Ian Selected for Digital Transformation Technology Development in Ship and Offshore Structural Design... "Contributing to Competitiveness Improvement"

Ian, a digital twin specialized company, announced on the 5th that it has been selected for the development project of a virtual reality-based design collaboration system within the core technology development project for digital transformation of shipbuilding and marine outfitting design, led by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and has signed a contract.

The goal of this project is to maximize competitiveness at the design stage, where 70% of the ship cost is determined, by increasing productivity and reducing defect rates in the design field through digital transformation in the shipbuilding and marine outfitting design sector. The project consists of four detailed tasks, and Ian will undertake the task as the lead organization for the third detailed task (development of a virtual reality-based design collaboration system), which is the core of digital transformation. The total project cost is 8.6 billion KRW (approximately 6.2 billion KRW in national funding), and it is planned to be carried out until December 2027.

The development of the design collaboration system aims to ▲ verify and resolve design production issues quickly among related organizations through a virtual environment-based collaboration system ▲ improve productivity and reduce working hours for design review, modification, supplementation, and tasks through visualization of ship design information and the collaboration system ▲ reduce working hours for rework in subsequent design stages and improve productivity by establishing a system to prevent design errors in the preliminary stages.

To this end, an engineering virtual reality-based design collaboration system including collaboration systems among trades, design and production, shipyards and partner companies, and shipowners and clients will be researched. Ian, the lead company driving the project together with joint research institutions such as Timetec, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, Equipment Cooperative Association, and Gunsan University, will be responsible for developing the web, mobile, and smart glasses-based VR collaboration system.

An Ian representative said, “This technology development project aims to apply the company’s digital twin technology to a virtual reality design collaboration system to prevent design errors and implement an efficient design system,” adding, “We expect to contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic shipbuilding and marine industry and reducing costs through successful project execution.”

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