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Copalcor Projects Office

Copalcor Projects Office

Customer challenge

Copalcor (Pty) Ltd is South Africa’s largest manufacturer of copper, brass and alloy-based, semi-finished products and turnkey busbar solutions. Copalcor offers solutions incorporating a wide range of rolled, extruded and forged non-ferrous metal products for the local and international markets. The Company's challenge is that their clients have very specific needs, and to accommodate their unique requirements they needed innovative design software to offer a variety of solutions until they found the most suitable. On top of this, Copalcor are facing huge competition in the manufacturing market with tight margins and the availability of materials.

Project goals

Once the product is designed and authorised by the customer, the Company Goal is to simulate the various parts of the process and ensure a quicker flow from raw material to final deliverable. The quicker the team can commission products on site, the more their customers will return for repeat business. Copalcor saves costs for both companies by the upfront design and confirmation of a quicker process to final product.

Solution

With their team of design specialists in the Copalcor Projects Office, they are able to liaise with customers in 3D and virtually walk them through the complete process of their final product. Once this has been determined, they can get to work on any specialised fixtures or jigs required for efficient delivery. The Projects Office primarily uses Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Mechanical to meet their unique design and manufacturing needs.

Business outcome

Through ongoing development and expansion, the company maintains its position as a leader in the field of service to South African strategic industries and continues to grow as an exporter worldwide. Standards are maintained throughout each process, from validation of raw material to the final semi-manufactured product. This is achieved by adherence to ISO 9001:2015.

Conclusion

Copalcor’s internal workflow and years of experience are greatly enhanced by their use of Autodesk Products - Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical and Vault. Having the ability to provide customers with the chance of endorsing the final product before one process starts on the shop floor is amazing. "Thanks to the help of our preferred Autodesk Solution Provider for the past 17 plus years, Inisys has been instrumental in setting up our drawing office and we know Copalcor can rely on the high standard of support we receive from them when the need arises." – Wendy Buchler, Copalcor

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 30
  • 2021-07-31

    Autodesk solutions

  • Inventor Professional
  • AutoCAD Mechanical
  • Vault Workgroup

    Services provided

  • System Implementation
  • Configuration & Deployment

    Customer industry

  • Design & Manufacturing
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