Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV
Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV

Inventory digitization for the use of Building Information Modeling in existing production environments | BIMPro

Building Information Modeling in the factory

Companies in the manufacturing sector find themselves in an increasingly dynamic market environment and have to adjust existing factories in ever shorter cycles and implementation times. Studies show that time and cost targets are often not achieved with classic planning approaches because the involved parties do not cooperate closely enough.

That is why new approaches, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), must be found to make factory planning more efficient. BIM refers to a collaborative working methodology in which information is exchanged across the entire lifecycle of a structure in a model-based manner.

So far, BIM has hardly been used in factory planning for existing plants due to the costly digitization of existing buildings and a lack of utilization concepts. This is where the "BIMPro" project came in.

Podcast episode regarding BIM in factory planning: How a digital twin with BIM method advances the factory (Factory of the future)

Efficient factory planning with »BIMPro«

To support companies and enable efficient factory planning, the »BIMPro« project dealt with two specific requirements:  

  1. On the one hand, the effort for the post-processing of the point cloud to the BIM model should be reduced by using an algorithm for the automated integration of digital partial models, such as e.g. B. production plants, was developed in point clouds (Figure 1).
  2. On the other hand, a utilization concept for the resulting holistic model was to be developed and compared to a conventional planning approach.

The central finding of the project is: The use of BIM in existing production environments offers promising potential.

Thus, the algorithm was successfully set up and tested. This allows digital partial models of factory objects to be placed directly in the point cloud, which reduces the effort required for post-processing. The resulting digital factory model (Figure 2) can be used for various use cases. In the layout planning use case, a potential time reduction of 27 percent was calculated based on a practical example.

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