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Manufacturing our customers with ideas and feedback. It also allows us to significantly cut costs and timing out of the tool builds by avoiding unnecessary quality loops or adjustments. When we can stamp the very first parts of a tool with 95 percent of the tolerance points met due to our superior simulation capabilities, it limits the amount of time and costs required for adjustments.
“ Another great example is our virtual commissioning within our automation teams,” he continues.“ After developing the process and the equipment design, we generate a digital twin for process simulations within a virtual model. This helps the team identify potential interference points, optimize material flow, validate cycle times, recognize operational efficiency improvements, and reduce the install time. All these benefits to our customers help differentiate our automation teams from the competition.
“ At the same time, we are moving from just experimenting with AI to scaling it to a transformational impact. We have built up our internal AI team, developed a steering committee, and established a step-by-step strategy. There are limitless opportunities, so laying out a vision to guide the efforts has been essential.”
Furthermore, the company’ s move into aerospace and defense was made significantly easier by the addition of a highly
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