PFP Technologies, Australia
A leading automated machinery design and manufacturing company. Design, manufacture, test and sell innovative computer controlled production machinery. Specialists in cutting machinery.
Challenges:
- Reduce amount of drawing checking
- Reduce time required for manufacture
- To reduce the time from concept to manufacture
- To implement concurrent and just in time engineering practices.
- To win more business by presenting design concepts sooner and more efficiently
Solutions:
- Intercad provided facilities that have:
- Made drawing checks almost redundant since design process ensures correctness and currency
- Reduced manufacturing time from 15 to 4 days by creating production-ready documentation
- Reduced design and documentation time from 10 to 3 days
- Allowed design, manufacture and sub-contracting tasks to occur simultaneously
- Allowed for rapid presentations of complex engineering concepts to laypeople
“This technology is an essential part of our business, we literally would not be here today without it.”
“It is the most efficient way for an engineer to work.” ” you just can’t beat it.”
Doug Menzie
Mechanical Engineer