efficiency, profitability, environmental awareness, and lean

Efficiency, Profitability, EnvironmentalAwareness, and Lean Enterprise Infofor the Competitive Modern Business

Brought to you By:www.eacpds.com

Efficiency, Profitability, EnvironmentalAwareness, and Lean Enterprise Infofor the Competitive Modern Business

Brought to you By:www.eacpds.com

EfficiEncy, Profitability, EnvironmEntal awarEnEss

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The Development and Manufacturing sectors have always known that improving efficiency goes hand-in-hand with achieving profitability. It’s such a steadfast principle, in fact, that

countless seminars, software, and solutions were solely designed to tackle the matter.

In reaction to the current economic shift, many SMBs are particularly resource-starved. In order to be a lean, green product development machine, today’s manufacturing and engineering companies need to focus on the daily operations. As a leading product development partner, EAC has compiled a list of the top tools that directly improve the product development and manufacturing process. Read on to review some lesser-known power hitters that are affordable too. These tools simplifiy workflows, reduce time-to-market, and help eliminate waste in the form of paper trails and manufacturing scrap and reuse.

1. Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly Extension (AAX)

TargeTed end User: Designers of large assemblies & Plastics Designers

specialTy: Design-to-Order, Fabrication Instructions, Advanced Top-Down Assembly creation & mgmt.

Why iT’s a poWer Tool: • Manages numerous components and sub-assemblies • Production drawings and manufacturing information are updated automatically with each change • Allows for fast, error-free mass product customization

geT iT: AAX is available as an extension to Pro/ENGINEER Software Owners

2 . Pro/ENGINEER Draft Checking

TargeTed end User: Plastics and Casting Designers & Engineers

specialTy: Determines if a part within a model is drafted properly

Why iT’s a poWer Tool: • Reduces time lost with incorrectly drafted surfaces • Quickly locates surfaces that deviate from company draft standards

geT iT: Automatically included in any seat of Pro/ENGINEER software. Can be located within the Mold Analysis dialog box



3. Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling Extension (BMX)

TargeTed end User: Designers & Engineers specialTy: Design studies; smart models; uses calculated results from external programs

Why iT’s a poWer Tool: • Eliminates time-consuming manual calculations • Automatically analyzes countless iteration and recommends best solutions • Reduces numerous product costs based on design objectives, i.e. maintaining a products strength while reducing weight

geT iT: BMX is available as an extension to Pro/ENGINEER Software Owners

4. Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica Option

TargeTed end User: Engineers

specialTy: Standard Analysis for design verification

Why iT’s a poWer Tool: • Designer/Engineers gain early product insight without needing a background in FEA analysis • Decreases development costs through reduction of physical prototyping • Evaluates more scenarios than allowed with physical prototypes

geT iT: Mechanica is available as an extension to Pro/ENGINEER (Mechanica Lite is included as a free module on all up-to-date licenses of Pro/ENGINEER)

CAE Computer Aided Engineering

CAM Computer Aided Machining

5. Pro/ENGINEER Plastic Advisor Extension

TargeTed end User: General Engineers, Plastics Designers

specialTy: Plastic-filling simulation; improving injection molded parts



Why iT’s a poWer Tool: • Uncovers mold-filling problems such as short shots, air traps, and weld lines • Identifies optimal injection locations to reduce cycle times and improve appearance • Animates plastic injection fill process and automatically creates web reports

geT iT: Plastic Advisor is available as an extension to Pro/ENGINEER Software Owners

6. Pro/ENGINEER Tool Design Option (TDO)

TargeTed end User: Mold and Tooling Makers

specialTy: Creates even the most complex single & multiple cavity molds

Why iT’s a poWer Tool: • Dramatically shortens time-to-develop mold inserts, casting cavities and patterns • Automates the placement, trimming and clearance of holes for over 9,000 different ejector pins • Simulates the mold opening sequence, including interference-checking

geT iT: TDO is available as an extension to Pro/ENGINEER Software Owners

7. Startup TOOLS

TargeTed end User: Pro/ENGINEER Users specialTy: Improves user performance; Pro/ENGINEER configuration environment

Why iT’s a poWer Tool: • Central storage for company-wide standardized design procedures • Synchronized working environments for users and/or workgroups • Guidelines for installation, start objects, naming conventions and templates

geT iT: Available from your EAC Product Development Solutions representative



8. Mathcad

TargeTed end User: Engineers, Drafters, Designers

specialTy: Writes, runs, and displays engineering models and formulas in natural math notation

Why iT’s a poWer Tool: • Interfaces with all major CAD solutions • Automatically captures equations and IP in a repository for search, reuse and validation • Seamlessly handles units conversions, and automatically detects calculation errors • The “whiteboard” interface makes collaboration, calculation, and validation easy – rather than hiding equations in cells

geT iT: Mathcad is available from your local EAC Product Development Solutions Representative. Call for more information: 1-888-225-7579

There are many tools available to the engineering industry. The softwares listed above are a select few that excel at driving costs out of the R&D and product development process by

improving efficiency. Everyday these tools help companies around the world become more “Lean”, more Green, and better Product Development Machines. They simplify workflows and reduce guesswork throughout the engineering process. They present opportunities for electronic data to replace costly paper trails and improve the collaborative nature of a company. What does all this mean? Faster, less wasteful, product development – making companies like yours “Green” in two ways: Eco-Friendly and Profitable.

Please contact EAC Product Development Solutions at the number below to learn more about any of the tools presented in this document. We look forward to hearing from you.

EAC Product Development Soluitonshttp://www.eacpds.comToll Free: 1-888-225-7579

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