Simultaneous Engineering
As product creation processes become shorter and shorter and pressure to cut costs steadily grows, the networking of product development and production planning turns out to be inevitable.

EDAG has the integrative competence for the development of vehicles and manufacturing facilities all the way through to their realization.
By meshing product and production in the engineering process, we can consider the requirements of later manufacturing in the early phase of the vehicle development, enabling us to realize additional savings potential for the manufacturer.

Early consideration of the overall costs is of particular significance. Taking component and manufacturing technologies as their basis, our team performs "simultaneous engineering" concept comparisons with benefit analyses during the phase of minimization of costs for single parts and production and works out the most favorable solution in terms of cost.

The use of light-weight construction product structures, coupled with the use of the appropriate materials, represents a major element in achieving the desired reduction in weight.
Constructional design concepts oriented to functional dimensions lead to quality improvements by means of tolerance calculations. Digital construction feasibility studies at an early stage increase process security and shorten the product creation process.

Our "Simultaneous Engineering" team's field of activities is rounded off by the description of further optimization potential in the test vehicles and the securing of the manufacturing cycle.

Our Service Include:

  • Comparison of various development concepts
  • Functional dimension concept with tolerance analyses
  • Simplification of pressed parts
  • Use of innovative jointing technologies
  • Weight reduction through the use of light-weight construction materials
  • Reduction of variants
  • Module concept selection
  • Definition of manufacturing sequence
  • Assembly time reduction
  • Digital installation studies
  • Check of tool accessibility
  • Ergonomic considerations

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