Factory Layout Experience
Enable collaborative digital planning and layout at scale in XR
Optimize designs in immersive XR
The Factory Layout Experience enables a planning or layout engineer, working independently or with a group of colleagues, locally or in remote locations, to optimize Factory layouts through the immersive experience of Extended Reality (XR) technologies. Seeing your data at full scale, in context, instantly enables you to see the clashes, access issues and missing items which a CAD screen cannot show.
Test Design and Operational Factors
Human centred operations can be analysed using mannequins that can be switched to match different characteristics. You can test design and operational aspects of a variety of human factors, to determine reachability, access and injury risk situations, ensuring compliance with safety and ergonomic standards.
It enables companies to avoid costly layout redesign by enabling all parties involved to review the layout collaboratively, make or recommend changes, and capture those decisions for later review by staff who could not attend the session.
Product choice and “customer options” combined with the needs of multiproduct enterprises means factory layouts need to be flexible, modular, and easy to reconfigure. With increased flexibility, modularity, and re-configurability, there is a need to avoid fully redesigning layouts each time product requirements change. Modern manufacturers need layouts that retain their usefulness over many product mixes and can easily be reconfigured. Equally important are layouts that permit shorter lead times, lower inventories, and a greater degree of product customization.
However, creating new layouts can be expensive and disruptive, especially when factories must shut down. When planning and making changes, it is therefore essential to get it right first time. Factory engineers need to evaluate existing layouts and see the impact of proposed changes, such as the introduction of a new line or work station. They need to be able to carry out “what if” studies and iterate around potential solutions quickly and easily and then be able to share those options with design engineers.
Products can be validated when they are available as digital prototypes. Machines, buildings, plants or factories can be checked in detail by service or maintenance personnel to make sure they will be feasible for repair and maintenance processes. When a layout is changed by feeding a visual representation back to CAD, the original CAD design can be updated and optimized accordingly, saving you time on expensive on-site modifications.
By providing a full visual digital layout of the manufacturing facility, it transforms the process of making parts and assembling them in to products rapidly and with fewer errors. Connect people, systems and machines in a digital thread to accumulate and re-use knowledge. Optimize and validate assembly lines before production takes place, to help automate and streamline assembly build processes.
Because all proposed layout changes and comments are saved to the server, staff who could not attend a live session can review all changes offline, ensuring everybody is informed. Reducing cost, downtime and errors is more important than ever to compete with low cost countries and newer competitors, who may not carry the overhead of legacy equipment and systems.
Multi-User XR Collaboration offers an innovative solution for teams to work together seamlessly, transcending geographical barriers and enhancing productivity. In today's interconnected world, where remote work and dispersed teams are increasingly common, TheoremXR provides a dynamic environment for real-time collaboration.
- Immersive design reviews: Evaluate milestones and designs in shared virtual spaces.
- Optimized layouts: Collaboratively review and optimize factory or workstation layouts.
- Remote training: Engage remote staff with immersive simulations for hands-on learning.
- Data security: Ensure confidentiality with robust encryption and access controls.
- Enhanced productivity: Accelerate decision-making and foster creativity in a connected environment.
Supporting large datasets and high-quality rendering
Combining the power of Azure Remote Rendering (ARR), and the advanced data preparation and optimization capabilities of the Theorem Visualization Pipeline, large datasets and high-quality rendering constraints can be instantly removed for users of Mixed Reality devices, such as HoloLens 2.
