Reduced workload
Automatic ballooning saves time and errors and results in faster time-to-market.
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Requirements of Quality Management
The requirements of quality management define the process for inspection planning. Planning cycles must be kept as short as possible to keep development costs low.
Characteristics are the key!
The process is simple. However, the work involved can be very time consuming, error prone, and as a result, very costly:
Characteristics must be easily and clearly identifiable
The design department creates the drawing and model, which are the source for the characteristics needed in quality management. The individual design characteristics are identified and numbered for inspection planning. The inspection planner creates the inspection planning based on the ballooned characteristics. The collected information can be reused in many areas:
- Generation of (First Article) Inspection reports
- Identification of design changes
- Seamless transfer of data towards Electronic Quality Management Systems (EQMS) for further use, e.g. Siemens Teamcenter Quality / Opcenter Quality
- Other reuse
But how to get this very important data the quickest and easiest way?
- How is the ballooning of the characteristics done and by whom?
- Does the designer know which data is relevant for inspection planning?
- And what happens when design changes come into play?
- How is it ensured that all changes can be transparently traced?
- Have all changes been documented as required?
- Does the inspection planner have the latest revision of the design or is he possibly even working with outdated data?
- How can the cooperation between the departments be simplified?
- What if characteristic numbers were assigned twice or characteristics critical for inspection planning were not ballooned at all?
Case Study
BCT Inspector at Siemens Mobility.
Integrated BCT solutions in Siemens NX, Teamcenter and Opcenter Quality reduce the complexity of inspection planning.
Case Study
Implementation of Quality Standards.
With BCT Inspector BERNINA is able to close the gap between design, production and quality department.
KEY FEATURES
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Opcenter / Teamcenter Quality Integration
In order to be able to perform inspection planning with the quality management software Opcenter Quality or Teamcenter Quality from Siemens Digital Industries Software, the characteristic data or requirements from the 3D model must be known. These can be transferred by the BCT Inspector to the Siemens software, where they can be further used for an effective quality management.
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Ballooning of Drawings and 3D Models
Unique identification and ballooning of characteristics in CAD models and drawings (NX, Solid Edge), JT-PMI models or neutral data such as PDF, TIFF, DXF or DWG, all based on the industry standards, guarantees collection of all relevant data.
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Generation of Inspection Reports
Easily create FAI (First Article Inspection) or other inspection reports, customer-specific or change documentation reports. It lets you fulfill documentation requirements in the twinkling of an eye.
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Revision Comparison for Design Change Identification
Every change in drawing and model is automatically identified and can be displayed in both graphical and tabular comparison. It won't let you miss any (critical) design changes anymore.
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Integration of quality management and suppliers
Smooth collaboration with quality management and suppliers: BCT Inspector provides a technical data package containing all relevant data for exchange with suppliers in manufacturing and quality management:
- Complete table of characteristics
- NX drawings in neutral format
- Reference to JT PMI model
- Independent of CAD system
Unique feature numbers throughout the lifecycle of a part support collaboration between OEMs and suppliers.
BCT Inspector for NX
CAD integrated ballooning of model and/or drawing
- Completely integrated into the CAD systems NX from Siemens Digital Industries Software
- Automatic identification and ballooning of all (or individually chosen) characteristics on drawings and NX PMI models
- Automatic transfer of design changes and update of characteristics list
- Export of characteristics in different formats (Q-DAS Standard)
- Integration in Active Workspace
- Optional: direct export to Teamcenter
BCT Inspector RevCompare
Process automation thanks to batch processing
- Automatic background identification and ballooning of all characteristics of NX model and/or drawing
- Automated change identification and update of characteristics list
- Report generation
- Call as command line tool or in Teamcenter workflow
- Integration in Active Workspace
Optional: direct export to Teamcenter
Solid Edge Inspector
Automatically generates high-quality inspection data and reports
- Fully integrated with Solid Edge
- Automatic identification & balloning of characteristics on Solid Edge drawings and models
- Automatic adoption of design changes and update of the characteristics list
- Export of characteristic data in different formats (Q-DAS standard)
- Optional: Direct export to Teamcenter
- License issued and controlled via Siemens Digital Industries Software
BCT Inspector for Neutral Formats
Ballooning of model and drawing of other CAD systems and neutral formats
- Automatic ballooning of DXF/DWG
- Ballooning of drawings in neutral formats (PDF / TIFF) via text recognition (OCR)
- Automatic identification/ballooning of JT PMI models (with semantic PMIs)
- CAD-neutral visualization of characteristics from NX / Solid Edge
- Generation of reports
- Automatic change tracking in revisions
- Optional: complete integration in Teamcenter Portal (open, balloon and save of characteristic data)
- Integration in Active Workspace
BCT Inspector Viewer
Viewing and using of data exported by BCT Inspector
- Viewing inspection data generated by BCT Inspector
- Generation of FAI (First Article Inspection) and other reports
- Revision comparison
- Integration in Active Workspace
Customer Case Study
LARGE OPTIMIZATION EFFECTS THROUGH SMALL MEASURES
Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH automated inspection plan generation and saves up to 50% of the time
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