickly create light,
highly complex shapes uniquely suitedfor 3D printing. Solid Edge supports 3D
printing needs from creating an initialprototype to printing the final product.
Validate and test using virtual
prototypes
Validate and improve product performance with scalable simulation toolsthat use virtual prototyping and integrated motion and vibration simulation.
Digital models allow you to validate andtest a design prior to physical prototyping; virtual prototypes can even eliminate the need to build costly physicalprototypes. Solid Edge Simulation
enables you to digitally validate partand assembly designs within the Solid
Edge environment, improving performance and durability.
Analyze fluid flow and heat transfer
Facilitate rapid and accurate fluid flow
and heat transfer analysis. Moving simulation up in the design process allows
you to identify and fix issues before
they can impact downstream development. Simcenter FLOEFD™ for SolidEdge® supports flow simulation with anembedded computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation tool that enables
design engineers to enhance productivity by up to 40 percent.

Manage design projects and engineering change
Retrieve data quickly, optimize
resources and manage engineeringchanges efficiently. Integrated design
management tools that include preconfigured workflow capabilities enable
your team to access and track design
projects and engineering change information. Siemens’ design management
capabilities range from integrated data
management that is included with SolidEdge, to the comprehensive multi-CAD
data management and product lifecycle
management (PLM) capabilities ofTeamcenter®.
Manage customer requirements andcompliance with industry regulations
Prove compliance with audit trails andsecure released documents. Customer
and regulatory requirements drivecomplexity into product development,
manufacturing and field operations.
Solid Edge Requirements Management
enables you to work efficiently in thisarea by managing customer and regulatory requirements as an integral part ofthe design process.
Enable paperless 3D documentation
Communicate more effectively andreduce manufacturing costs using
model-based definition (MBD). MBD
produces annotated 3D models, which
are far easier to understand than complex 2D drawings. Improving comprehension drives downstream validationand manufacturing efforts. Solid Edge
Model Based Definition enables the production of a complete digital definitionof parts and/or assemblies using a 3Dmodel.
Access design projects fromanywhere
Access accurate design and installationinformation while working on the shop
floor and at remote locations. Mobile
viewing of 2D drawings and 3D CAD
models using free mobile apps enables
you to access design information anywhere, anytime. Cloud capabilities inSolid Edge provide easy access to professional 3D CAD across different
devices and the ability to quickly sharedata. Augmented reality capabilities
showcase designs, allowing customers
to view products in real-world settings.

Key solution components

Commission and service• Solid Edge Mechanical Design for 3Dpart and assembly design usingsynchronous technology –accelerates machinery design,speeds revisions and improves thereuse of proven components in newdesigns

Support customers by installing, commissioning and maintaining the equipment that you design. Mobile access todesign data and the ability to create
specific service instructions that incorporate 3D graphics ensure that in-service problems can be identified andresolved quickly and efficiently.

• 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 with additive andsubtractive manufacturing

Realizing significant benefits
Designers and engineers in the energy
and utilities equipment manufacturingindustry report significant benefits
using Solid Edge. Some examples frompublished case studies include:• Improved design productivity andproduct quality• Reliable, automated design processwith fewer errors• Decreased number of mistakes usingstandard pipe specifications• Decreased number of connection
problems through integrity checks inP&ID• Reduced time needed to perform acomplex design task from two days to30 minutes• Reduced manual data transfer by 75percent• Complied with rigorous International
Organization for Standardization(ISO) certifications while building aunique product• Improved marketing with attractive
images and animations
For more information on this offeringand to read customer case studies,
please visit https://solidedge.siemens.
com/en/industries/oil-gas-equipment/• 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 for
online CAD management, viewing
and collaboration

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