Product Development Developing new products and realising innovations

The Competence Centre Mechanical Systems develops new products and engages in innovation. The repertoire of the experts at the Competence Centre ranges from the search for ideas, design and simulation to prototyping. The latest methods and tools are used in the process.

Produktentwicklung: Whiteboard mit Berechnungen und Skizzen, Pult mit Stiften und Papier

There are many subject areas in the field of product development. The Mechanical Systems Competence Centre focuses on the following topics:

Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering

Development and deployment of complex HW/SW systems require interdisciplinary collaboration, which demands meticulous coordination. This process starts with a genuine understanding of the problem as well as the associated requirements and is followed by the solution finding and overall optimisation, verification and operation and ends with the disposal.

Digitalisierung - Das Bild zeigt Softwarecode auf einem grossen Bildschirm.

Digitalisation

The Mechanical Systems Competence Centre starts new projects using various methods to develop the optimal concept for solving the problem in a future-oriented manner. Based on the chosen concept, variants are developed and tested.

CAD - Computer Aided Design: Ein CAD-Modell eines Fahrrads

CAD - Computer Aided Design

The Mechanical Systems Competence Centre creates designs with the help of Siemens NX. It ranges from simple components to the development of complex, modular designs with an additional motion simulation. Downstream processes, such as the production of the components or finite elements, are operated with the created data.

CAE - Computer Aided Engineering: Mann arbeitet auf dem PC mit einem CAE-Programm.

CAE - Computer Aided Engineering

Computer-aided development is state of the art. It has accelerated the development of solutions and allows new approaches to promptly realise better, more efficient products.

Moderne Hydraulik ist innovativ, modern, umweltfreundlich und energieeffizient.

Hydraulics and Pneumatics

The use of fluids for power transmission makes it possible to develop compact, robust, cost-effective and durable actuator solutions. The Mechanical Systems Competence Centre offers the appropriate expertise to implement new and innovative ideas.

PLM - Product Lifecycle Management: Ein Kreis mit der PLM-Plattform in der Mitte und verschiedene Software-Tools (wie NX, Simcenter, Tecnomatix, ACAM etc.) sind rundherum angeordnet.

PLM - Product Lifecycle Management

The Mechanical Systems Competence Centre operates data management as a complete solution with Siemens NX and Siemens Teamcenter, allowing both the company's own as well as the customer's data to be found in a revision-controlled manner at all times.

Bionik

Bionics

As long as people have been building and developing, they have been inspired by nature or modelled on nature. We discuss and look for ways in which bionics can support us in developing lightweight and stress-optimised components. The digital methods that now have been implemented in all disciplines make it possible to look at and investigate aesthetic analogies and geometries. For example, we are exploring how the geometry suggestions of radiolarians can inspire and support us in developing crane structures that are as light and wind-resistant as possible.

Konstruktionsmethodik: Whiteboard mit farbigen Notizen zu einer Konstruktion

Design Methodology

The CC Mechanical Systems starts new projects using a wide variety of methods to determine the perfect concept for solving the problem. Based on the chosen concept, variants are developed and tested.