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Publicado en octubre 27, 2017

Phil Guys de AAM comparte su perspectiva y desafía a futuros ingenieros como primer orador en ATC

El director de Tecnología de American Axle & Manufacturing, Phil Guys, compartió su perspectiva sobre la magnífica época que se avecina mientras los ingenieros innovan, crean, evalúan y diseñan la última tecnología para el mercado automotriz dinámico y en constante cambio. Guys fue el primer orador en la Conferencia de Tecnología Altair del Este de América 2017, que tuvo lugar recientemente en el centro de Detroit.

ATC incluye las últimas innovaciones de Altair en tecnología de simulación junto con presentaciones de empresas líderes que exploran de qué manera la simulación sigue siendo impulsada por las tendencias disruptivas actuales, incluidos la producción aditiva, los macrodatos e Internet de las cosas.

En la presentación de Guys titulada "Competir para ganar en un mundo impredecible", se exploró el mundo rápidamente cambiante, la industria automotriz en evolución y la manera en la que las empresas como AAM pueden reaccionar a estos cambios. 

"Nuestro próximo enfoque es digitalizar de forma efectiva todas nuestras operaciones", comentó Guys. "Muchas personas hacen referencia a esto como ‘Industria 4.0’ y este concepto es un desarrollador clave de operaciones más eficientes y una mayor velocidad de ingreso al mercado".

La simulación es un elemento muy importante de la estrategia de AAM en Industria 4.0. La empresa ha establecido una plataforma para consolidar todos los datos de programas en un sistema en común que permita que los ingenieros de AAM compartan y aprovechen "una única fuente de verdad".

"Cuando comenzamos el desarrollo de una herramienta analítica, el tiempo de ejecución típico era de varios días y un ciclo de desarrollo de bucle cerrado típico era de varias semanas", afirmó Guys. "Con el amplio desarrollo de procesos y software, en la actualidad podemos ejecutar varias simulaciones, mediante la evaluación de la temperatura, la velocidad operativa y la orientación, y generar un diseño completo de alta seguridad en menos de una semana".

Mientras AAM y la industria automotriz siguen avanzando hacia la digitalización y comienzan a ver factores disruptivos cada vez más importantes, Guys desafió a la audiencia a convertirse en una parte importante de esta asombrosa época.

"El ritmo de innovación está acelerándose porque la información se mueve más libre y rápidamente entre nosotros y hay nuevas herramientas de desarrollo a nuestra disposición, más computadoras capaces de generar comentarios más rápidamente y con más precisión que nunca antes y a costos más bajos que nunca", dijo Guys. "Es usted el ingeniero que puede aprovechar estos activos increíbles y convertirlos en fantásticas innovaciones y creación de valor para el resto de nosotros".

 

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