About Weight and Balance Management

In many industries, such as aerospace, automotive, and construction, managing the weight and balance of a product is crucial. An overweight product is less efficient and shows reduced performance. An out-of-balance product has less stability and movability.

As a good practice, companies manage the weight and balance properties of their product right from the concept through the service phases.

Typically, the targets for weights and the center of gravity limits are managed in different systems. Using the Teamcenter Weight and Balance Management solution, you can collaborate with all your stakeholders on a single PLM platform. Weight engineers can set their targets independent of the product and the ownership of the product, and they can do so early on, during the product development lifecycle.

Example

A company manufactures cars and uses Weight and Balance Management. Their initial targets are based on the limited geometrical data that is available with them. At this stage, they have the estimated weights. As their product matures, they have more realistic weight and center of gravity data. While rolling up this data, the administrator defines which weight should take precedence in the rollup. Based on this, Teamcenter picks up the best available value for rollup from the available values, for estimated weight, design weight, and actual or as-measured weight. A business user generates a rollup report for future use or to share with the manager.

Where do I go from here?

Administrator

How can I deploy and administer Weight and Balance Management?

See Weight and Balance Management ─ Deployment and Administration.

Business User

How can I calculate mass and balance rollup for a structure?

See Calculate mass and balance rollup for a structure.

How can I view the existing rollup reports?

See View existing rollup reports.

How can I download rollup reports?

See Download rollup reports.