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Devair Inc.

Industrial Products Industry

Devair Inc. is a Barrie, Ontario-based industrial products company, their reputation for
the highest quality, in both products and customer service, is second to none, and
dates back to the company's inception in the early 1900's. This reputation has made
Devair the premier choice for many of North America's leading independent
distributors of air compressors. They have also assisted in the smooth operation of
numerous manufacturing and service operations.

 

Company: Devair Inc.

Location: Barrie, Ontario

URL: www.dvair.ca

Industry: Industrial Products Design
& Manufacture

Previous CAD: AutoCAD

Products used: SolidWorks, PhotoWorks, SolidWorks MotionManager (MotionManager), SolidWorks Simulation


Goals

Dynamic analysis, along with marketing and sales were some of Devair's biggest
goals, as is common for many industrial companies.

SolidWorks helped Devair acheive these goals with SolidWorks Simulation, the fully
integrated and associative analysis program for design optimization. Advanced design
features, especially SolidWorks MotionManager (Animator), were helpful not only in the design phase,
but were also used as a valuable selling tool by sales and marketing in the field to set
Devair apart from the competition.

 

Solution

Engineering Assistant Jade Cho's words best describe how they overcame their
challenges in marketing/sales and design analysis: “SolidWorks has helped our
customers to have a better understanding of our compressor design criteria. We are
the only manufacturer of Piston Air Compressors in Canada, and this has been a great
tool to demonstrate our capability in designing a superior product.”

“SolidWorks Simulation made dynamic analysis much more efficient as well, the ease of
verifying the center of gravity on a complete pump assembly for dynamic analysis was
much more efficient with SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation,” said Cho.

 

Results

  • Devair's capability in product development has been enhanced since they started using SolidWorks in the last eight months.

  • Material utilization in designing the components has reduced their material cost by 20% and also reduced their machining time by 15%.

 

Jade Cho, Engineering Assistant, Devair Inc.
With SolidWorks we are able to showcase our products in the design stage and stand out from our competitors.

Jade Cho, Engineering Assistant, Devair Inc.


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