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Other Secondary Processes

Geometry or Cost Engine Changes that Could Impact Configured Digital Factories

The following changes might impact costing, even for Digital Factories that use earlier cost model versions.

  • NO IMPACT

Bug Fixes or Small Improvements to Prior Cost Model Versions

The following changes might impact costing for Digital Factories that use earlier cost model versions.

  • NO IMPACT

Cost Model Changes that Do Not Affect Configured Digital Factories

The following changes do not affect costings with Digital Factories that use earlier cost model versions. The changes are available only in the latest cost model version.

  • Fluorescent Penetrant Testing (impacts cycle time): In the previous release, the manufacturing process model assumed that each part went through the following phases in sequence: penetrant dwell, excess penetrant removal, developer dwell, examination. In this release, it is assumed that these phases occur in parallel for the parts in a batch. So the process time per part is the time for the phase that takes the longest, which is assumed to be examination time. This release also changes the default number of operators from 0.5 to 1. As in the previous release, examination time is calculated as the product of the part surface area and the cost model variable visualInspectTimeStandard (5 min/m2 in starting point Digital Factories).

    As in the previous release, examination time is calculated as the product of the part surface area and the cost model variable visualInspectTimeStandard (5 min/m2 in starting point Digital Factories).

    As a result of this change, process time decreases significantly compared to the previous release. Note that this process is included automatically in the Investment Casting routing.