The Aerospace CAE Specialists - Meeting the global demand for speed and quality in the Aerospace sector

With constant and rapid political changes occurring throughout the world, intense global competition, supply over-capacity and an inability to rely on traditional customers, aerospace manufacturers are now having to move at an increasing rate in order to survive. But when faced with increased product complexities and variances, and the requirement for performance improvement – it can seem a tall task.

Where one aerospace manufacturer’s would have sought new tools and techniques to improve the engineering process and time to market, manufacturers are now use CAD, CAM, analysis and PDM systems to deliver a fully integrated PLM solution. Indeed, they are so effective that they have progressed from being tools for automating traditional engineering tasks into tools of strategic importance, where every possible benefit is sought, and the processes developed to support these.

While radically altering the way such companies work, the adoption of these new tools is changing the face of the industry as a whole, with more emphasis on the engagement of sub-contractors and suppliers. This increased utilisation of outside resources has driven the requirement to extend the enterprise and allow the secure sharing of engineering data between their systems to provide:

• Increased communication speed
• Design for manufacture
• Maximised engineering efficiency

Understanding the Technology

Total product modelling
Today’s integrated PLM solutions enable the whole engineering team to simultaneously create, analyse and optimise virtual models of a new aircraft. Increasing the speed with which the highest quality design information can be created means it is possible to make huge savings throughout the engineering process.

Manufacturing
Computer Aided Manufacture software (CAM) carries the design information into the manufacturing process. As soon as the design data is available, it can be translated into tooling, production machinery and operation instructions, as well as allowing for immediate analysis and optimisation of the manufacturing process – further compressing the cycle and saving costs.

Product Data Management
Product Data Management (PDM) systems enable the enormous volume of data produced throughout the lifetime of an aircraft to be stored, retrieved, communicated and disseminated securely and efficiently. PDM systems have proved themselves as beneficial to aerospace companies as CAD, Analysis and Manufacturing Systems. The time engineers traditionally spend searching for correct information, which can be up to 40% of all available time, can be cut completely.

How Desktop Engineering helps you

As one of the largest UK VARs of engineering systems and software, Desktop Engineering have helped a considerable number of OEMs and suppliers implement engineering computer system technology, both on a standalone basis and as part of extended enterprise programmes, including connecting suppliers/contractors systems to their customers.

Our highly experience professional engineering staff offer unparalleled expertise and assistance in ensuring the correct technology is properly applied. Our expertise has been gained through first hand engineering experience in the aerospace and supplier industries.

By becoming your ‘in house’ CAD/CAM expertise we guide you through the selection process, and then assist you in system implementation. As a result you gain the maximum benefit from your investment enabling you to compete more effectively.