Dassault Systmes (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced on 8 October 2009 that Anadolu Cam Sanayii A.S. (Istanbul, Turkey) part of the Sisecam Group and…
Dassault Systmes (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced on 8 October 2009 that Anadolu Cam Sanayii A.S. (Istanbul, Turkey) part of the Sisecam Group and a designer and manufacturer of glass packaging, is using DS“ CATIA software to design all its glass packaging. The software is also used to perform stress analyses and clash simulation, as well as high-speed implement revisions. Anadolu Cam has, since it began using Dassault Systmes CATIA, halved its design process time, also offering a wider variety of design alternatives to its clients. This means that the company has significantly increased its overall business since it can take on more projects. Before, it was a long process to develop products with complex surfaces or engravings but CATIA has reduced this time by 50%, said Ozgun Hodul, mould design engineer at Sisecam Anadolu Cam. We can now design the most difficult shapes, allowing us to create innovative, stylish, and original glass packaging. With CATIA, no bottle is impossible. We are pleased Anadolu Cam is relying on CATIA“s cutting-edge virtual design solutions to introduce creative, high quality packaging designs that go above and beyond customers requirements and other standard design tools, allowing Anadolu Cam to keep a leading edge in the highly competitive glass packaging sector, said Eli Boichis, regional sales manager for Dassault Systmes for the areas of Greece, Israel, and Turkey. Anadolu Cam is a prime example of the region“s industrial leadership and vitality that we are glad to support. It corresponds well to DS“s ambitions in the Turkish market following the opening of our office earlier this year. Using CATIA software, the entire design is rapidly and automatically updated each time designers make a small change to a figure, dimension, or parameter, thus guaranteeing consistency from design to production. Designers at Anadolu begin by designing the mould of glass packages and various accessories, and the resulting models are used by the manufacturer to create the moulds, which are then sent to production plants to manufacture the bottles. With CATIA software, mould manufacturers can now use the initial 3D data to process the mould directly, not only shortening the overall manufacturing process, but also prevented possible errors sometimes caused by misinterpretations of the 2D drawings. Anadolu Cam“s design iteration process when working with its customers has also been facilitated thanks to working in 3D, as product and design changes can easily be visualized and the implemented in real-time. Moreover, clients can also see a virtual representation of the finished product before it is manufactured. In the near future, the company plans to further accelerate the design process using templates and methodologies. Anadolu Cam is also investigating the possibility of using 3DVIA Composer and ENOVIA SmarTeam to create its documentation and manage all product data, as per its strategy to continuously improve the lifecycle management of its products.