About 130 manufacturing R&D executives and simulation engineers in automotive, machinery, electrics and communication, electrical appliance, and shipbuilding industries attend the seminar.

Dr. Pei Huang, e-works CEO firstly gave a keynote speech on “Innovation and simulation technology application in manufacturing”. He analyzed the significance of Germany manufacturing development model for Chinese enterprises and shared the latest innovation cases including Tesla, Hyperloop, Homekoo customized home furniture, and intelligent robots. He summarized some key digital technologies in supporting enterprise product innovation, including complete PLM applications, electromechanical and imbedded software integration, 3D design and CAD/CAM integration design, simulation-driven design, and 3D printing technology. Dr. Huang also suggested manufacturing enterprises to build product innovation platform and collaborative simulation analysis platform, and formulate standard system.

Dr. Pei Huang, e-works CEO

Dr. Huang believes that simulation technology is an important method in achieving product innovation. However, manufacturers are facing various challenges in applying simulation technologies. In order to help manufacturing enterprises solve their practical issues, e-works invited leading simulation vendors and best-practice manufacturing experts to share their experience.

Ansys China Technical Manager Mr. Haiqiang Ding gave a speech on “From good concept to good design—simulation driving product development”. In his speech, Mr. Ding pointed out that as product become more complicated and intelligent enterprises need robust design to improve product reliability, research and development and simulation efficiency. Mr. Jieyong Xu, PERA Global Vice President talked around “simulation drives product innovation from concept to practice” and analyzed key factors influencing product research and development in China in terms of simulation technology. Followed him, Mr. Shaowu Gao, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Shanghai Senior Technical Sales Manager, Mr. Qiang Yu, Anwise Virtual Prototype Consulting Business Manager, Mr. Yijun Zhou, Wellture Enterprise Application Development Manager, and Mr. Jiyuan Ye, ZXlerning CEO, well-known CAE expert gave speeches respectively.

From left to right: Mr. Haiqiang Ding, Ansys China Technical Manager; Mr. Shaowu Gao, DS SolidWorks Shanghai Senior Technical Sales Manager; Mr. Jieyong Xu, PERA Global Vice President;

From left to right: Mr. Jiyuan Ye, ZXlerning CEO; Mr. Qiang Yu, Anwise Virtual Prototype Consulting Business Manager; Mr. Yijun Zhou, Wellture Enterprise Application Development Manager

In the following session, Mr. Wenhao Leng, CSIC No. 702 Research Institute CIO talked about optimization design in spacecraft. Mr. Leng thinks that enterprises should pay attention to experience accumulation and sharing in the process of engineering information construction. Dr. Dong Du from Shanghai Satellite Engineering Research Institute, and Mr. Yipeng Yu, Shanghai Liangxin Electrical Company Simulation Technology Manager also shared their ideas of applying simulation technologies in their industries.

From left to right: Mr. Wenhao Leng, CSIC No. 702 Research Institute CIO; Dr. Dong Du from Shanghai Satellite Engineering Research Institute; Mr. Yipeng Yu, Shanghai Liangxin Electrical Company Simulation Technology Manager

In the panel discussion session, six guests together discussed the planning of simulation technology in different application stages, the issues of selection, platform building, and simulation result confidence.

Panel Discussion

e-works has consecutively hosted Chinese PLM Application Summit for 11 years. Simulation Technology Application Seminar was a sub-forum of this Summit. Given the importance of simulation technology to supporting product innovation, e-works believes it is necessary to hold it separately. The first seminar has received highly recommendations from manufacturing simulation engineers, software vendors, and service agents.