In this case study, we will present to you how Erowa, a Swiss company and leader in industrial automation, reduced the workload in the pre-sales phase for layout designers using the 3D simulation software, Visual Components .
Create custom models using 3D simulation software
Erowa is a Swiss company that develops, produces and distributes modern manufacturing technology for the entire metal chip cutting industry.
Erowa uses 3D simulation software, Visual Components and a bespoke library to visualize production systems for their clients . To facilitate adoption of the software, Erowa ordered its own library of custom, ready-to-use templates from Visual Components.
“The modeling service provided by Visual Components was smooth and excellent. They were able to reuse our CAD designs to quickly produce exactly the models we wanted. »
But Erowa isn't stuck just with the models created at the start of the project. Visual Components also created the “Erowa Machine Wizard” , which allows Erowa to import models created in Cinema4D directly into the 3D simulation software, Visual Components.
“There was nothing like 3D simulation before. »
“It is possible to create more proposals”
In their own words, before adopting the Visual Components tool, Erowa would create 2D layouts or spend days creating and rendering 3D layouts.
Currently, Erowa is able to provide 3D still image implementations of a family of robots within half an hour and within four hours if animated movements are required . Visual Components' 3D simulation has definitely helped Erowa create more proposals for clients with fewer hours spent.
Saving resources, saving time
Compared to CAD modeling, creating layouts and displaying robot movements is much easier with Visual Components.
An example production layout created with components from the Erowa custom component library.
“The customer may request 3 to 7 different versions just to get an idea of how the robot actually works, without regard to technical details. The 3D simulation will save you a lot of time during the pre-sales phase. »
Since starting to use Visual Components 3D simulation, Erowa implementation designers have had significantly fewer change requests in the pre-sales phase .
If the sales engineer or customer wants to see the cell working, they simply create an animated 3D PDF with accelerated movements supported by another animated 3D PDF where the machine movements and processing times are adapted to real life .
In the future, Erowa is exploring various possibilities for using 3D animated projects. The EROWA robot library will also be expanded.
If like Erowa, you are interested in the 3D simulation software, Visual Components , contact us for a free demonstration.
