Design Automation Saves Time and Money. Harry Irwin Project Engineer Schaefer s Electrical Enclosures, Inc.

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1 Design Automation Saves Time and Money 1 Harry Irwin Project Engineer Schaefer s Electrical Enclosures, Inc.

2 About myself After a two year Vo-tech drafting course in high school I landed a job as an electrical draftsman in Moving on to a 15 year stint with the Golden Cat division of Nestle Purina I started drawing at a board but around 1988 began using Autocad. In 1999 I began designing equipment in 3D with Autocad. Coming to Schaefer s Electrical Enclosures in 2003 I began using Solid Edge version 8. 2

3 About Schaefer s Electrical Enclosures Company started by Frank Schaefer $0-2.1M in sales, 35 employees, 35K SF facility Company purchased by current group of private investors $2.1M-$20+M in sales, 184 employees, 155K SF facility Company has always been focused on design and manufacture of custom electrical enclosures Includes standard style enclosures with custom options or non-standard, exotic, customs 3

4 Capital Investments D CAD Software, CNC Punch and Hydraulic Brakes Converted from Wet Paint to Powder Coat System 2003 & Laser Cutting Capability Added Purchased a New Facility with Greenfield Layout Automated Laser Cell, Larger Powder Coat System with 5 Separate Powder Booths Designed and Installed Custom Folding Machine Robotic Stud Welding Equipment Upgraded Laser Equipment Robotic Small Welding Cell Installed Salvagnini Fully Integrated Production Cell - Fiber Laser, Cartesian Load/Unload and Automatic Bending Center Installed Reis Robotic Welding System 4

5 About Engineering Design Automation, Inc. (EDA) Statement from web sight >> Since 1991, Engineering Design Automation, Inc. (EDA) has been helping manufacturing companies to dramatically reduce the hours spent on sales quotations, engineering, drafting, and manufacturing. EDA has a proven record of both increasing our clients competitiveness by allowing them to respond to customer inquiries more rapidly, and lowering their production costs by eliminating design errors and reducing sales and engineering time per order. Solution Partners 5

6 EDA presents at Solid Edge University 2014 Madison Presenting at Developer Day - SEU

7 EDA configurator software USES MICROSOFT EXCEL AS A REPOSITORY FOR DESIGN OPTIONS & CALCULATIONS CAN BE LINKED TO YOUR EXISTING EXCEL DESIGN SPREADSHEETS INCLUDES A SINGLE-CLICK FUNCTION TO CREATE CONFIGURED 3D PARTS, SUBASSEMBLIES & ASSEMBLIES FROM EXCEL IS INTEGRATED WITH SOLID EDGE AND SOLID EDGE REVISION MANAGER CAN CREATE 2D PROPOSAL, APPROVAL & MANUFACTURING DRAWINGS IN VARIOUS FORMATS (.DFT, DWG, DXF, PDF, ETC.) CAN CREATE MANUFACTURING OUTPUT FILES: DXF, SAT, STEP, AND MORE WEB-BASED OPTION HOSTED ON YOUR COMPANY WEBSITE FOR CUSTOMERS OR STAFF CAN BE MAINTAINED BY COMPANY ENGINEERS ONCE IMPLEMENTED 7

8 Design objective for the Automated Configurator Streamline the process of creating a new custom enclosure built from a standard base version on a per-order demand Currently, our catalog lists around 55 varieties of standard enclosures Six of those enclosures have a configurator engine to automate the creation of that style at a new size and with various optional hardware. Improve on standardization for product design and manufacturing processes 8

9 Previous, non-configurator, design methods Use Revision Manager to make new copy from master model or previously created model New models 9

10 Previous, non-configurator, design methods Use Revision Manager to make new copy from master model or previously created model 10

11 Previous, non-configurator, design methods -cont. Door clamps and padlock tabs removed Cutout modeled into door to receive new handle and latch system Clamp flanges removed from three sides of door Manual hardware swaps required (this is just one example of many combinations) 11

12 Previous, non-configurator, design methods -cont. Solid Edge.psm file DXF file DXF files, used for cutting, manually created from sheet metal parts 12

13 The EDA Configurator Process Solid Edge Revision Manager Solid Edge EDA Excel AddIn User Interface Excel Spread Sheet Draft Files DXF and txt Files 3D Model of Enclosure Assembly and Parts 13

14 The Master Models (templates) _F Wrap _H Wrap Fully Loaded Master Models made from 1 of 3 Wrap versions _V Wrap 14

15 The Drawings (.dft) 15

16 The Drawings (.dft) 16

17 The Drawings (.dft) View Scale and Location on Sheet Callouts w/ Property Text 17

18 The EDA Spread Sheet Input Sheet 18

19 The EDA Spread Sheet Input Sheet 19

20 The EDA Spread Sheet Lookup Sheet 20

21 The EDA Spread Sheet Calculation Sheet 21

22 The EDA Spread Sheet Revision Sheet 22

23 The EDA Spread Sheet Action Sheet 23

24 The EDA Spread Sheet Action Sheet 24

25 The EDA Spread Sheet Action Sheet EDA can add more command s 25

26 The EDA Spread Sheet Action Sheet cont. 26

27 The EDA Spread Sheet Action Sheet cont. 27

28 Live Demo and Q & A 28 Custom Enclosures from Scratch