What is PMI?
What is PMI?
PMI is product manufacturing information used in industry and transmitted to manufacturing. PMI map the manufacturing process and the properties of a product. This includes, for example, geometric data, tolerances, material data, parts lists, material data, surface requirements or quality standards and other information on the entire life cycle of the component.
What are the advantages of PMI?
The advantage of PMI over technical drawings is that information can be directly assigned to the 3D CAD model. This enables faster transfer of data to other development departments, improving communication to manufacturing and customers. In theory, this eliminates the need for a technical drawing, saving time and money. However, if a 2D drawing is requested, PMI can be fully adopted during drawing creation.
What benefits do PMI provide to customers?
When manufacturers provide PMI to their customers, all relevant data is available to them at a glance. Customers can thus select the part more precisely according to their use case, integrate it more easily into their designs, use it more sustainably and maintain it more predictably. This is because PMI not only provide planners with detailed information on the technical specifications of a component. Rather, PMI also refer to the origin and quality of a product. In this way, PMI simplify and accelerate the design process and subsequent operation thanks to additional data.
Conclusion
PMI are used in industry and map the manufacturing process of a product as well as its characteristics. They open up new possibilities for companies. The use of PMI can replace the creation of 2D drawings and speed up the data transfer.
