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View a case study:
Assembly Motion
Surface area of parts
in an assembly
Export pipe bending
data
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Assembly
Motion (CAD Programming) |
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Project
Goal:
To automate a series of engineering steps
which determine the best product design. The
previous process would require an engineer
to modify a group of assembly constraints,
record the value in Excel, repeat the data
recording steps until all were saved in Excel,
then format the data in Excel and generate
a chart. When any changes were made to the
assembly or its parts the process would have
to be repeated.
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Time
Savings:
Previous process = 60 minutes per change
Automation = 1 minute per change
Changes per project = 10
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ROI:
9.84 hours per project
(additional time has also be saved by eliminating
data entry errors and creating a company standard)
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Advantages:
The user can see how changes will affect
the final result in a matter of minutes.
Incorrect values due to data entry errors
were eliminated.
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Surface
area of parts in an assembly (CAD Programming) |
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Project Goal:
To automatically measure the surface area
of all parts in an assembly based on the color
of the part/feature/face. The surface area
will then be used to determine how much protective
coating is needed to cover the assembly. This
is not a standard tool supplied with CAD programs.
Because the tools doesn't exist the user had
two options:
1. manually measure the surface area of each
face of each part in an assembly.
2. if the assembly is to large then the manual
process is too time consuming and the surface
area is estimated, causing manufacturing problems
because to much or to little material is accounted
for.
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Time Savings:
Previous process = To time consuming
Automation = 10 seconds to determine surface
area of a 100 part assembly
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ROI/Advantages:
An exact material quantity for manufacturing
Inventory is now accurate
Orders are processed faster because an exact
application time is determined
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Export
pipe bending data (CAD Programming) |
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Project Goal:
To export information about a piece of pipe
to a CNC program, including each bend(bend
radius, bend angle, and bend rotation), OD,
ID, material, PartNumber, and straight length
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Time Savings:
Previous process = 15 minutes
Automation = 5 seconds
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ROI:
A savings of almost 15 minutes per part
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Advantages:
The user doesn't have to enter data into
CNC program
Errors are elimitated when determining straight
lenght
Incorrect values due to data entry errors
were eliminated |
