{"id":3636,"date":"2020-05-06T11:18:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:07:56","slug":"machinery-benefits-of-a-multi-disciplinary-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/machinery-benefits-of-a-multi-disciplinary-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Published article: Machinery benefits of a multi-disciplinary design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The current manufacturing landscape is witnessing exponential progress with sophisticated machines becoming mechanical geniuses. Also, in recent years, electronics is imparting a considerable contribution to several aspects of these machines, driven by advanced software controlled by PLCs and CNCs \u2013 a significant component to the overall equation.

In a recently published article<\/a> in Industrial Machinery Digest<\/em><\/a>, I cite how all the engineering disciplines must work closely together to ensure a design is completed on time and cost-effectively manufactured and commissioned.  That is why machine manufacturers are leveraging a multi-disciplinary design approach to be more efficient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multi-disciplinary\ndesign<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A multi-disciplinary\ndesign approach is combining all the capabilities and skillsets for advanced\nmachine engineering into a concerted setting, resulting in machine design to\nachieve higher quality in a collaborative manner \u2013 all together \u2013 even with each discipline in\nseparate areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As companies\nmove towards a more collaborative approach, conventional processes still\nprovide a level of value in the migration, proving that when companies in machinery\nand automation adopt new technologies, they should do so thoughtfully for\ninnovations to be successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Machine builders are also relying on a comprehensive digital twin that represents everything that constitutes the machine:  mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, fluid, pneumatics, design domains, performance, simulation, and automation code. To achieve truly multi-disciplinary design, companies need a fully integrated portfolio of software, services, and application development platform, personalized and adapted to fit customer and industry-specific needs in becoming digital enterprises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Xcelerator portfolio, by Siemens Digital Industries Software, offers solutions that promote multi-disciplinary design that blends capabilities and skillsets into a collaborative environment, yielding a quality machine design.  A managed environment with a flexible product development strategy assists companies in realizing the benefit over their competitors by having the simulation upfront and linking the software to the modules \u2013 a great advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more<\/a> from our article in Industrial Machinery Digest<\/a>.

About the author<\/strong>
Bill Davis<\/em><\/strong> is the Solution Director of Industrial Machinery and Heavy Equipment Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software. His experience and insights have been acquired from a career spanning 30 years in engineering and operations management with machinery and heavy equipment companies.  Bill holds a master\u2019s degree in Business Administration from Marquette University, with a concentration in Operations Management and Strategic Marketing, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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