Mass imaging company accelerates development

Windchill enables DEK to improve internal project collaboration within its six global sites and external project collaboration with its suppliers and partners.

DEK Printing Machines has expanded its deployment of the PTC Product Development System (PDS) to include Windchill for content and process management.

Windchill now enables DEK to improve internal project collaboration within its six global sites and external project collaboration with its suppliers and partners.

"Using Pro/Engineer, we have been able to produce a broad set of products based on a product platform strategy and modular subassemblies".

"The further adoption of the PTC PDS has allowed much quicker and more cost-effective product development and in turn has given us the benefit of accelerated manufacturing processes", said Dick Johnson, Development Manager DEK Printing.

"The introduction of Windchill enables us to make our product development data accessible beyond individual design teams to the entire global enterprise, providing the right people access to the right data at the right time".

DEK designs and manufactures specialist electronics imaging systems used by major electronics manufacturers and subcontractors for surface mount silicon chip technology and PCB assemblies for products ranging from mobile phones, robots and missiles to toys and medical equipment.

The company operates manufacturing plants in the UK and China.

The design teams are located in the UK, Germany, India and US.

Service centres are run in 18 locations worldwide.

"Our suppliers were using different systems", said Johnson.

"Paper drawings were being created from the CAD models, leading to delays and problems in interpretation".

"The introduction of Windchill enabled our suppliers to collaborate more efficiently by building components directly from DEK's 3D models which has led to improvements in our overall productivity".

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