Enabling a World Premiere: 100% of the Development of a Vehicle Done in Virtual Reality
08 Giugno 2021 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
ESI Group (Paris:ESI), a global player in virtual prototyping
for industries, participates in the successful development phase of
the Nivus made by Volkswagen do Brazil: 100% digitally and
virtually – a world premiere. The process began before the pandemic
and was completed during the COVID-19 period, applying all the
sanitary measures in place. Thanks to Virtual Prototyping/Digital
Development (a change in product development), time was shortened
in about 10 months and saved a few million euros in prototype
production costs: Would it be a shift in the industry?
Making the right decision, quickly and 100% digitally
Usually, when a new vehicle is developed, time and physical
prototypes are required both during the design and assembly
preparation phases. In the case of the Nivus, launched in a live
broadcast by Volkswagen do Brazil in June 2020 to around 60
countries, the whole conception of the vehicle was made 100%
virtually. The state-of-the-art solution provided by ESI Group,
based on its software IC.IDO was one of the tools used to design
reviews and engineering decisions in different departments (product
development, operations, quality, etc). This allowed Volkswagen to
make informed decisions regarding the car’s conception. It provided
the automotive company with the opportunity to save time (shortened
the car’s development in about 10 months) and investment (for
example, only in the Virtual Prototype Laboratory there was a 65%
reduction of costs compared to previous projects).
Virtual reality also conserves tons of paper, in which
specifications for each part of a car were previously detailed.
Long before Nivus physically existed, the vehicle was already
available digitally in the engineering computers. Considering that
building a physical prototype takes 19 weeks, in which only a
single vehicle variant is possible. For this vehicle, nine virtual
variants were produced, in much less time, which made it possible
to anticipate more efficient assembly procedures, reducing the
number of processes in the simulations and avoiding errors, since
all parts were previously tested with digital tools.
"We designed 100% of the Nivus with digital processes using,
among others, ESI’s technology without the need to assemble a
single physical prototype. In addition, with the drastic reduction
of the development time, this solution helps us to integrate all
our different teams, from various department (design, engineering,
marketing, production, etc) in the same decision-making process. It
was a more efficient but also more collaborative process. "
explains Francisvaldo Gomes Aires, Prototyping Development Manager
at Volkswagen do Brazil.
Virtual reality: A huge benefit during COVID-19 ESI
demonstrated that even when the design phase is impacted, in this
case by COVID-19, it is possible to continue with the project,
since it is no longer a question of relying solely on physical
reality. This opens up the possibility of experiencing the future
with digitalization and technology for the project benefit.
“It’s a shift in the industrial production. For the first time,
all phases of a car release, before the effective production, has
been fully made virtually making the production feasible during
Covid-19 time. While allowing Volkswagen to take all its design and
manufacturing decisions virtually, we helped them produce faster,
cheaper and in a more sustainable way. This was possible due to a
strong support of our local Brazilian team and a mutual
collaboration between ESI Brazil and Volkswagen do Brazil. We all
feel proud to be part of this world-premiere alongside with
Volkswagen and its partners.” declares Andreas Renner, Volkswagen
Global Account Manager – ESI Group.
About ESI Group Founded in 1973, ESI Group is a leading
innovator in Virtual Prototyping solutions and a global enabler of
industrial transformation. Thanks to the company’s unique know-how
in the physics of materials, it has developed and refined, over the
last 45 years, advanced simulation capabilities. Having identified
gaps in the traditional approach to Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM), ESI has introduced a holistic methodology centered on
industrial productivity and product performance throughout its
entire lifecycle, i.e. Product Performance Lifecycle™, from
engineering to manufacturing and in operation. Present in more than
20 countries, and in major industrial sectors, ESI employs 1200
high level specialists around the world and reported 2020 sales of
€132.6 million. ESI is headquartered in France and is listed on
compartment B of Euronext Paris.
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