Product layout electronic simulation application to power engineering products design practice based on NX-TeamCenter PLM System

Valeriy Dotsenko,Alexandra Serbinovskaya,Anton Priymak,Mikhail Serbinovskiy,Denis Markelov,A Glezer,S Roshchupkin

doi:10.1051/matecconf/202032903067

Abstract

The article present some issues of product lifecycle support based on Teamcenter and NX software systems as well as the process of product layout electronic simulation application to the design of power engineering products: boilers, heat exchange equipment and nuclear power plants equipment. A comparative analysis of the most popular systems is carried out. Tasks and problems of PLM system implementation and ways to solve them are presented.

Highlights

The creation of computer-aided design (CAD) systems in the world and in Russia in early 1980s gave rise to the development of different design technologies
First CAD drawing packages focused on the products of engineering industry, engineering structures, electric diagrams, etc.; they initially did not allow for special smart features
CAD features have been significantly expanded taking into account the development of PLM system. 1985 saw the beginning of the development and evolution of the system when American Motors Corporation (AMC) formulated the concept of product lifecycle management – PLM-system, improving the product competitiveness [1, 2]

Summary

Introduction

The creation of computer-aided design (CAD) systems in the world and in Russia in early 1980s gave rise to the development of different design technologies. The application of PLM-system based on NX-Teamcenter software system (SS) at TKZ, considering the specifics of the company’s operations being custom-made boilers, heatexchange and NPP equipment projects development and manufacturing, has the following tasks: 1) Personnel training at design and process engineering departments to work with NXTeamcenter SS; 2) Implementation of the electronic product layout (EPL) technology to be used during preproduction and production stages as design documentation (DD) originals including the selection and implementation of projects piloting EPL of different types; 3) Collaborative work management for all the project participants in the current EPL version to exclude collisions during the product manufacturing, to make DD approval process automatic and to manage changes smoothly; 4) Reference data (RD) development; 5) Development of general engineering templates and specific standardized structure components parameterized libraries, different reports, lists and specifications templates to be used at TKZ (Section ARS Reports in Teamcenter); 6) Development of parameterized EPL for boilers and boiler plant parts and assemblies with parameter calculation units for such components as drum, header, piping sections, attachment parts, supports and hangers, heat-exchange parts and other equipment, automatizing data exchange (calculations – development of separate components of a steam boiler or other products – calculations); 7) When forming the product geometry, smooth adjustment of NX calculation module to calculations in other SS; 8) EPL library creation and composition. The library designed and released at TKZ includes a tree of embedded electronic layouts of separate parts, assembly units and spare parts for the whole boiler plant, including heat-exchange equipment or NPP equipment, etc.; 9) Preproduction engineering automation including the parameterized templates and EPL structure members, electronic process documentation, their visual tracking, development and translation of software products for CNC machines; 10) Integration of Teamcenter as part of PLM-system with existing SAP (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing) at TKZ

Discussing Implementation Issues and Their Solutions

Conclusions