Digitalization of product development has over the last years come much into focus. Increasing development speed and reducing cost to keep up with the industry demands and rapidly changing markets.
At Grundfos we have by introducing a Virtual Product created a “Single Source of Truth” in product development using Parametric design and Knowledgeware to create a single assembly that contains 1000+ product family variants. The engineers are now able to design concurrently and in the context of the Virtual Product creating the specific product variant required by each engineer. This has greatly improved the design process and governance of mechanical interfaces. The Virtual Product contains geometry of all product variants. Connecting the Virtual Product with Fluid and Mechanical simulations Grundfos enabled 10.000+ Virtual test and optimizations, increasing the product quality while still decreasing development time and product cost.
This presentation will describe how a Virtual Product was developed and implemented at Grundfos and highlight the benefits and challenges in the process.