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Engineering Base consolidates data and simulations
At ACHEMA Pulse, Aucotec AG will be showcasing new solutions that primarily target the engineering challenges faced by EPCs in process plant engineering. To this end, the software provider has expanded its Engineering Base (EB) cooperation platform with automatically generated cross-discipline datasheets that significantly improve consistent communication with clients and subcontractors. In addition, a greatly simplified, standardized data exchange ensures faster integration of simulations, calculations and other data from complementary tools. "EPCs suffer especially from time pressure, lack of resources and gigantic amount of work involved in changes. We have developed the new solutions hands on with customers and now want to attract more EPCs for EB’s data-centric approach," says…
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Voith relies on Aucotec cooperation platform in the area of engineering and automation
With the Voith Group, Aucotec AG was able to win over another major new customer with its software platform Engineering Base. In future, all group areas of the globally operating technology company will work worldwide with the cooperative, data-driven platform. Partner in engineering excellence "We were looking for a solution that could cover our diverse requirements, from wiring harness design via complete hydroelectric power plant automation to paper machine design, and thus also consolidate our IT environment. Engineering Base offers the right functionalities for all business areas, and the software architecture is state-of-the-art," explained Dr. Reiner Schneider, Senior Expert Product Improvement & Engineering Excellence at Voith. Increased efficiency Aucotec’s platform…
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Safe across disciplines
With the latest version of its cooperation platform Engineering Base (EB), Aucotec AG will be introducing a new security package for engineering experts in plant engineering in time for the virtual Hannover Messe (Hanover Trade Fair) 2021. From quality assurance tools via automated intrinsic safety calculation (Ex-i) to the justiciable e-signing of the digital twin, Aucotec has expanded the issue of security in the data-driven platform: Signed and sealed quality Engineering experts regularly check whether everything is correct during the design process. Supplied documentation is also checked. The visual inspection, which is still common even during final comprehensive tests, involves an enormous amount of time – without any guarantee of…
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Company-wide availability of engineering data
. The software system company Aucotec has developed a new, standardized interface to ERP and PLM systems for its object-oriented cooperation platform Engineering Base (EB). It shortens the integration time as well as the subsequent data exchange. Seamless from material master to project management? Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) are an essential part of modern corporate management and administration. The larger the company and the more complex its products, the more complex the tasks and processes are in ERP. The relevant systems are equipped with numerous tools for various application areas. This set-up requires experienced experts. Engineering also has its specialists who know "their" systems like…
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Constant dripping instead of a waterfall?
Parallelizing engineering processes increasingly has long been an enforced reality. Aucotec AG, a software developer for more than 35 years, is now setting new standards in this area. With "agile engineering", the company wants to empower designers to much more efficiently and effectively master the simultaneous cooperation of different disciplines in mechanical or plant engineering projects. Up to now, companies have lost a lot of time and data quality due to the change pitfall that arises from trying to achieve the necessary parallelization of processes with toolchains that are actually only suitable for waterfall processes. "The" waterfall process is long gone. No designer can wait until the previous project step…
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New gateway to the third dimension
With its new 3-D portal, software developer Aucotec is standardizing the link between 2-D and 3-D engineering in mechanical and plant engineering. The interface also allows web-based, client-independent data exchange between all common 3-D applications and Aucotec’s cooperation platform Engineering Base (EB) at any time. The third dimension is always important in engineering when the optimal utilization of the given area or its adaptation is involved. Whether in large halls or in the cabinet: the tangible, physical route of pipes, cable trays or individual wires must be exactly calculated and reliably documented for manufacturing. However, the associated connections can be found in EB’s 2-D design. In order to achieve continuous…
