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Shortened design cycle by 25 percent
Reduced analysis time by 20 percent
Improved product confidence by
25 percent
Reduced field assembly from 90 to
60 days
A global leader in the manuacture o shovels, drills, and
draglines or the suracmining industry, Bucyrus International, Inc.
grew in 1997 through the acquisition
o the Marion Power Shovel Company. As part o that acquisition,
Bucyrus begaan assessment o how the merged companies developed
products. The obviousstarting point was the companys design and
engineering tools, according to
Designer Frank Szpek.With 2D drating, inal assembly detail
drawings or such things as hydraulic
plumbing runs were occasionally completed ater the actual actory
it-up wasdone, Szpek explains. We knew 3D solids were the way to go
to achieve
improved eiciencies, so we acquired several seats o SolidWorks
sotwareand began experimenting, using it in a limited role on small
projects.
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Bucyruss early experience with SolidWorks sotware led the
company to selectthe package as its standard design tool. According
to Rick Correll, computer
graphics administrator, Bucyrus chose SolidWorks 3D CAD sotware
becauseo its ease o use, large-assembly capabilities, 3D
visualization and animation
eatures, and tight integration with product data management
(PDM) and analysistools. By using SolidWorks, Bucyrus has shortened
its product design cycle
by 25 percent, reduced its analysis time by 20 percent, and
raised productconidence by 25 percent.
Because Bucyrus uses SolidWorks sotware to design machines in
subassemblor zones such as the operator cab assembly, the utility
room assembly, the lubroom assembly, the ballast box assembly, and
the electric room assembly, the
company now delivers machines by shipping subassemblies in
stages, providingimproved organization and instructions to feld
assembly personnel. Under the new
system, Bucyrus has virtually eliminated assembly changes in the
feld and reducefeld assembly time on its latest electric shovel
product line rom 90 to 60 days,
setting a new standard or product delivery in the surace mining
equipment mark
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Bucyrus shortened its design cycle by 25 percen
the Model 795B Electric Mining Sh
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Bucyrus leverages the physical dynamic assembly capabilities in
SolidWorks toperorm clearance checks on large assemblies and moving
pieces in its machineThe company also uses SolidWorks assembly
capabilities to make sure there ar
no intererence problems.
All o our machines are big and involve thousands o components.
SolidWorks he
us to easily resolve problems that in the past were not
discovered until we begaassembling the machines, notes Rick
Correll, computer graphics administrator.
Bucyrus can also simulate cab visibility in SolidWorks to ensure
nothing obstructsthe operators view, according to Designer Derrick
Juul. With SolidWorks, we
have a better handle on where everything is located because its
all modeled in3D, Juul says.
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By using applications integrated with SolidWorks sotware,
Bucyrus has takena concurrent approach to engineering and realized
additional productivity gains.
Through consulting services provided by IMPACT Engineering
Solutions, Inc.,a SolidWorks Certiied Gold Services provider,
Bucyrus perormed an audit o its
engineering inormation low and developed and implemented a plan
to addressa ull range o integration and process issues, including
inrastructure, training,
and maintenance.
Using the Matrix product data management (PDM) system to manage
SolidWork
design data, separate teams work in parallel on dierent
subassembly zones durinconceptual design. By bringing inormation
out o Matrix into SolidWorks, we kep
current with the other design teams, Szpek says.
Using SolidWorks Simulation sotware, which is ully integrated
with SolidWorks
Standard, Bucyrus has cut its analysis time on the project by 20
percent, Correlsaid. The number o Bucyrus engineers who can perorm
analysis has doubled aa result. Bucyrus also uses SolidWorks design
communication tools to create pho
realistic animations or customer presentations. Instead o doing
shadow castsand trying to make 2D drawings come to lie, the
graphics we produce now take
the conversation to an entirely new level, says Marketing
Manager Kent Hensche
The SolidWorks integrated CAD system
supports a collaborative approach
to assembly and subassembly design
at Bucyrus International, Inc.
Bucyrus International, Inc.1100 Milwaukee AvenueSouth Milwaukee,
WI 5317Phone: +1 414 768 4000www.bucyrus.com
Dassault Systmes SolidWorks Corp.300 Baker AvenueConcord, MA
01742 USAPhone: 1 800 693 9000Outside the US: +1 978 371 5011Email:
[email protected]
SolidWorks helps us to easily resolve
problems that in the past were not
discovered until we began assembling
the machines.
Rick Correll, Computer Graphics Administrator
