Solid Edge with synchronous technology enables faster, easier design modifications

Leutenegger + Frei AG designs better with Solid Edge. Food processing machine manufacturer reduces design time from three weeks to one day. Solid Edge’s synchronous technology enables design modifications to be made significantly faster and easier compared to prior methods and other systems and the company enjoys a tenfold improvement in design time turnaround.

In business for more than 50 years, Leutenegger + Frei AG, based in Andwil, Switzerland, is a leader in electric bakery equipment, fermentation stopping installations and complete cooling systems. Product innovation, compelling aesthetic designs and high quality production enable the company to regularly meet and exceed today’s market demands. For example, the freshness trend requires good-looking devices with smart functionality that can be permanently usable in bakeries and integrated bake-off-stations in combination with cold storage units. Such devices, while more expensive, represent an exceptional investment for the buyer. The devices provide superior aesthetics and productivity yet can be effectively amortized through energy efficiency, higher productivity and longevity.

In the mid 1970s, Leutenegger + Frei established a second, but equally successful line for industrial surface engineering, which involves applying appropriate treatments to the applicable components. Today, the company’s portfolio comprises cleaning and pre-treatment stations, paint finish and powder coating cabins as well as baking and enameling furnaces, which operate in combination with independent material handling systems. In paint shops all over Europe, Leutenegger + Frei’s single piece, task-specific designs provide the right brightness. To produce such equipment, the company faces completely different requirements than those faced in series or mass production. In this domain, comprehensive consulting is essential, with the result being installations according to very particular customer needs.

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K S Electromech - Industrial Machinary Solid Edge Case Study India

K S Electromech using Solid Edge, a leading India-based manufacturer cuts design cycle time by 30 percent, parts rejection by 70 percent and assembly errors by 80 percent, resulting in double-digit manufacturing cost savings

“With Solid Edge, especially its powerful synchronous technology, we are far more agile. Design changes can now be made right away to meet customer requirements. When we need to import data from other systems, we can work on the designs without having to know how they were created, which eliminates the stressful and muddled process of best-guessing our way through history-based designs.”

“Using Solid Edge has given us a measurable advantage in customer responsiveness and market competiveness.” Kamal Kant Director of Business Development K S Electromech Pvt Ltd

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Achieving speedy compliance with aviation industry regulations

Aero Technics Design Ltd, based near London Heathrow, UK, offers a specialist design and certification service for interior modifications to commercial, VIP and corporate aircraft, including interior refurbishments, reconfigurations and equipment redesigns. The company also performs cabin electrical system upgrades and provides certification for new manufacture equipment.

As would be expected, for legislative and safety reasons, all changes to the design of any aspect of an aircraft need to be closely monitored and certified by a governing body. In Europe this body is the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Working for high profile customers such as Virgin Atlantic Airways, First Choice Airways and BMI, Aero Technics Design Ltd prepares the detailed designs and as an EASA Part 21 subpart J approved company, approves minor changes to their aircraft and liaises with EASA to obtain the necessary major change approvals.

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Speed and flexibility boost development of space-borne instruments

Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL), a unit of the Utah State University (USU) Research Foundation, is a nonprofit research corporation owned by USU. Charged with applying basic research to the technology challenges presented in the military and science arenas, SDL specializes in electro-optical sensor systems, calibration, thermal management, reconnaissance systems, and small satellite technologies.

Among advancements, SDL developed and operated one of the first successful spaceborne, solid-hydrogen-cooled infrared sensors, developed real-time reconnaissance data visualization hardware and software for operational military applications, delivered successful sensors and subsystems for more than 400 spaceborne and aircraft-based payloads, and initiated, in a joint effort with USU, the first student involvement program for the NASA Space Shuttle. In fact, SDL serves as the U.S. Defense Department’s University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for sensors and supporting technologies.

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