Renault completes £240,000 follow-on orders for Tecnomatix eMPower solutions

Keywords: Assembly, Software, Production management

Expanded use of Manufacturing Process Management solutions will give Renault Technocentre additional product development capacity

Technomatix Technologies Ltd, a leading provider of Manufacturing Process Management software solutions, has announced that the Renault Group has purchased additional eMPower software licenses valued in excess of £240,000 for use in their Technocentre.

The Renault Technocentre brings together in a single site all the teams responsible for the design and development of new vehicles, saving as much as£90 million in development costs per vehicle, according to Renault's estimates.

Renault's additional Tecnomatix eM-Workplace and eM-OLP licenses will be used in both the pre-plannmg and detailed studies phases of their automobile assembly process. The eMPower products let Renault improve the quality of their spot welding process, reduce robot programming time, define a workflow with line builders and allow for reusability of existing resources.

Renault will continue using eM-Workplace in the pre-planning stage of production to transfer 3D models and welding point locations from the CAD system to the production floor, conduct feasibility studies for assembly process validation, provide cost estimadon support for production scenario decisions,define the assembly sequences and provide feedback to product design.

During the detailed studies stage, Renault will be able to specify the required resources and the available space for the lines or workceils to be delivered. Renault will also be able to give the line builder all technical constraints and then request a complete welding line/workcell study with paths,fixtures, definition and off-line programming.

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For further information, please contact: Eric Gautier, Tecnomatix European Headquarters, Tel: 00 33 1 34 58 24 24; E-mail: egautier@tecnomafix.fr, URL: http://www.tecnomatix.com