Chapter 4: Data exchange

Title: Product data and digital mock-up exchange based on PLM

Author(s): Emmanuel Guyot, Guillaume Ducellier, Benoit Eynard, Philippe Girard, Thomas Gallet

Address: Snecma - Groupe SAFRAN, Site de Villaroche - BP 42 - Rond point Rene Ravaud, F.77550 Moissy Cramayel Cedex - France | Troyes University of Technology, Charles Delaunay Institute - LASMIS - FRE CNRS 2848, 12 rue Marie Curie - BP 2060 - F.10010 Troyes Cedex - France | Troyes University of Technology, Charles Delaunay Institute - LASMIS - FRE CNRS 2848, 12 rue Marie Curie - BP 2060 - F.10010 Troyes Cedex - France | University of Bordeaux 1, LAPS department of the IMS Laboratory, 351 cours de la Liberation - F.33405 Talence Cedex – France | Snecma - Groupe SAFRAN, Site de Villaroche - BP 42 - Rond point Rene Ravaud, F.77550 Moissy Cramayel Cedex - France

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2007 pp. 243 - 252

Abstract/Summary: Nowadays, aeronautics manufacturers work in close partnership to increase competitiveness and to share risks. The digital mock-up aims at providing the same product view to all the partners of the same engine project. It requires intensive data exchange between the partners. But Snecma works on several projects and each project presents a different exchange protocol. Thus Snecma has to develop specific exchange mechanisms for each engine project. This paper presents Snecma's strategy to exchange data with all the partners of one project and to reduce the development to adapt exchange mechanisms. It consists in the encapsulation of generic functions, reusable applications and adaptable translators. It appears that this solution is adaptable to all engine projects, it offers robustness and a lot of possibilities, but the implementation is difficult.

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