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The other day I had the opportunity to watch a documentary on one of the most advanced factories Jonh Deere, American manufacturer of combines and agricultural machinery and gardening. This film makes me think again about the concept of BIM, I have been referring to in recent articles. Not in vain we use as a benchmark and role model to American industry and this documentary is to reaffirm it. Ignoring
more technical aspects of the factory that are cited in the documentary, I will refer to a part of it referred to the process engineering and development (R + D + i). Basically
shown in the documentary, a team of engineers develop their daily work in pursuing productive methods that allow time and quality improvement. The new methods include the implementation of new welding procedures in the different assembly lines, that engineers previously simulated in a virtual environment 3D. That is, do each of the welding processes virtually, checking if they are physically possible or not, if they provide improvements in time and obtain other relevant magnitudes.
To carry out this study, the engineering department is simulated in detail the assembly line plant in 3D, so they have an accurate knowledge of the production process, and can study their improvement, or adapt new products to current assembly line.
whole research process is faithfully reflected by computer, so the tracing and monitoring by various experts is assured.
This If we are talking about a not-for BIM design and construction process in a business environment AEC (architectural-engineering-construction) but has a very useful final customer, the owner of an industrial facility.
I come to head innovation processes common in our surroundings, where the productivity improvements are made in many cases by trial and error process, with a large investment in time and money.
Ultimately, the BIM should also be understood as a part of the innovation process of any company.
access the press release relating to the aforementioned documentary in this article:
http://www.deere.es/es_ES/news/2010/news_45_0710.html #
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