Adept Technology's SILMA Division to Preview Assembly Process Planning and Design Software.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 1999-- SILMA's Production PILOT Creates a Virtual Factory for Automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. and Manual Assembly Processes SILMA, a division of Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADTK), a world leader in computer simulated manufacturing products, today announced it will preview to Daratech attendees a new 3D CAD-based assembly process planning and design software suite slated for introduction within the next several months. Production PILOT is the only fully interactive suite of its kind that gives engineers and designers the ability to analyze and verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. assembly processes while simultaneously finding and correcting problems long before investing in capital equipment or fabricating any parts. The need for increased profits and market share in today's global market is driving manufacturers towards ever-shorter product lives. To meet this competitive challenge, manufacturers must ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale production to full volume as quickly as possible. Production PILOT creates a virtual factory for engineers to begin process planning without the need for physical parts or automation hardware. It also gives the engineer the flexibility to analyze various automated and manual assembly scenarios for feasibility and financial benefits. "We believe Production PILOT will be the next generation assembly process planning tool that manufacturers will use to efficiently support shorter product lives, lower manufacturing costs and create quality products," said Charlie Duncheon, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Adept Technology. "With Production PILOT manufacturers can take the risk out of production and at the same time increase corporate profits and market share." Production PILOT consists of three independent but seamlessly integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. tools or modules for assembly process planning and design. The modules are PILOT Line for assembly line design, PILOT Cell for detailed assembly workcell A workcell is an arrangement of resources in a manufacturing environment to improve the quality, speed and cost of the process. Workcells are designed to improve these by improving process flow and eliminating waste. design and PILOT Yield for designing products with high initial automated assembly yields. A key feature of the Production PILOT suite is the seamless interaction between these three modules for fast process design iterations between the top-level system design, the low-level detailed process design, and the design of the product itself. This unique interaction increases the efficiency, flexibility and accuracy of the assembly planning process. Production PILOT is the only assembly process planning tool available that includes a built-in comprehensive financial model which gives the manufacturer the ability to quickly and objectively evaluate each proposed assembly scenario in financial terms such as cash flow, profit, return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ), simple payback Payback The length of time it takes to recover the initial cost of a project, without regard to the time value of money. and others. Adept Technology's SILMA division, headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , designs software products to help manufacturers improve their competitive edge by shortening design to manufacturing cycles, increasing productivity and reducing costs. SILMA product and service information is available at its worldwide web site http://www.silma.com. Adept Technology, Inc., founded in 1983, is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots An industrial robot is officially defined by ISO[1] as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. . Adept product and service information is available at its worldwide web site http://www.adept.com. SILMA, the SILMA logo, and the Adept logo are registered trademarks of Adept Technology, Inc. Production PILOT, PILOT Cell, PILOT Line and PILOT Yield are trademarks of Adept Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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