Meilensteine Archive - inpro

COMAN

inpro — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 11:08:34 +0000

COMAN – The future of digital project management The software solution COMAN (COnstruction MANager) was developed to meet the specific requirements and needs of the participating large corporations Volkswagen, Daimler, Siemens and Thyssenkrupp, as no innovative solution that comes close to meeting their needs has existed in this area to date. Since 2009, COMAN [...]

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Metrology

inpro — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:05:50 +0000

Especially for the analysis of the appearance of painted surfaces, inpro and its development partner NanoFocus have developed a novel measurement and evaluation system that for the first time allows the evaluation of surface structures before, during and after a multi-stage painting process. The appearance of a painted surface, the so-called Appearance, depends on [...]

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Quality assurance

inpro — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:02:31 +0000

Today, quality assurance in production still often requires cost-intensive visual inspections or even destructive tests that waste resources. In recent years, inpro has developed innovative methods and technologies for component testing that can be used, for example, to ensure the quality of joints or functional surfaces in a non-destructive, automated manner and in series [...]

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Energy efficiency

inpro — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:59:07 +0000

In the planning and control of production plants, energy efficiency has been increasingly in focus for several years. Digital factory tools enable production planning and factory design to be carefully coordinated with all corporate processes. In this context, it is desirable to also optimize the energy efficiency of the production systems and to expand [...]

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Hemming simulation

inpro — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:45:23 +0000

Hemming is a widely used joining technique in automotive construction for joining two sheets of metal by folding over the sheet edges. In car body construction in particular, hemming is used to join outer skin parts to inner parts, e.g. doors and engine hoods. A decisive factor for the quality of the assembly is [...]

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Logistics planning

inpro — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:41:49 +0000

inpro developed the logistics planning software in ProLog already in the 1990s. This software was the first to realize a holistic logistics cost optimization between all suppliers and buyers involved in automotive manufacturing. The partners received a planning tool with which parts of logistics chains and their possible alternatives could be modeled and evaluated [...]

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Welding distortion

inpro — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:33:28 +0000

Thermal welding is still the most important joining technology for vehicle production. One problem, however, is welding distortion. Due to local heat input, thermally induced stresses occur which can lead to undesired shape deviations of the welded components. Minimizing these interference effects used to require time-consuming test series. Software solutions for simulation support hardly [...]

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Painting simulation

inpro — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:29:06 +0000

The painting process for automotive bodies is a complex operation. After the individual painting steps, the entire body is heated to temperatures of up to 180 °C in ovens up to 100 meters long to dry the paint. Correct drying is a basic prerequisite for optimal painting results. inpro started work on the simulation [...]

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Foil technology

inpro — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:19:45 +0000

An alternative to painting plastic components is the use of decorative films. inpro has been pursuing film technology since 2002 and developed a prototype process chain. Its principle suitability was demonstrated at the end of 2004. In contrast to plastic painting, this technology involves painting a film in the color of the car in [...]

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Tool design

inpro — Sun, 12 Jan 2003 10:12:24 +0000

Deep-drawing tools are designed in classic CAD systems, such as CATIA or Siemens Nx. These systems are characterized by a wealth of basic geometric functions with which the user builds up his tool geometry piece by piece from individual surfaces. The sheet metal forming process is then checked for rips and wrinkles using deep-drawing [...]

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