April 2010: With the on-site installation KE-works has finalised the project that resulted in the first KE-stone solution for Fokker Elmo BV, the AWARD KE-stone. The AWARD KE-stone enables Fokker Elmo BV to automatically design the electrical connectivity between all subsystems while minimising weight and cost at a fraction of the time.

Fokker Elmo BV is one of the market-leaders in the global aircraft wire harness industry. Over the past decades, aircraft electrical subsystems have seen an explosion of complexity with the increased application of on-board electronics. The tendency towards a large-scale integration of electrical systems means the amount of signals and therefore the size and magnitude of wire harnesses are increasing. This directly stresses the lead-time of the development process. KE-works has developed a KE-stone that helps the electrical specialists of Fokker Elmo to control the increased complexity in their products.

The KE-stone solution speeds-up both the conceptual and detailed design of the electric wire harnesses, decreasing the lead-time of the design process from weeks to hours. The KE-stone is fully tailored to the specific needs of their corporate specialists, enabling the maximum leverage of their wiring design know-how. The flexible architecture enables changes to the requirements and driving engineering rules that are integrated in the solution. Furthermore, the capabilities of the KE-stone enable the conceptual designers to evaluate the consequences of any changes to the design with respect to other stakeholders such as manufacturing and procurement.