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News Release from: SolidWorks Corporation | Subject: SolidWorks 3D CAD software
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 01 July 2008
CAD software halves development times
SyCSA designs all of its products with SolidWorks, including the bolted silo, which is assembled at client sites and the single-section welded silo.
SolidWorks 3D CAD software has helped Silos y Camiones, a maker of transportation and storage systems for a variety of bulk materials, cut development time in half and double production capacity, dramatically improving its market share SyCSA can now also guarantee the quality of its products, enabling clients to do the same for their customers, whether they transport flour, pellets for the plastic industry, or any material that requires temperature and moisture control
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Having embraced 3D design with the purchase of SolidWorks software, SyCSA designs all of its products with SolidWorks, including the bolted silo, which is assembled at client sites and the single-section welded silo.
"By optimising design and production with SolidWorks software, we have improved our business performance and, by extension, have helped make our country's food, plastics and construction industries more competitive", said Romualdo Telleria Beltra, CEO of Silos y Camiones.
SyCSA serves 60% of its market and has recently increased exports by approximately 25%, to countries like Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil and the USA.
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"3D technology has been instrumental in achieving this position, in many instances enabling us to close sales by taking clients on a virtual trip through the transportation and storage systems we offer", said Carlos Hernandez, the company's Director of Automation.
"This way, our products' benefits come alive".
SyCSA has dramatically reduced the time it takes to design a 24-meter-tall silo, which supports up to 90ton of contents.
Designing the silo used to take 10 hours but now takes three hours,or only half an hour when SyCSA can re-use design information.
Designs are more accurate now that the company is designing in 3D and errors are easy to see.
In addition to 3D visualisation capabilities, SolidWorks offers SyCSA seamless interoperability.
It is the software of choice of a key supplier and many designers in the workforce.
Designers are productive within three months, benefitting in part from the training provided by SolidWorks distributor Diseno y Manufactura Digital (DMD).
SyCSA is also using the PDMWorks data management system to control design file versions, eliminate costly duplication and collaborate more effectively.
With SolidWorks' Cosmos design validation software, SyCSA has reduced material usage by 30% without sacrificing quality.
This reduction saves money and lessens the toll on natural resources.
"In short, SolidWorks allows us a more complete, sustainable, agile design, free of hidden flaws, without the need to develop prototypes", said Hernandez.
"The result is measurable product improvement, return on investment and customer satisfaction".
The next step for SyCSA is using Visual Basic software to create an application that will generate detailed customer estimates from proposed designs.
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