DIPRO Xphere (DIPRO krɔ':sfíər) Virtual Reality for Manufacturing

DIPRO Xphere use case

“DIPRO Xphere” is effective for design review, layout study, and validation of workability in assembly and maintenance.

Use case in design review

Check the area around the harness route of the vehicle

* The image data shown are provided by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

In the design review at the design phase, it is utilized to validate whether the hands with parts can be penetrated into interspace, the tools can be reached to the targeted parts or the work posture is proper.

It can also validate structures that cannot be performed with actual equipment. For example, you can easily check for interferences and gaps between the harness inside the structure and its surroundings.

By improving the accuracy of design review, you can reduce the number of man-hours required for rework and the number of measures taken. They make you to shorten the development period and reduce cost.

Use case in product assembly and maintenance

Validation of accessibility and work posture

* The image data shown are provided by iCAD LTD.

During assembly and maintenance work, it is utillised to validate the visibility of the work area, whether the tools can be reached to the targeted parts or the work posture is proper.

It can also be utilized to validate whether a work space can be secured by changing the position of parts and units in a VR space.

Use case in plant layout study and work process design

Reproducing the Virtual Factory in VR space
(FJGP4D operation coordination)

A new awareness of on-site kaizen is gained by entering a virtual factory and checking it from the perspective of a place where actual work cannot be done. It is also utilized to validate, from the worker's point of view, whether there is a issue with the distance to other workers and equipment, and whether a work area is secured.

The movement of workers and equipment studied in the FJGP4D can be imported into the VR space, enabling not only numerical validation but also hands-on preliminary validation, enabling ideal process design.

Use case in facility construction

Reproducing the movement of
the entire mechanism in VR space
(VPS IOC operation coordination)

Issues related to operability, visibility, and workability, which had occurred at the time of equipment attendance or installation, were confirmed and detected by actual workers in VR from the design phase, eliminating manual rework and reducing development time and costs.

In addition, since Xphere allows the movement of the FJVPS IOC mechanism to be captured in the VR space, it is possible to validate the control of the mechanism and the contact between the operator and the mechanism under the same conditions as in actual work, without worrying about the damage caused by the collision of the mechanisms or the injury caused by the contact between the operator and the mechanism.

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