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Powermill Automates Time Consuming Repetitive Tasks and Increases Productivity by 20%

Powermill Automates Time Consuming Repetitive Tasks and Increases Productivity by 20%

Customer challenge

To succeed in a business field, the company should focus on improving their product's quality; that's how they stand out from the crowd. With insufficient product knowledge and less employees, Sri Prathi's Engineering Works faced many crises. Originally from Coimbatore, Sri Prathi Engineering Works, worked precisely on moulds and dies. Though Sri Prathi Engineering Works couldn't meet their customers' requirements, they were in no mood to quit halfway. They couldn't stay calm and see their customers walk away. In order to set things right, the company needed to increase their production without consuming significant processing time. That's when Sri Prathi Engineering Works decided to invest in Autodesk PowerMill CAM software. And that's when things started to change in a positive direction. PowerMill is a faster and more reliable solution. With this right decision, they produced moulds in half the time it usually took and the company evolved in full speed.

Project goals

When the virus pandemic worsened with each passing day, customers demanded faster manufacturing times for required moulds. Fellow competitors started focusing on reducing their programming and cutting time. Sri Prathi Engineering Work's main strategy was to shorten the cycle time and increase overall production. This strategy required buying 5-axis tool path machining and hiring the best people with updated knowledge about the CAM software. Autodesk PowerMill has always been an important factor for reducing cycle time by 20% without compromising much on the mould's shape. Since PowerMill works efficiently on all complex surfaces with various features, Sri Prathi Engineering Work's moulds were able to attain perfect shape and detailing. Accuracy, programming, automation and high speed machining are the important factors by which Autodesk PowerMill helps to decrease the cycle time by 20%.

Solution

The company's search for a better 5-axis machine was never an easy task and they ended up testing a few software solutions. Nothing worked up to their satisfaction. Finally, they approached ALIGN TECHNOLOGIES and their young and dynamic professionals. The team's ultimate objective was to provide technical support and guidance in this engineering field. ALIGN TECHNOLOGIES mainly focuses on reselling and servicing the right Autodesk products and suggested to Sri Prathi Engineering Works to try Autodesk's PowerMill solution. PowerMill seemed more flexible immediately and worked efficiently on solids and other complex surfaces too. Programming was the best experience. More updated versions of PowerMill provided faster tool path calculations with faster collision checking and avoidance. High quality steep and shallow finishing toolpaths made it even more reliable. Sri Prathi Engineering Works was now able to produce more moulds in less time with extreme accuracy.

Business outcome

Autodesk PowerMill is a leader of 5-axis software that actually reduced the cycle time by 20% without costly and time-consuming recalculations. It also supports arc fitting which allows the team to make use of high-speed cutting with great accuracy. "Not only the accuracy and detailing, in PowerMill we can also create our own toolpath templates and macros that helps us to fully automate the machines and save our time", says Mr. M. Muthukumaravel from Sri Prathi Engineering Works. Sri Prathi Engineering Works is always indebted to the ALIGN TECHNOLOGIES' customer care support. They always stay connected and helped Sri Prathi Engineering Works in every possible way to the maximum utility of their new life saver, Autodesk PowerMill. Since software comes together with a model file, that combination became an added advantage. As Autodesk's products are used worldwide, it's also a user friendly software.

Conclusion

Sri Prathi Engineering Works makes precise commercial moulds and dies like plastic injection moulds, PDS and fixtures. Making precise and accurate moulds without consuming much manufacturing time was their ultimate goal. With their previous process, they hardly succeeded. That's when they had their second chance to choose wisely. Using Autodesk PowerMill, they have rapidly improved their processes and customer success. "Even our customers are brimming with joy. Approaching ALIGN TECHNOLOGIES was the best decision we ever made and that paid us well. PowerMill is a lord of 5-axis software," says the Managing Director, Mr. M. Muthukumaravel B.E., Sri Prathi Engineering Works.

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 15
  • 2021-03-10

    Autodesk solutions

  • PowerMill
  • PowerShape

    Services provided

  • Product Training
  • Technical Support
  • Post Processor Development

    Customer industry

  • Design & Manufacturing
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