Maclean Engineering & Marketing Co.
Mining Industry (Heavy Equipment Design & Manufacture)
Manufacturer of heavy equipment for underground mining industry. Market leaders in manufacturing mechanized bolting systems, secondary breaking systems and utility vehicle systems.
Company: Maclean Engineering & Marketing Co.
Location: Collingwood, Ontario
URL: www.macleanengineering.com
Industry: Heavy Equipment Design & Manufacture
Previous CAD: AutoCAD
Products used: SolidWorks Premium, SolidWorks Simulation and SolidWorks Motion
Goals
- Faster turn around time required (time to market critical factor)
- Capacity/Capability to handle large assemblies
- Ability to do custom design work and easily incorporate design changes
- Compatibility with existing inventory system
- Provide more complete visualization prior to production
Results
- Selected SolidWorks over CADKey, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidEdge and Mechanical Desktop for functionality, parametrics, price, ease of use and compatibility with existing inventory system
- Purchased 23 licenses (4 SolidWorks Premium and 19 SolidWorks Professional)
- Product designs 100% complete in 50% less time resulting in faster product turn around
- Improved product quality due to more thorough/complete designs, equates to approximate savings of 40%
- Ability to efficiently handle large assemblies
- Easily incorporate parametric changes
- 25% savings realized on parts manufacturing
- Efficiently and accurately evaluate cost of models with SolidWorks Simulation FEA (Included in SolidWorks Premium Package)
- Improved internal and external communications with SolidWorks eDrawings (Professional/Premium Packages)
- Design validation and less rework attributed to SolidWorks Simulation
- Currently experiencing growth in overseas markets as well as an increase in sales (approximately 10%) due to better product designs and faster turn around
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