Lattice Updates Lean Manufacturing Free eBook

Releases Chapters 5 & 6

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jul 7, 2009 - Lattice Technology, developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL format, today released Chapters 5 & 6 of the new book, “Improving Lean Manufacturing Through 3D Data” by Dr. Hiroshi Toriya.

First published in Japan in late 2008, this book is targeted at manufacturing executives and educators trying to work out new strategies to build greater productivity and efficiencies into existing manufacturing processes. The book covers a wide range of case studies from leading Japanese manufacturers, along with recent survey data, to build understanding of how manufacturing can be enhanced using 3D data in downstream processes. It also explains the evolution of 3D and IT in the industry, and shows how it can be leveraged into other areas of manufacturing that are still using traditional processes.

Chapter 5 describes the main six areas identified by the author where 3D design data can be adapted to create more efficient manufacturing processes. These areas include automated design review, process design, motion simulation, and creation of process documentation, 3D parts lists and 2D technical illustrations for use downstream. This same chapter also details the XVL applications that fulfill these six key areas – applications developed and innovated by the author and his team members.

Chapter 6 delivers an in-depth use-case study at JEOL Ltd., a manufacturer of transmission electron microscopes, scanning probe microscopes, mass spectrometers and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers. Using Autodesk Inventor as its standard 3D design platform, coupled with XVL and the XVL applications for downstream adaptation of 3D data, the company has successfully introduced 3D across the entire enterprise. This chapter describes in detail the strategies and processes employed by the company to successfully introduce the shop floor employees to 3D data in their workflows.

This latest book is available free and exclusively from Lattice Technology and 2 chapters per month will be released to registered recipients. The book delivers 13 Chapters which include case studies on major manufacturers including Toyota, Brother Industries, Niigata Power Systems, Alpine Precision Inc., and more.

To find out more, view selected pages and to register to download the book, visit Lattice Technology’s Book Resources page.

About Dr. Toriya

Dr. Hiroshi Toriya is the president and CEO of Lattice Technology, which was founded in 1997 with a mission to deliver very lightweight 3D viewing technology. His career started after he graduated from Tokyo University in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in science, and began development work at Ricoh building a solid modeling kernel as part of Prof. Chiyokura’s team. Dr. Toriya then built the team at Ricoh that supported, sold and further developed the resulting DESIGNBASE kernel. In 1989 Dr. Toriya gained his PhD on the strength of his thesis “A study of an Interactive Solid Modeler Containing Free-form Surfaces”. He was appointed president and CEO of Lattice Technology in 1999.

Dr. Toriya has previously published 2 books, both in Japanese and English, titled "3D CAD principles and applications", (Springer-Verlag) and "3D Manufacturing Innovation", (Springer-Verlag). This latest book, “Improving Lean Manufacturing Through 3D Data” is also available in hard cover, in Japanese, from JIPM Solutions.

About Lattice Technology, Inc.

Founded in 1997 with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and San Francisco, USA, Lattice Technology provides global companies with proven digital manufacturing solutions for 2D/3D design data across the manufacturing enterprise. With Lattice Technology’s XVL applications, engineers and manufacturers can perform design review, simulate assembly processes, automate creation of 3D parts lists / BOM s and create animations with even the largest 3D assemblies. Lattice's standards based XVL (eXtensible Virtual world description Language) technology provides secure, highly accurate and compressed 3D files that can be used, shared and easily supported by partners, suppliers, and internal departments in a lightweight browser-based solution. XVL is unmatched in performance, compression and accuracy.

For more information, visit www.lattice3d.com.

-----------

If news like this is important to you, sign up for TenLinks Daily, our free newsletter.

 -----------

See Also

Lattice3D website

Additional News

Dec 2 - Lattice Releases XVL Converter for Inventor 2010
Nov 18 - Lattice Releases Ch 13 of Lean Manufacturing Free eBook
Sep 16 - r.a.p.s to Sell Lattice Products in Sweden
Sep 4 - Lattice Releases 3ds Max Converter v4.0
Aug 28 - Lattice Releases XVL Web Master v8.1
Aug 11 - Lattice Releases Ch 7, 8 of Lean Manufacturing Free eBook
Aug 7 - Lattice Releases Free XVL Player 10 German Version
Aug 5 - Lattice Updates XVL System Toolkit Apps
Jul 22 - Lattice Releases XVL Converter 6.0 for 3D CAD Data
Jul 22 - Lattice3D Reporter 3.0 Released for 3D CAD Data
Jul 7 - Lattice Updates Lean Manufacturing Free eBook
Jun 26 - Lattice Joins Adobe Solution Partner Program
Jun 18 - Lattice Releases XVL Web Master v8.0
Jun 18 - Lattice Ships Free XVL Player v10 3D Data Viewer
Jun 9 - Lattice Technology Offers Free Trial of XVL Studio Pro
June 02 - Lattice Offers Chapters of Lean Manufacturing Book
May 29 - Lattice Releases XVL Studio v8.1 for 3D Publishing
May 12 - Lattice Lean Manufacturing Book Available for Free
Feb 5 - Vodanovich Joins Lattice Technology as Account Manager, US
Feb 4 - Taggart, Feitz Joins CAD Society as Interim President, VP
Jan 23 - Lattice Releases XVL Converter for JT
Jan 9 - Lattice Technology Releases XVL Plug-in for Acrobat 9
Dec 9 - Lattice Releases Free XVL Player v9.2 3D Data Viewer
Nov 25 - Lattice3D Reporter v2.1 Released for 3D CAD Data
Nov 19 - Lattice Releases 3 XVL Suite for Digital Manufacturing
Sep 11 - Lockheed Martin Adopts Lattice XVL Products
Aug 19 - Lattice Upgraded 3D CAD Converters Support 64 Bit
Aug 6 - Japan's Fukui Computer Buys 552 Lattice Shares

Source: Material used in press releases is often supplied by external sources and used as is.