Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division has announced an open platform for smart manufacturing, Nexus, which will revolutionize how technology professionals collaborate and innovate, the company reported.
Nexus is designed to enable real time data sharing between different design, simulation and production applications. "It will connect different applications to form workflows and combine technologies to develop unique solutions to engineering and manufacturing problems, from concept to delivery," said a company spokesperson. "It will empower cross-functional teams to leverage fragmented digital data by improving visibility and connectivity and help them gain unprecedented insight, bring their ideas to life faster and produce higher quality results."
Nexus is the foundation for Hexagon's new solution offerings in the smart manufacturing space going forward. "Today, it is capable of leveraging Hexagon data sources from across the vast portfolio; connecting hundreds of Hexagon design and engineering, production and metrology software tools and unlocking new insights from metrology devices and connected machines," said the spokesperson. "Additionally, first-in-class cloud-native visualizations and data management solutions such as HxGN Metrology Reporting and MaterialCenter have been built as cloud-native connected applications, and will be connected through Nexus."
Hexagon is also developing purpose-built solutions through the platform that combine multiple technologies to help users improve productivity and digitally optimize complex processes and workflows. One example is a "ready-to-go" workflow for 3D printing an optimized reverse-engineered part that could be used, for example, to streamline the repair of grounded aircraft components. This workflow connects data from a 3D laser scan to Hexagon products such as RECreate, MSC Apex Generative Design, MaterialCenter and Simufact Additive, as well as connecting to a third-party market-leading application called CADS Additive to improve productivity and enable rapid collaboration to address production issues.
Parth Joshi, Chief Product and Technology Officer for Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division, said: "Our customers are managing increased complexity in the market, which is demanding faster innovation than ever. Siloed tools, rigid systems and inaccessible data are increasingly ill-suited to the manufacturing industry's needs and pressures. Our vision for Nexus is to enhance the products our hundreds of thousands of customers have come to know and love with additional capabilities, powered by the cloud, AI and Machine Learning, real time collaboration and advanced visualization. Nexus will allow manufacturers to build more agile and resilient processes so they can respond positively to change and take advantage of new opportunities, create faster pathways to products and develop increasingly autonomous workflows-realizing the full potential of smart and sustainable manufacturing."
For more information contact:
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
250 Circuit Drive
North Kingstown, RI 02852
401-886-2000
www.hexagonmi.com/nexus