NX

Solid Edge

Tecnomatix

Teamcenter

UAZ
Advanced technology enables breakthrough vehicle development

Industry Automotive Business challenges Establishing competitive advantage Gaining higher profitability Shortening product development time Improving design quality Keys to success Implementing a unified design and production planning system Training personnel in the new technology on a large-scale basis Using NX software to develop the UAZ 3163 Patriot Creating standard features and parts libraries Deploying Siemens solutions across operations Results Significantly shorter development time for new models, including reducing UAZ Patriot deep upgrade from 4 to 5 years to 1.5

Replacing CAD system with advanced PLM solution enables innovation across automotive design and manufacturing
New age, new solutions Ulyanovsk Automobile Company (UAZ), a leading Russian off-road automotive manufacturer, was established in 1941. Today, UAZ vehicles are exported to more than 20 countries. UAZs family of cars has been significantly updated recently as the company replaced its prior product line with modern off-road vehicles including the UAZ Patriot, UAZ Hunter and UAZ Pickup. Management considers advanced design technologies key to the companys product development success. In March 2003, UAZ formalized the decision to replace its outmoded CAD system with one that could accelerate the development process and improve design quality. The company planned to use the new CAD technology at every stage of the vehicle development lifecycle from conceptual design to quality management. Therefore, UAZ approached the software selection process with great care. There were three CAD candidates: Pro/ Engineer, Catia and NX software. More than 100 selection and functionality

criteria were proposed as part of the evaluation process. The company also established software configuration requirements. In the course of test runs, our workgroups experts investigated and analyzed these systems, recalls Ivan V. Laptev, who directs UAZs CAD Department. As to functionality, NX was the winner being a more integrated system suitable not only for product development, but also for tooling design and NC programming. The workgroup determined that Siemens PLM Softwares NX system provided a number of key competitive advantages software and hardware-independence, wide use both in Russia and abroad and especially in the automobile industry and www.siemens.com/plm

Results (continued) Substantial time and money savings; better vehicle quality Integrated development and manufacturing Paperless collaboration Complete digital vehicle mockup Unified approach to product data management Collaboration between our engineers and Siemens PLM Softwares experts resulted in an extremely fast and high-quality design process and production planning for the new car. Once the manufacturing started in early 2005 it became obvious that NX was an excellent value since it facilitated the new cars fast development. Ivan V. Laptev CAD Department Director UAZ

excellent consulting support. Other important factors included its problem-free geometric data exchange, comprehensive portfolio of modules and preconfigured solutions, and strong CAM functionality. UAZ was particularly impressed with NX ease of use, leading functionality for part and assembly modeling, drafting and process documentation and the systems ability to capture product knowledge for re-use. In addition and importantly, Siemens PLM Softwares NX solution offered a better price-quality ratio. Considering the breadth of NX benefits UAZ invested in the Siemens system and began deployment in the fall of 2003. UAZ Patriot an engineering breakthrough UAZs NX training was performed concurrently with the softwares test run. The training was provided by the top experts from Siemens PLM Softwares Russian office, says Laptev. Siemens experts were at the factory all the time and guided us through any issues we encountered. Classes took place at the companys training center almost every week for half a year. Since the end of 2003 (and through 2004), more than 120 people from many departments were trained in various aspects of NX. The study program covered the systems entire functionality, including user application development tools. Today,

the training still goes on. We hire new people; we use new technologies. User skills are continually advanced. The companys training involved a realworld venture a car restyling project resulting in the UAZ 3163 Patriot. Laptez explains, The NX deployment coincided with the beginning of the UAZ Patriots development. Collaboration between our engineers and Siemens PLM Softwares experts resulted in an extremely fast and high-quality design process and production planning for the new car. Once the manufacturing started in early 2005, it became obvious that NX was an excellent value since it facilitated the new cars rapid development. Management noted that the companys new car development technology represented a real breakthrough. Previously, UAZ took four to five years to design a new vehicle. But the UAZ Patriots deep upgrade took just 1.5 years. NX played a key role in significantly reducing product and tooling design time, as well as NC programming time. Another important benefit of the NX deployment is the systems ability to detect errors during the design stage. Prior to using NX, UAZ encountered costly errors en route to manufacturing.

Thanks to Siemens PLM Softwares solutions, we have saved a lot of time and money. We have switched to paperless technology and it significantly accelerates our collaboration. Ivan V. Laptev CAD Department Director UAZ

The UAZ 3163 Patriots successful start was a pivotal factor in UAZs decision to apply NX to all of its new projects. Today, all engineering changes are performed with Siemens PLM Software solutions, says Laptev. Both the UAZ Patriot and UAZ Hunter have been deeply upgraded. A number of our older models were also updated and some tooling restored. The brand new UAZ Pickup also was developed with NX. Designing a paperless car Today, more than 190 people at UAZ use Siemens PLM Software solutions on a daily basis. The company has created a unified development and manufac turing workflow across conceptual design, production planning, tool making, manufac turing, quality management and reverse engineering. UAZ uses Siemens product lifecycle management (PLM) tools at each workflow stage. NX digital product development software is used by every engineering department for automobile part and tooling design. Solid Edge CAD software is employed to develop design and manufacturing documents along with sketches and simple designs. Imageware freefrom modeling and inspection software is used to restore parts and tooling geometry and for quality management and reverse engineering. Tecnomatix digital manufacturing

software, the Jack application, helps with ergonomics evaluation, the cars controls and interior analysis. And today, the Teamcenter digital lifecycle management solution is engaged for the companys product data management (PDM) needs. Laptev notes, Thanks to Siemens PLM Softwares solutions, we have saved a lot of time and money. We have switched to paperless technology and it significantly accelerates our collaboration. UAZ has created a standard digital feature and parts library that is extensively used. The library was developed by the companys IT department in three months. The library is especially valuable for UAZ designers because it facilitates part re-use and improves design quality. Laptev points out that modern technologies at UAZ have liberated the designers from tedious, non-creative activities. Before Siemens solutions, many people considered new technologies to be just toys, but now our engineers cannot do without them. No design solution is made without the CAD system. In addition, learning the 3D modeling technology facilitates professional growth.

Solutions/Services NX Imageware www.siemens.com/nx Solid Edge www.siemens.com/solidedge Tecnomatix www.siemens.com/tecnomatix Teamcenter www.siemens.com/teamcenter Customers primary business UAZ makes off-road vehicles including cars, SUVs and trucks that are exported to more than 20 countries. The mission of the company is to be the leader in producing and selling reliable light duty cross-country vehicles in Russia and in the markets of the developing countries. www.uaz.ru Customer location Ulyanovsk Russia Before Siemens solutions, many people considered new technologies to be just toys, but now our engineers cannot do without them. Ivan V. Laptev CAD Department Director UAZ

Teamcenter a new digital stage In 2008, the companys management made a decision to expand beyond CAD. We badly needed a product data management system, explains Laptev. We were choking on the enormous volume of hardto-manage information. After a thorough analysis of several candidate systems, UAZ chose Siemens PLM Softwares Teamcenter as its PDM solution. The companys PDM project started in the middle of 2008. Initially, the pilot Teamcenter deployment was supposed to upload and verify a product structure for just one cars configuration, but over the course of this project, these plans were expanded. The company uses numerous OEM parts and units, as well as joint inter-model BOMs. As a result, feeding just one product structure into the system was not efficient enough. Today, the designer does not repeat the same operation over and over again; a BOM configuration is created instead, Laptev says. The designer now approaches product data structure management issues differently. Future Teamcenter integration will focus on transforming the data structures of all production vehicles to module-based ones. The company is also considering a plan to develop and approve its design documen tation through Teamcenter, as well as to integrate the product data authoring and management capabilities of its production planning departments with Teamcenter. Successful deployment, tangible results Ulyanovsk Automobile Company has successfully deployed digital product development and production planning technology, and achieved meaningful results that are

enabling a competitive edge. The company has significantly decreased development time, while product quality has changed substantially for the better, in part due to product and tooling design flaws being detected early. In aggregate, the companys newly integrated development and manufacturing workflow saves substantial time and money and improves vehicle quality. Siemens PLM Softwares solutions exactly meet our expectations, Laptev says. We have gained new experience, learned modern design technologies used by world-leading automobile makers and we have also reached a critical new level of CAD usage in the development of a fully digital vehicle mockup.

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