Month: February 2019

What is the required Skillset for “New-Collar Jobs” in Manufacturing?

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Factories today encompass the trending tools like 3D Printing, robotics, laser cutting machines, generative design tools, virtual reality, and augmented reality. All these tools are interconnected and form a network of devices. Now, to operate these highly advanced manufacturing tools, organizations require skilled personnel or the new-collar workforce.

However, manufacturers at present face major skills shortages in their factories as the workforce is incompetent in handling advanced machineries, such as computer numerical control (CNC) machining stations, lasers, automation, and robotics. This large-scale digitalization necessitates workforces with more advanced skills. The skillset of this workforce must include:

  • New collar workers must equip themselves with digital skills which are required for the working and maintenance of software and tools, such as CAD files and programs, 3D printers and robots.
  • Manufacturers expect the new collar workers to be skilled in cloud computing maintenance, security analysis and testing, data mining and statistical analysis, data storage management, and user interface operational and maintenance skills.
  • New-collar jobs require individuals to possess problem solving, critical thinking, and deep thinking skills to resolve the complex organizational problems with ease.

All in all, if individuals aspire for having a successful career in manufacturing industry, they must acquire the skills for new-collar jobs and accelerate their career growth.

Why Every Engineer Should Learn Machining?

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Both engineers and machinists play a contributory role in the production process. However, they have interpersonal conflicts, such as machinists never follow engineer’s instructions and engineers never interpret their drawings properly. In order to have a close working relationship between engineer and machinists, all engineers should endeavor to gain some first-hand experience in machining. 

Engineers take on Machinists

Engineers and machinists are likely to have different backgrounds, interests, and standpoints on the manufacturing process. These variances can lead to misapprehensions and miscommunication. Learning the ins and outs of machining can give an engineer a complete insight of machine’s capability.  

Machinists take on Engineers

A common complaint from machinists is that engineers do not respect machinist’s expertise and do not clearly explain their requirement. According to machinists, issues of incomplete drawings and improper instructions can be avoided by bridging the gap of communication between machinists and engineers.

Learning Machining is important for an Engineer

In the current world, improving machining know-how is very important. An engineer having an understanding of machining can transfer engineering concepts into physical realizations and sometimes open their eyes to new opportunities and challenges.

The Future is Collaborative

The manufacturing process requires an ever-growing library of skills and knowledge. Above all, communication between machinists and engineers and faith in the experience and expertise of a team is important to make their work even better.

All in all, the manufacturing process can only be improved if machinists and engineers understand each other’s issues. Their collaborative efforts can accomplish great things in manufacturing.  

User Interface Enhancements in Solidworks 2019

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Solidworks 2019 continues to innovate in 3D CAD to improve user experience and daily productivity. It delivers many enhancements and improvements with new capabilities that makes designing and communication easier and faster. Check out these new features in Solidworks 2019: 

Extended Reality (XR)

Easier way to experience designs in Augmented and Virtual Reality. Solidworks Extended Reality (XR) empowers future design and engineering with the following rich features from Solidworks file:

  • Geometry & Scene Hierarchy
  • Appearances/Materials and textures/Decals
  • Lights and Cameras
  • Exploded and Motion Study Animations
  • Display States and Configurations
  • Metadata including per-configuration custom properties, per-node comments, per-node and document general and design tables

Solidworks Inspection

A great tool to help streamline the making of inspection documentation. Now, one can add custom properties from either the drawing or its related model. The new version has improved Bill of Characteristics with a new grid layout and group/ungroup. This new feature allows us to see how characteristic is organized and how to generate inspection reports more efficiently than ever.

Defeature Tool

This feature speed up the process of simplifying assemblies and remove parts or features from the assembly which are unnecessary to protect intellectual property (IP).

Enhanced eDrawings Output Formats

One can now open ACIS®, CALS, CATIA™ V6, HOOPS, IGES, JT™ data format, Parasolid®, Pro/ENGINEER®, and Creo®, Solid Edge®, STEP, Stereo Lithography (STL), and Unigraphics NX™ files in eDrawings. It enables direct export to 3D HTML, as well as formats to support AR/VR devices.

Improved Milling Features

This feature provides flexibility in the programming process. The new CAM milling features will reduce the time it takes to generate NC programs.

Large Assembly Tools

Large Design Review (LDR) has been improved to include assembly editing capabilities. It allows us to access and edit mates, add and remove components, and change configurations.

New 3D Texture Tool

Solidworks 2019 introduces a new 3D Texture Tool that converts patterns from an image file into 3D geometry automatically. It develops solid geometry from mesh models automatically.

Enhancements in Drawings

Now, one can create a section view at a slice through a model, eliminating the need for construction geometry. For better communication, Bills of Materials (BOM) exports include graphical preview images of part geometry. The graphical preview provides better clarity and reduces the risk of identifying parts incorrectly.

These are some significant new features incorporated in Solidworks 2019. However, there are some other features such as enhanced graphical performance, direct 3D markup tools, new chamfer and fillet creation options, and many other features which makes design and communication quick and efficient.

Explore these features soon!

NELSAT lets you discover the right career options!

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Workforce Central, a CADD Centre initiative is dedicated to bridging the gap between employers and job seekers. It assists students in identifying their passion and interests and guide them to make the right career choice.

NELSAT: Evaluates your personality to choice the right career options!

To help mechanical/civil engineering students evaluate their basic and career-oriented Personality Traits. Workforce Central conducts National Employability Life Skills Assessment test (NELSAT). This assessment evaluates students on 12 personality traits, which are listed below:

By taking NELSAT, engineering students identify their strengths, weaknesses, passion, interest, and much more. Also, this assessment tool helps students to recognize their employability skills, which serves as the pre-requisite for getting employment. The information accumulated through this test allows students to understand their skills, choices, and preferences about selecting the right career path.

Basic Personality Traits

  • Reliability/Responsibility
  • Determination/Focus
  • Independence
  • Discipline Ø

Career Oriented Personality Traits

  • Adaptability/Versatility
  • Adventurous / Risk-taking
  • Communicative / Expressive
  • Compassion / Generosity
  • Creativity / Imaginative
  • Analytical
  • Hands-on
  • Extrovert

NELSAT and JST: Collaborative efforts for skill development

Workforce Central further assists students in honing their skills by offering Job Securing Training (JST) to those who appear for the NELSAT exam. Under JST programs, students are provided industry-specific training which fills up the employment gap between employers and job seekers and makes individuals job ready. Also, through JST, Workforce Central ensures 100% secured employment for its students.

NELSAT: Benefitting students for life

The benefits of taking NELSAT are numerous, some of the benefits are listed below:

  • Students gain better insights about their personality, which helps in better self-understanding.
  • Individuals learn about the areas in which they need improvement to enhance their career prospects.
  • NELSAT gives an opportunity to students to match their personality dimensions to the most appropriate, compatible, and suitable career option.
  • By taking this test students know about their field of interest, which helps them choose a preferred work environment.
  • With right career choice, students attain satisfaction in work which reduces stress and improves their productivity.

In a nutshell, Workforce Central through its NELSAT evaluation and JST programs empowers students and attempts to make them skilful and provides them 100% assured placements.

For more details visit https://www.workforcecentral.in/Nelsat/