{"id":1532,"date":"2010-12-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Saving-15-Weeks-during-Assembly-of-a-Machine\/ba-p\/334549"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:09:21","slug":"saving-15-weeks-during-assembly-of-a-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/saving-15-weeks-during-assembly-of-a-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving 15 Weeks during Assembly of a Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Why would a machine company in Germany use a material flow simulation tool to simulate machinery for the glass industry before they are actually built?<BR \/><BR \/>Mr. Jenning from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grenzebach.com\/index.php\/eng\/content\/view\/full\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Grenzebach Group<\/A> provides the answer. Take a look at the video below.<BR \/><BR \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grenzebach.com\/index.php\/eng\/content\/view\/full\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Grenzebach Group<\/A> manufactures production machines for the glass industry. Machines like this one, which are quite big.<BR \/><BR \/><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2010\/12\/Grenzebach.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG style=\"border: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2010\/12\/Grenzebach_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Grenzebach\" width=\"444\" height=\"191\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/>(Picture courtesy of the Grenzebach Group)<BR \/><BR \/><!--more-->With 1,500 employees, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grenzebach.com\/index.php\/eng\/content\/view\/full\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Grenzebach Group<\/A> is located in Germany, the USA, China and different other countries around the world. They use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/tecnomatix\/plant_design\/plant_simulation.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Tecnomatix Plant Simulation<\/A> for more than 15 years.<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/P1ISsHfwLgE\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>More examples of successful customers and details about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/tecnomatix\/plant_design\/plant_simulation.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Tecnomatix Plant Simulation<\/A> can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/tecnomatix\/plant_design\/plant_simulation.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why would a machine company in Germany use a material flow simulation tool to simulate machinery for the glass industry before they are actually built?    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