23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-6.2.3

COST AND CYCLES REDUCTION BASED ON MANUFACTURING PROCESS SIMULATION

D. Deloison, D. Guedra-Degeorges, A. Abisror, G. Marin
EADS Corporate Research Center France, France

Keywords: numerical simulation, manufacturing processes

The manufacturing process simulation, by helping to better understand the process, exploring different parameters and determining the tooling design, is a tool to shorten manufacturing development cycles and reduce costs. Keys for successful simulations are given. Industrial examples illustrate the advantages brought by process simulation within EADS group.

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