With sustainable innovation a top priority, Irizar is using Dassault Systèmes' solution to design and produce the complete systems of its next-generation buses and coaches. As a market leader in bus and coach manufacturing, Irizar has also established itself as a reference in the field of electromobility, electronics, communications, and rotating machinery.
“We were unable to model our vehicles in one tool,” said Jon Ander Aldasoro, the company’s mechanical engineering manager.
Irizar Group realized a centralized solution would enable the geographically dispersed team to design and innovate accurately, and at speed.
Using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, ENOVIA, CATIA and SIMULIA solutions, the company designs and simulates in 3D all its components, including the bus or coach chassis, batteries, gas tanks, infrastructure and drive systems. It is then able to bring all of those parts together into a single digital model that, along with digital analysis and simulation capabilities, enables Irizar’s product development team to test their products in a virtual environment.
Physical prototypes are kept to a minimum since all transportation vehicles, parts, systems and batteries can be accurately modeled in 3D first. This reduces waste, keeps costs down and enables Irizar to reach the vehicle manufacturing phase much earlier. While the extent and complexity of products and configurations increased, the engineering effort per product definition phase has reduced.
As a result, the company will be able to bring all aspects of its business together and take advantage of the advanced collaboration features of ENOVIA.
