Driving Digital Innovation at Swift - How VR and immersive real-time design review can accelerate the design process
Swift is the UK’s largest manufacturer of touring caravans, motorhomes and holiday homes.
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By designing an entire hybrid system for buses – covering everything between the fuel tank and the wheels with optimal performance of every component, Vantage Power has created a system that results in higher fuel economy, lower emissions and greater reliability than alternative systems.
By designing an entire hybrid system for buses – covering everything between the fuel tank and the wheels with optimal performance of every component, Vantage Power has created a system that results in higher fuel economy, lower emissions and greater reliability than alternative systems.
"We’ve created very innovative energy-management techniques that bind the drivetrain together in as efficient a way as possible. We have an incredible focus on software because we see it as the way these technologies will advance and improve in the future.”
Alex Schey, CEO, Vantage Power
Challenges
Lack of:
- Version and revision control of drawings
- Knowledge about the status of parts
- Follow up on archives to released drawings
- Qualifying parts data
Solutions
- Introduction of Digital prototyping to streamline product development
- Simulation with Autodesk CFD and methodology to save time and remove waste
- Implementation of Vault Professional and Naviate Manufacturing removed confusion in the engineering department
- Professional support and consultancy from Symetri
Benefits
- More time for product development rather than searching for latest revisions of drawings
- Simulation reduces the need for physical prototypes resulting in less waste and time used
- 3D Printing helps Vantage Power to bring their ideas to market faster
