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Trojan Technologies

Environmental Industry (Ultraviolet Water Treatment Systems)

Trojan Technologies specialize in the design, manufacturing and sales of advanced ultraviolet water treatment disinfection systems. Markets include municipal drinking water, municipal wastewater, environmental contaminant treatment and residential applications.  Additional applications include ultra-purification of water used in food and beverage manufacturing, pharmaceutical processing and semi-conductor applications around the world.   

 

Company: Trojan Technologies

Location: London, Ontario

URL: www.trojanuv.com

Industry: Environmental

Previous CAD: AutoCAD

Products used: SolidWorks Professional, SolidWorks, SolidWorks Flow Simulation


Goals

  • Replace 2D AutoCAD with 3D Solid Modeling
  • Faster turn around time
  • Improve quality and esthetics of product design
  • Reduce errors
  • Improve internal & external communications
  • Compete more effectively and ultimately increase sales

 

Results

  • Selected SolidWorks over Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge, Pro/ENGINEER and IronCAD after hosting a one day head-to-head competition to demonstrate each software’s capabilities when given a simultaneous design project 
  • Decision based on competition results as well as SolidWorks’ ease of use, user friendly nature, user interface ability with Excel, shorter learning curve as well as proven corporate strength of CAD company and reseller 
  • Purchased 20 licenses of SolidWorks Professional
  • Processing more work with less labour (2 people now vs 20 people using AutoCAD 9 years ago). Results evident 3 to 4 months after implementation
  • Allowed more time for new product development
  • Quickly resolved form, fit and function issues  
  • Dramatically reduced design implementation time with use of rapid prototyping (equates to substantial savings)   
  • Improved product quality as well as enhanced product esthetics
  • Error free assemblies with fewer parts 
  • Definite time savings attributed to effective and efficient internal/external communications (design changes quickly and easily identify/modify as required)    
  • Utilized SolidWorks SimulationXpress to determine how economically product can be made to meet design intent without compromising performance or safety. (Included in SolidWorks Professional Package)
  • Decision to purchase/implement SolidWorks Flow Simulation resulted in properly sized equipment, contributed to competitive advantage and ensured low corporate risk.  Produced best possible product design prior to production
  • Currently experiencing a strong market share with huge world market potential
  • Definitely secured more national and international contracts due to “WOW” factor of SolidWorks’ 3D solid modeling capabilities  

 

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Trojan Technologies uses SolidWorks Flow Simulation to analyze their designs so they can optimize the size of their disinfection equipment before physical testing occurs

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