Birdon Group has selected software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio to support its ongoing strategy of developing a digital shipyard to service Australian and international shipbuilding customers.
The software will be used for advanced engineering design and project data management across Australia, the United States and other global operations as the company continues to grow.
Headquartered in Port Macquarie in New South Wales, Birdon provides solutions to the maritime, defence and resource sectors, including contracting directly with the US Army.
Birdon will use Siemens’ Teamcenter® software for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), integrated with NX™ software for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) to streamline product design data development by creating a digital thread — a single source of truth, throughout the design process.
Teamcenter integrates PLM, digital twins, 3D modelling, material, and asset management practices from conceptual design, to production and through-life support.
Sarah Yuen, Birdon’s general manager maritime, said that the software is a key step towards a fully digital shipyard which will enhance Birdon’s approach to integrated working and sharing secure data across the business.
“As Birdon’s portfolio of commercial and defence shipbuilding contracts grow within Australia and the US, leveraging hi-tech design and product lifecycle management methodologies such as those provided by Siemens is critical to providing complete product traceability, oversight and data-trust for high-security industries such as Government and Defence.
Simply put, Teamcenter enables Birdon to focus on building a digital shipyard capability by making design information easier to share within a robust configuration management system, standardising the design process,” Yuen explained.
Samantha Murray, vice president and managing director Australia and New Zealand for Siemens Digital Industries Software said, “It is great to work with Australian companies such as Birdon, who are revolutionising the global maritime landscape. In the maritime industry, hi-tech software is the key to increasing productivity through sustainable design and manufacturing processes and maintaining agility.
We are excited to see our technology being used to help shape not just design and product workflow processes, but also play a key role in Birdon’s journey towards a digital shipyard capability.”
Both Teamcenter and NX are part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio which brings together and integrates the entire Siemens Digital Industries Software portfolio with technologies, solutions and services that connect to existing Information Technology, Operational Technology and Engineering Technology environments.