Company Profile
PC Transport Systems specializes in manufacturing a fully low-floor rolling stock and produces 8 low-floor tram models and 2 electric wheel transport models: the fully low-floor trolleybus Admiral with increased autonomous motion and the innovative bus Pioneer using МАС. The Company is committed to its main tenet: each new product combines the advanced global technologies, innovations and exclusivity. At the heart of the design of trams produced by PC Transport Systems is a unique patented elastic swing carriage. The cart is available in three versions: for the track width of the tramway of 1,435 mm, 1,524 mm, and 1,000 mm. The Company's top priority is to partner with European cities in comprehensive addressing of the objectives of modern, reliable and comfortable transport support of passenger transportation.
Challenge
Rolling stock manufacturers need to constantly update their products and key IT systems as the transportation means should be aligned with the global trends of public transport and adapted to real operation conditions. This use case describes how PC Transport Systems has switched to KOMPAS-3D from another CAD system, and now manufactures state-of-the-art urban transport enabled by digital solutions from ASCON.
Solution
Initially, PC Transport Systems used SolidWorks as a design tool. In 2017, they ran a pilot project to assess the capabilities of KOMPAS-3D from ASCON. Both technical and economic aspects were analyzed including the deployment period, CAD quality, support for virtualization, and total cost of ownership (TCO).
Results / Business Values
Based on the test results, and taking into account very attractive TCO, PC Transport Systems decided to switch to KOMPAS-3D. The design engineers attended a training program using the new system for 3D modeling and drafting. A breakthrough innovation with the KOMPAS-3D deployment was a complete virtualization of every workstation and service. Today, an employee can access their workstation from any computer at any time. Components of the Vityaz-M, a new streetcar, and the Corsair a narrow-gauge streetcar, were designed in KOMPAS-3D.
