Atlantech Systems & Equipment
Land Based Aquaculture Industry
Atlantech provides specialized design equipment and project management services for land-based aquaculture facilities in the areas of water supply, water filtration, water recirculation, temperature control, disinfection and wastewater treatment.
Company: Atlantech Systems & Equipment
Location: Charlottetown, PEI
URL: www.atlantech.ca
Industry: Land Based Aquaculture
Previous CAD: AutoCAD LT 2002
Products used: SolidWorks Premium
Goals
- Move from 2D to 3D solid modeling and incorporate leading edge technology
- Ability to efficiently design better products
- Reduce inventory carrying costs of raw materials
- Improve communications with sub-contractors
- Expand markets, pursue international contracts, increase overall sales
Results
- Selected SolidWorks over CADkey and Inventor based on price, usability (very intuitive & user friendly), quantity/quality of product content as well as service level provided
- Decision resulted in better product design, functionality and ease of manufacturability. SolidWorks allows you to “visualize” prior to actually building a unit or facility
- Parametric model easy to work with
- Substantial savings realized with reduced inventory carrying costs (Due to SolidWorks ability to assist with ordering material more efficiently)
- Increased productivity in routing related work (piping, plumbing etc). SolidWorks Routing add-on function (included in SolidWorks Premium Package) allows modeling of piping systems to be completed in greater detail with at least 50% less effort 3D capability substantially improved communications with sub-contractors
- Domestic and international markets rapidly expanding with visual aide of 3D rendering
- Expecting measurable savings related to recent implementation of SolidWorks Simulation
- Quality of training, technical support and localized customer service provided by Javelin Technologies, definitely an advantage
Basically, SolidWorks helps us get to the final product. Its on-going technical innovations, as well as the level of service provided by Javelin Technologies, will continue to help us grow in the future
Marc Sorensen, Fabrication Manager/Machinery Design Engineer, Atlantech Systems & Equipment

