PenSafe Inc.
Forged Products Industry (Fall Protection Consumer Products)
Manufacturer of fall protection hardware (personal protective equipment) used for a wide range of high-risk industries including construction, rescue, law enforcement and the military.
Product line includes high-strength connectors, snap hooks, form hooks, buckles, adjusters, D-rings, anchorage connectors and carabiners.
Customer base is comprised of multi-national corporations, regional companies as well as small businesses.
Company: PenSafe Inc.
Location: Stoney Creek, Ontario
URL: www.pensafe.ca
Industry: Fall Protection Forged Products
Previous CAD: ANVIL 2D
Products used: SolidWorks Premium, SolidWorks Professional, SolidWorks Simulation, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
Goals
- Move from 2D to 3D solid modeling and replace ANVIL
- Improve product design to enhance image of innovation and compete with off-shore manufacturing
- Speed up time to market by reducing design and manufacturing time required
- Enhance communication/marketing/presentation capabilities to ultimately increase sales
- Assist with product innovation (companies will pay slight premium for innovative products)
Results
- Selected SolidWorks over AutoCAD and Pro/ENGINEER for functionality at an affordable price
- Easy migration path from 2D to 3D
- Better designed products attributed to SolidWorks’ ability to enforce standards, visualize in 3D and facilitate quick design iterations
- The software’s intuitive Collision Detection and Interference Detection capabilities also contribute to better product design
- Reduced time from conception to prototype by approximately 50%
- Substantial monetary savings realized in prototyping stage of design process (From thousands of dollars now down to hundreds of dollars)
- Strong, ergonomic and aesthetically pleasing product designs direct result of SolidWorks Simulation FEA and FME (SolidWorks Premium Package)
- Overall product development process four or five times faster
- Improved quality of communications/marketing materials with use of PhotoWorks Photorealistic Rendering (Professional Package). Better quality catalogue pictures using SolidWorks vrs actual photography
- Faster feedback from customers and end users with use of SolidWorks eDrawings (Professional Package)
- Ability to quickly design new and innovative product line to meet dramatically changing industry standards. SolidWorks is a catalyst to product innovation
- Also implemented SolidWorks Enterprise PDM for version control
SolidWorks is now the de facto standard and Javelin Technologies is probably one of the best SolidWorks resellers. How can you go wrong with a de facto standard on both the reseller and the software?
John Leavitt, President, PenSafe Inc.
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