ESI Group: Pharmaceutical machinery leader Bausch + Stroebel uses Virtual Reality to gain efficiency in engineering processes
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Pharmaceutical machinery leader Bausch + Stroebel uses Virtual Reality to gain
efficiency in engineering processes
IC.IDO allows them to predict usability issues
early in the development process
Paris, France - October 8, 2013 - ESI Group, pioneer and world-leading solution
provider in Virtual Prototyping for manufacturing industries, announces the
recent implementation of its Virtual Reality solution IC.IDO at Bausch +
Stroebel, world leader in pharmaceutical packaging machinery. This recent
deployment illustrates the capability of Virtual Reality to help industrial
clients accelerate product development processes. This also demonstrates that
Virtual Reality, now widely used by large companies across the automotive and
aerospace sectors, can also be successfully implemented within smaller
businesses of many industry types, including the pharmaceutical industry.
A midsize business, Bausch + Stroebel serves some of the world's largest
pharmaceutical companies. Bausch & Stroebel aim at delivering packaging machines
providing the highest possible standard of precision, while offering the best
production rates, and complying with exceptionally demanding industry
regulations. They have customized their offer to match often complex customer
demand: today, they individually design each machine produced for specific
operations, which range from decontamination to cleaning, sterilizing, filling,
closing, inspection, and many more.
Looking for solutions to gain efficiency in their engineering processes, Bausch
+ Stroebel have sought to find an alternative to the wooden full-size prototypes
formerly required to assess assembly aspects and reachability for their
machines. Today, they have invested in Virtual Reality to enable their engineers
to immerse themselves in a 3D environment in which they can interact in real-
time with a life-size CAD model. Using IC.IDO, ESI's, Virtual Reality solution,
engineers can simulate assembly & disassembly sequences of their machines, check
the reachability of control elements, operate design reviews and predict
possible ergonomic issues. Bausch + Stroebel have also identified the potential
of Virtual Reality to share current and future models with their clients in an
interactive way, so that the risk of misunderstanding can be eliminated as early
as possible, and that developments can be comprehended by everyone - not just
the technical staff. According to a recent survey by Bausch + Stroebel, 98% of
their clients consider that Virtual Reality is an improvement compared to the
previous CAD and wooden mock-ups they used to work from.
"Our IC.IDO Virtual Reality solution allows us to work with our customers to
experience and to discuss the projected plants at an early stage. Customer-
specific requirements can be tested and determined early, which results in
shorter completion times" says Dr. Hagen Gehringer, CEO of Bausch + Stroebel.
Image: Virtual Mock-Up with IC.IDO Virtual Reality solution to evaluate
reachability and visibility at Bausch & Stroebel
By choosing the portable Virtual Reality system IC.Road, Bausch + Stroebel is
also able to use this technology to demonstrate their products at trade shows.
The system can be set-up in 45 minutes and provides an interactive environment
to showcase existing and upcoming machines to potential clients.
To watch video examples of engineering developments using Virtual Reality,
please visit ESI's YouTube channel.
For more news or information about ESI solutions, please visit www.esi-group.com
About ESI Group
ESI is a pioneer and world-leading provider in Virtual Prototyping that takes
into account the physics of materials. ESI boasts a unique know-how in Virtual
Product Engineering, based on an integrated suite of coherent, industry-oriented
applications. Addressing manufacturing industries, Virtual Product Engineering
aims to replace physical prototypes by realistically simulating a product's
behavior during testing, to fine-tune fabrication and assembly processes in
accordance with desired product performance, and to evaluate the impact on
product use under normal or accidental conditions. ESI's solutions fit into a
single collaborative and open environment for End-to-End Virtual Prototyping.
These solutions are delivered using the latest technologies, including immersive
Virtual Reality, to bring products to life in 3D; helping customers make the
right decisions throughout product development. The company employs about 1000
high-level specialists worldwide covering more than 40 countries. ESI Group is
listed in compartment C of NYSE Euronext Paris.
For further information, visit www.esi-group.com.
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