PSA Peugeot Citroën improves robotic planning in the production of its cars with Dassault Delmia

With Delmia, PSA Peugeot Citröen has integrated the vehicle production process into an open and scalable platform. A tool that improves robotic planning, complements the final assembly simulation and strengthens the Zero-Defect strategy.

PSA Peugeot Citröen has expanded the use of Delmia, the digital solution of industrial application of Dassault Systèmes, to facilitate innovation processes in its raw body construction division and improve robotic planning.

Based on the 3DExperience platform, PSA Peugeot Citroen's implementation of Delmia supports advanced robotic simulation, including feasibility and accessibility studies and programmes. The new support in the initial stages of production complements the final assembly simulation, painting, power and stamping trains.

To improve the manufacture of vehicle components, which include gaps, Panels, structures and basses, the company sought greater product and process integration so that potential manufacturing problems could be detected and corrected early in the design cycle.

Delmia Robotics simulation applications operate as a link between the robot and its operation in production, simplifying the vehicle space distribution phase, which helps to avoid potential errors and conflicts that can trigger loss of materials or the need to re-manufacture some elements.

By integrating robotic simulation into the 3DExperience platform, PSA Peugeot Citroën will increase flexibility in its plants and strengthen its modularization strategy, strengthening the standardization and reuse of the production line from one car to the next.

"Using the 3DExperience platform for robotics will allow us to reduce problems and time thanks to its integration in the early stages of development. We expect a significant increase in productivity in tool design, in time calculation analysis and offline scheduling", explains Sébastien Gagnepain, Process and Digital Factory Coordinator, PSA Peugeot Citroën

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