Digital design and technological innovation in the small machine building sector

Abstract

Integration of CAD products is the governing factor of technical refitting and enhanced competitive advantage of small machine-building enterprises. The digital support associated with PLM and MES platforms makes it possible to state the beginning of a transfer of enterprises to a new type of production. The primary components of the design and engineering stage are as follows: digital design, automated process preparation, and structural engineering. In this process, the part’s virtual copy is the central element of the navigation through the process preparation for production. The digital form of documentation in the PLM platform defines the requirements to start production. Electronic versions of documents are an attribute of project management organization in the team, a condition for rapid modification of the object, and a factor of coordination of work of the whole chain: from the project manager and single operators to stakeholders.