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PowerMill Eases Cycle Time Reduction by 25-30%

PowerMill Eases Cycle Time Reduction by 25-30%

Customer challenge

Silver Grey Engineers are well known for precision development and part manufacturing for aerospace and defense. As their business expanded, Silver Grey recognized the need for a complete CAD/CAM solution which will help them to make changes in designs and make electrodes for manufacturing. Through close collaboration with Blue Bell Engineering Solutions, Silver Grey sought to find an optimal solution for their business.

Project goals

Silver Grey had 2 key goals in their mind: 1) A complete software package of CAD and CAM which is cost-effective and user-friendly with proper back-end support. 2) A software solution which can help them to create electrodes for their complex parts with ease.

Solution

When initial discussions happened, the requirement was clear from Silver Grey. Blue Bell came up with a prominent solution for all their needs. As they were already using Autodesk's PowerMill, it was easy to integrate PowerShape with the current software. PowerMill with PowerShape has given complete freedom to edit the models, create custom models for stage-by-stage operations, and an electrode extraction feature for their sparking operations. This gave them the freedom to switch between design and CAM software when needed.

Business outcome

Having the best compatible design and CAM software, Silver Grey optimized their workflow and started making complex parts with reduced cycle times. The electrode manufacturing feature helped them to create electrodes for their complex parts in no time, eliminated the time taken for designing electrodes separately, and eliminated the cost for an external software for electrode design. Autodesk Fusion 360 also helped them to create their fixture designs and all other designing needs without going for an extra license. This solution helped them to avoid buying extra software for design and electrode modification. This allowed them to create a more optimized workflow which reduced manufacturing cost drastically.

Conclusion

Defense development parts are critical, very difficult to manufacture and always come with a deadline. "Autodesk PowerMill always helped to meet our deadlines and eliminates the chances of part rejection. PowerMill programs are efficient to minimize cycle time by at least 20-30% compared with other software. The Autodesk support team and Knowledge Network forums give the extra freedom to work without any limit. We had multiple CAM software and PowerMill is the first choice always when it comes to 5-axis,” Niranjan and Shuaib says. “Autodesk’s timely support and cycle time reduction options in PowerMill adds more profit to the business,” Mr. Niranjan concludes.

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 30
  • 2020-07-22

    Autodesk solutions

  • PowerMill
  • PowerShape
  • Fusion 360 - Machining Extension

    Services provided

  • Post Processor Development
  • Technical Support
  • Product Training
  • Product Activation & Onboarding
  • Business Transformation Consulting

    Customer industry

  • Subtractive Manufacturing
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