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Femap used by NASA

Alan — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:08:34 +0000

Delivering a roving science laboratory from Earth to the planet Mars requires meticulous planning and precision performance. You only have one chance to get it right; there’s no margin for error. Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology had to make crucial decisions thousands of times over

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Case Study: Streetscape NZ

Alan — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:44:54 +0000

Using Siemens Solid Edge, the Streetscape team developed the award winning Kumutoto toilets in Wellington. Pictured above: Streetscape’s award winning Kumutoto toilets in Wellington When Sean Cresswell joined Streetscape as their 3D CAD Manager, the company was working with very basic 2D CAD tools, which limited their ability to get accurate data to the shop

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Case Study: Kimball Furniture

Alan — Fri, 16 May 2014 03:46:09 +0000

Kimball International, Inc. (Kimball) provides a variety of products from two business segments: the Electronic Manufacturing Services segment and the Furniture segment. The Kimball Electronics Group provides engineering and manufacturing services, which utilize common production and support capabilities globally, to automotive, industrial, medical and public safety markets. The Furniture segment provides furniture for the office

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This manufacturer boosted productivity by 50%!

Alan — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 04:03:18 +0000

Industrial machinery producer Kotchergenko realized a 50% increase in productivity, 20% faster model generation and improved product quality with Femap. It also made a 25 percent improvement in information flow/sharing. At Kotchergenko, Femap with NX Nastran is used to conduct structural design calculations through the finite element analysis (FEA) method. A numerical tool for problem

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Case Study: Industrial Control Associates, Inc.

Alan — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:32:34 +0000

Industrial Control Associates, Inc. (ICA) is a systems integrator and machine builder specializing in programmable logic control (PLC) system machines. The company provides custom-fabricated machinery and control panels, complete electrical/mechanical installation and turnkey integration, custom robotics, motion applications, machine modifications and enhancements, and nondestructive testing systems for companies in a wide range of industries. Its

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Case Study: AMF Canada

Alan — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:04:47 +0000

AMF Canada designs and manufactures the complete line of baking equipment from mixers and make-up equipment to slicers, baggers and post-packaging solutions as well as washing machines for the bottle industry. Much of its equipment is customized and under contract to be delivered by a certain date. This puts product design on the critical path

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Case Study: Fripp Design and Research

Alan — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:44:11 +0000

Fripp Design and Research were able to cut development time and reduced the financial risk of innovation by switching to Solid Edge. Based in the UK, Fripp Design and Research specializes in product design, industrial design, product research and development. Their work spans a range of industries and applications, from research into 3D printing of

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Case Study: Back Cove Yachts

Alan — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:12:41 +0000

Using synchronous technology, motorized yacht manufacturer Back Cove Yachts makes more design iterations than it could with traditional history-based modeling processes. It also increased productivity and creativity, spent more time to refine boat aesthetics and gained better ability to respond to customer and dealer input. Lobster boat heritage With design elements such as spoon-shaped bows

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Case Study: Razor USA designs better with Solid Edge

Alan — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:42:31 +0000

Scooter and battery-powered ride-on toy maker Razor reduced part design time with synchronous technology from one week to two days and makes design changes in seconds vs. hours when compared to traditional history-based modeling. Products that move In only eight years, Razor USA LLC has grown from an upstart company with a single product (the

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Case Study: Elektroschit-EM

Alan — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:09:30 +0000

Elektroschit-EM provides end-to-end electrical engineering services from design and manufacturing to commissioning and maintenance. With rapidly growing new business development, management realized the company needed to accelerate design and automate the product engineering and production planning processes.

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