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DYCO, INC.Acceleraing conainer-handling sysem design wih SolidWorks soware

Dyco, Inc., is a leading manuacurer and inegraor o urnkey conainer-handling sysems.The company had hisorically uilized AuoCAD2D design ools o develop is cusomizedmachines, many o which comprise assemblies o 6,000 individual componens, no couningan even larger number o nus, bols, washers, and aseners. Dycos engineers ransiionedo he Auodesk Invenor3D CAD sysem in 2000, parly o implemen modular 3D designmehods and parly o ake advanage o atracive upgrade pricing. Bu afer using Invenorsofware or nearly six years, hey became dissaisfied wih he CAD sysems perormance,according o Engineering Manager Doug Gordner.

We experienced perormance issues, and were no able o add hardware o our models,Gordner recalls. Some o our assemblies were acually muliplying he number o pars;and in oher insances, our engineers had o spli large assembly files ino wo or hreesubassemblies o avoid sysem crashes, reezes, and oher perormance problems. Wewere never able o add hardware like bols and lock washers because o he slowdown inperormance. In 2005, we decided o reassess our 3D CAD soluion.

Over a six-monh period, Dyco conduced horough evaluaions o he Invenor,Pro/ENGINEER, and SolidWorks3D CAD sofware sysems. Following ha assessmen,he company acquired a rial sea o SolidWorks sofware, and used i or wo monhs oconfirm is findings ha SolidWorks sofware provided he superior soluion. Dyco choseo ransiion all o is produc developmen work o he SolidWorks 3D CAD sofware

sysemimplemening nine seas o SolidWorks Proessional and one sea oSolidWorks Premiumbecause o he sysems ease o use, large-assembly perormance,shee-meal design ools, inegraed SolidWorks Simulaion analysis capabiliies,SolidWorks eDrawingscommunicaions ools, and SolidWorks Workgroup PDM soluion.

C A S E S T U D Y

Results:

Cut CAD modeling time in half

Shortened product development cycles by

25 o 50 percen

Reduced the number of design errors

Improved design data management and

communicaion

With SolidWorks sofware, Dycohas reduced the number oerrors in its system designs aswell as during abrication.

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Faster design, easier design changesSince implemening SolidWorks sofware, Dyco has cu some o is CAD modeling ime inhal, and compressed is produc developmen cycles by 25 o 50 percen. Gordner atribueshese produciviy gains o an easier-o-use, beter-perorming CAD sysem and o he useo assembly configuraions in SolidWorks sofware, which makes i aser and easier oimplemen design changes.

We have experienced subsanial improvemen in assembly perormance, Gordner noes.We are close o wice as as a modeling on some o our sysems in SolidWorks sofware,

and can more efficienly handle even our larges machines and assemblies, and eel weshould be able o include all o he associaed hardware.

I is also a lo aser and simpler o make design changes in SolidWorks sofware becausewe use design configuraions, Gordner adds. Whenever we need o cusomize an order, suchas changing a debagging machine o handle a 12-inch raher han a 10-inch botle, or designinghe botle discharge or he lef side insead o he righ side, we can use configuraions ocusomize and change hings more quickly.

Advancing design qualityBy moving o SolidWorks sofware, Dyco has reduced he number o errors in is sysemdesigns. The companys engineers use SolidWorks Simulaion o validae he srucuralperormance o componens, shee-meal design ools o reduce he poenial or abricaion

errors, design configuraions o heighen he accuracy o design modificaions, and 3DConenCenralo download accurae, manuacurer-cerified models o commonly usedcomponens.

Some o our machines are 90 percen shee meal, and i is a lo easier and more accuraeo use SolidWorks sofware or shee-meal design, explains Gordner. We also reduce hepoenial or errors by using design configuraions o make design changes. Now when weneed o make a change, such as using a differen moor, gearbox, or hole-mouning patern,insead o increasing he chances or error by making changes o so many differen assemblyversions, we only need o change he configuraion in SolidWorks sofware.

Improved design data management, communication

By ransiioning o SolidWorks sofware, Dyco has realized improvemens in hemanagemen and communicaion o design daa. Raher han using WindowsExplorerolders o manage design daa, Dyco uses inegraed SolidWorks Workgroup PDM sofwareo improve he handling, securiy, and adminisraion o produc design daa. The company isalso using eDrawings files o drive machine assembly and suppor user documenaion.

We used o give our assembly personnel a 3D prin, bu now we have five compuer saionson our assembly line, and use eDrawings files o provide deailed insrucions or building ourmachines, Gordner poins ou. We have also sared puting eDrawings on CD and ino ouruser manuals o improve he communicaion o mainenance, repair, and service inormaiono our cusomers.

SolidWorks is a regisered rademark o Dassaul Sysmes SolidWorks Corp. All oher company and produc names are rademarksor regisered rademarks o heir respecive owners. 2010 Dassaul Sysmes. All righs reserved. MKDYCCSENG

NOW WHEN WE NEED TO

MAKE A CHANGE, INSTEAD

OF INCREASING THE

CHANCES FOR ERROR

BY MAKING CHANGES

TO SO MANY DIFFERENT

ASSEMBLY VERSIONS, WE

ONLY NEED TO CHANGE

THE CONFIGURATION IN

SOLIDWORKS SOFTWARE.Doug Gordner

Engineering Manager

Using he design capabiliies o SolidWorks 3D

CAD sofware, Dyco has realized produciviy

gains in he developmen o is large,

cusomized, conainer-handling sysems.

Dassaul SysmesSolidWorks Corp.300 Baker AvenueConcord, MA 01742 USAPhone: 1 800 693 9000Ouside he US: +1 978 371 5011Email: ino@solidworks.comwww.solidworks.com

Dyco, Inc.6951 Naus WayBloomsburg, PA 17815 USAPhone: +1 570 752 2757www.dyco-inc.comVAR: DesignPoin Soluions,Lancaser, PA