SOLIDWORKS for Special Purpose Machine Manufacturer in Chennai- Customer Review & Casestudy

Challenges

Until 2013, Insight Engineering Systems utilized AutoCAD® 2D design tools to develop its machinery. However, as the complexity of the firm's machine designs increased, the effort required to produce detailed manufacturing and assembly drawings in 2D became onerous, and communication with customers became difficult, according to Senior Design Engineer Ganesan Balamurugan.

“Our machines require the development of large assemblies, which became increasingly time-consuming to do in 2D,” Balamurugan explains. “We decided to move to a 3D development platform to improve our handling of large assemblies, develop machine designs more quickly and accurately, and boost throughput. “To tackle the challenges of improving the handling of large-assembly designs to meet market demands for faster development of more complex industrial cleaning, electroplating, and material handling automation machinery, we found SOLIDWORKS as an optimal solution for resolving our design and assembly challenges”

Partnering with our Chennai Team of BEACON - India’s Largest and Chennai’s most preferred SOLIDWORKS Value Added Reseller; Insight Engineering Systems were able to successfully implement SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD.

Solution

Insight Engineering Systems chose to transition from 2D tools to SOLIDWORKS® Professional 3D development software. The company selected SOLIDWORKS because it’s easy to use and provides industry leading large-assembly design capabilities. With the help of SOLIDWORKS, they have been able to enhance the quality of its proposals because communication is clearer and more effective in 3D.

Since upgrading from 2D design to SOLIDWORKS Professional 3D product development software, Insight Engineering Systems has shortened its design cycles by 30 to 40 percent while simultaneously improving large assembly accuracy and reducing production and assembly rework. “With SOLIDWORKS software, we can create complete 3D machine designs in less time while avoiding the many retrofi ts and workarounds that were a fact of life using AutoCAD,” Balamurugan stresses.

Results

Shortened design cycles by 30 to 40 percent

Grew annual project turnover by 20 percent

Increased throughput by 20 percent