Siemens Answers with Lifecycle Management and Mechatronics Services

To provide complete lifecycle management support for your manufacturing efficiency, Siemens brings to the table deep motion control product and application expertise for design consulting, standards development, commissioning, and modernization. Mechatronics-based modeling and analysis services assist the design and optimization of complex and sophisticated production machines. Through this complete lifecycle support, Siemens helps reduce your engineering costs in both product design and lifecycle support, and overall operating costs in the long run.

What is Mechatronics?

Mechatronics Consulting

Assess dynamic performances by modeling in a complete simulation mode the mechanical dynamics together  with the electrical actuators, the control algorithms, and trajectory planning
Measure / predict oscillation and vibration levels, natural modes of the machine, eigen frequencies, and mode-shapes
Estimate rigidity / stiffness / damping. Model the process forces and observe the system’s capability of disturbance rejection
Analyze and suggest changes varying from material selection, mechanical or electrical design to control strategy and implementation
Calculate the impact of all the above on performance, maximum achievable production speed, accuracy limitations, and adjustment ranges for controller parameters
Minimize the overall cost of the solution by virtually eliminating the need of prototypes
Provide reproducible knowledge based on comparison with other solutions and experience in similar projects

Machine Lifecycle Engineering

Machine design support
Configured system engineering: electrical installation, cabinet design, wiring, system testing
Project and application integration engineering: on-site support, commissioning, customized application integration
Operational optimization and advanced problem-solving investigations