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| Bosch
Rexroth Canada. |
| “Our business
relationship with VEST USA continues to
be a positive and profitable venture for
us. Utilizing MDTools has provided an
intuitive and powerful software solution
for BRCA, one which continues to evolve,
continually develop, and be supported
by very experienced people. Not only is
VEST knowledgeable in software development,
but they understand the fluid power business,
and the challenges associated with hydraulic
integrated circuit design. |
| Using MDTools,
we have been able to cut our manifold
block design times by 50% versus our previous
CAD solution, and we look forward to leveraging
even further the 3D Cad model by integrating
their CAMit technologies in our manufacturing
processes moving forward. |
| Thanks to VEST,
the future of manifold design and manufacturing
in a 3D environment has never look brighter.
” |
Jim Lambert C.E.T.
Systems Design Manager
Hydraulic Business Unit
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp |
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| Fritz
Schur Energy, Denmark |
| “Fritz Schur
Energy has been using MDTools for design
of hydraulic manifolds since 2007, and
we are very satisfied with the application
and VEST USA / Taunus-IT as suppliers. |
| In general we
are saving up to 50% of the design time
for the new manifolds thanks to easier
overview and a huge library of standard
cavities, and we have minimized the risk
of design-errors thanks to the built-in
design control functions in MDTools. |
| For us it’s
a huge advantage that the application
is running as an add-on to our existing
CAD-software, which means that the users
get along with the programme very fast. |
| Also VEST USA
and Taunus-IT in Germany are always responding
very fast, both in terms of sales and
support, and we have an image of a very
professional organisation with a high
level of knowledge about hydraulic manifold
design.” |
Robert B. Juul
Technical Project Engineer
Fritz Schur Energy AS, Denmark |
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| INAB,
Sweden |
| “MDTools
from VEST USA is INAB’s choice for
manifold design and development. It allows
our designers to produce prototypes, in
a timely and cost effective manner, as
well as fine tune manifold systems to
meet the high demands our customers by
embedding the most potent features needed
in creating our hydraulic system solutions. |
| Having such powerful
tool that seamlessly integrates into our
3D CAD environment, made the software
easy for our designers to adopt and to
become the cornerstone of our everyday
product development.” |
Greg Lehman
Product Development Engineer
INAB Automation AB |
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Weidemann Hydraulik
GmbH
Success Story at Weidemann GmbH, Germany |
| “After initial
teething problems which have been resolved
by VEST within a few weeks time we are
now using the software, thanks to specific
enhancements, pretty smoothly for more
than 2 years. |
| Using MDTools the quality
of our designs have significantly improved.
Formerly we designed manifolds with 2D
AutoCAD and even the drawings always had
been checked by a second designer the
first block machined every now and then
ended as scrap, due to design errors.
Rectification work was frequently necessary.
Now, even though we completely eliminated
the checking by second designer, with
MDTools we reduced design errors to almost
zero. |
Beside increasing the
quality we now design 3 times faster.
And many blocks, particularly those with
many cartridges, can be designed more
compact and cost-effective thanks to the
3D shading of MDTools.
Exchanging 3D files when the manifold
has to fit on a machine part by far simplifies
coordination with customers compared to
the former 2D drawings. |
| Overall, MDTools has
changed the manifold design process in
a way we've seen 20 years ago when we
replaced the drawing board by CAD.” |
Original German
version:
Anwenderbericht zu MDTools730 der Weidemann
GmbH |
“Nach ersten Anlaufschwierigkeiten,
die von VEST aber innerhalb weniger Wochen
beseitigt wurden, z.T. in Verbindung mit
für uns speziell konzipierten Anpassungen
und Erweiterungen, arbeiten wir seit mehr
als 2 Jahren weitestgehend problemlos
mit der Software. Die Konstruktionsqualität
ist durch den Einsatz von MDTools erheblich
verbessert worden. Bei früheren 2D-Konstruktionen
unter AutoCad kam es gelegentlich vor,
das trotz Kontrolle durch einen zweiten
Konstrukteur ein Block bei der erstfertigung
durch Konstruktionsfehler nicht verwendbar
war. Nacharbeiten waren relativ häufig.
Durch MDTools konnte die Kontrolle eingespart
werden, trotzdem treten so gut wie keine
konstruktionsbedingten Fehler mehr auf. |
| Die Konstruktionszeit
ist gegenüber 2D-CAD auf ca. 1/3
gesunken, bei besserer Qualität.
Viele Blöcke, speziell solche mit
vielen Patronenbohrungen, können
wegen der gegenüber 2D erheblich
vereinfachten Darstellung im 3D-Modell
deutlich kompakter und damit kostengünstiger
konstruiert werden. |
Die Abstimmung mit Kunden
erfolgt häufig durch den Austausch
von 3D-Dateien, was bei direkt an Maschinenelementen
angebauten Blöcken wesentlich einfacher
geht als der frühere Austausch von
2D Zeichnungen.
Insgesamt hat sich die Blockkonstruktion
durch den Einsatz von MDTools mindestens
so gewandelt, wie vor über 20 Jahren
durch den Ersatz des Reissbretts durch
ein CAD-System.” |
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