A tool for the collaborative sising of electrical device : CoSTo

The paper deals with the collaborative sizing of electrical devices via Internet. This concerns mainly multiphysical devices which the design has to be carried out by several persons form different professions or skill, e.g. electrical drives, mechatronical devices, electromechanical devices, etc. The paper proposes an approach to support the collaborative sizing of such devices, by using Internet. In this way, complementary to classic tools used for debriefing (net meeting), a specific tool has been developed to deal with sizing aspects: CoSTo