SyncroFIT® 2009 Reduces Time to Manage Airframe Fasteners By Up to 80% While Significantly Decreasing Errors
Introducing SyncroFIT® 2009, VISTAGY’s latest version of fastener management software for the aerospace industry. SyncroFIT 2009 improves the efficiency and accuracy of airframe assembly development by enabling commercial 3D CAD users to fully define and manage joints and interfaces between parts within complex assemblies. The solution enables engineers to specify fasteners and holes, rapidly load catalog parts and validate adherence to design rules when creating large aerostructures. With SyncroFIT, engineers are able to reduce the time needed to efficiently manage airframe fasteners and dramatically decrease errors. SyncroFIT can be used individually or as part of the VISTAGY AeroSuite™, a comprehensive solution that enables aircraft manufacturers to effectively manage the product development process and deliver optimized parts and assemblies in less time at lower cost.
Defining joints and interfaces presents common and costly bottlenecks in the airframe assembly design process and is a leading source of manufacturing errors. The commercial CAD system alone doesn't give engineers the specialized functionality they need. But SyncroFIT works within the CAD system to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the design process and provide an early warning of potential issues in the manufacturing process so OEM's and suppliers can meet demanding delivery schedules. For example, managing the nearly two million fasteners in an aircraft has traditionally been a manual process plagued by inaccurate fastener definitions and difficulty making design changes. Approximately 40 percent of design changes are due to errors in the authoring of the initial assembly interfaces. At up to $20,000 per engineering change order, using SyncroFIT to avoid these errors translates into several million dollars in savings.
Providing an Appropriate View
SyncroFIT 2009 gives engineers effective tools for visualizing the airframe assembly at the appropriate level of detail for the task at hand, allowing them to work efficiently and obtain the necessary insight into the development process. New functionality enables the user to toggle between different visualization states. View simple point and vector representations of fasteners during the assembly design and fastener layout phase. Visualize clearance solids—such as cylindrical fastener representations or tool envelopes— to assess manufacturability and avoid potential interferences that could occur during assembly. Perform complete clash/interference detection, maintenance or installation studies, or if it is a required supplier deliverable to the OEM, SyncroFIT 2009 allows you to view the assembly populated with solid model representations of the fastening hardware, including nuts, washers and nut plates, with the ability to easily delete or select different fasteners and associated hardware to meet design specifications.
Reduce Time Needed to Define Fasteners
SyncroFIT automatically loads fasteners and hardware from the parts catalog into the 3D model with the push of a button, taking only minutes to do what can take days using a manual process. Customers have experienced up to an 80 percent reduction in time to define fasteners using this functionality alone.
Easily Verify Design Rules
In addition to the unique visualization capability, SyncroFIT provides a number of fastener related design checks, including edge distance and pitch, countersink depth, angularity and length-to-diameter ratio. Verifying that design rules are met throughout the iterative development process ensures that commonly occurring errors are caught prior to design release. These rules enable enhanced communication between design and analysis to expedite the design review process.
SyncroFIT 2009 gives engineers a clear definition of the deliverable state of the component to make the assembly process easier and to ensure clear communication between supply chain partners. The software simplifies the process of conveying changes to suppliers, ensures the product is manufactured properly and saves valuable time.
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