Case Study
“Without a team of experts like those at CADFEM, such an introduction is difficult. Going live quickly and following an agile approach has proven to be the best way to makeprogress.”
— Dr. Dino Magagnato
Project Lead, Minerva Implementation / Dieffenbacher
In today's dynamic industrial landscape, efficient data management and seamless collaboration are critical for driving innovation and maintaining a competitive edge. Faced with the challenges of data silos, inefficient filing systems, and the need for quicker development cycles, Dieffenbacher, a prominent manufacturer of press systems and complete production plants for the wood-based materials, forming, and recycling industries, sought a modern solution to centralize data, improve transparency, and enhance communication between design and simulation teams. With the successful implementation of Ansys Minerva software for simulation process and data management (SPDM), Dieffenbacher achieved significant benefits, including reduced manual effort, improved traceability of decisions, and a rapid return on investment within the first year.
Challenges
Dieffenbacher grappled with decentralized data management, leading to data silos, inefficient transfers, and errors. They aimed to replace manual processes like email and Excel to save time, avoid duplicate data, and ensure transparency. With accelerating development cycles and changing customer demands, a modern, integrated system was crucial for optimizing simulation data management, improving inter-departmental communication, and ensuring reliable traceability of decisions, even post-project. They also needed to ensure knowledge remained accessible regardless of personnel changes. In essence, Dieffenbacher sought to reduce manual effort, enhance data quality and transparency, and simplify approval processes.
Engineering Solutions
Dieffenbacher met these challenges with the introduction of Minerva software, a modern solution for simulation process and data management (SPDM). With CADFEM as a partner, the project was carried out in a structured manner, and insights and adjustments were identified and implemented in close dialog.
The tool was implemented in several phases. A proof of concept was followed by a two-month pilot phase from February-April 2023 to prepare for the productive use of Minerva software. This involved consolidating the CAE processes and adapting the configurations.
Thanks to the structured approach, Minerva went live very quickly and has been in use since April 2023. As the implementation took place parallel to ongoing operations, important findings from day-to-day work could be incorporated directly. Individual adjustments continue to be made and successively incorporated in an agile approach together with CADFEM, such as filtering dashboards and email notifications according to relevance for engineers at Dieffenbacher.
Benefits
- The investment in Minerva pays for itself within the first year
- Time savings and efficiency gains, ensuring a rapid return on investment (ROI) within the first year.
- Structured and intuitive search for information, facilitating reuse from previous projects.
- More secure and traceable long-term archiving of FE projects.
- Automation of recurring calculations by automatically transferring inputs from simulation tasks to calculation models as boundary conditions.
- Elimination of manual steps and increased reliability by preventing transfer errors.
- Improved information exchange and transparency.
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