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Kellenberger-varia-offen-510x310
  • Case Study
November 22, 2018
Kellenberger

Kellenberger develops and produces numerically-controlled precision grinding machines and systems for sectors such as automotive, medical devices and industrial machinery. The Swiss-based manufacturer recently introduced Zuken’s E3.series to automate the generation of schematics for customer-specific machine configurations, cutting the time taken by more than 90%.

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~90% time saving to generate customer-specific schematics by implementing options and variants in E³.series.
Bruker-s8-lion-feature-510x310
  • Case Study
November 22, 2018
Bruker

To improve the quality of its electrical documents such as wiring diagrams, and to raise its design efficiency, Bruker AXS GmbH Karlsruhe implemented Zuken’s E3.series at all stages. The manufacturer of X-ray analysis systems uses E3.series from concept and production to service.

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raises documentation quality and design flow efficiency for precision instrumentation with E3.series.
Stone Aerospace - Testing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
  • Case Study
November 21, 2018
Stone Aerospace

Stone Aerospace faced the pressure of a tight schedule in designing a one-of-a-kind underwater autonomous vehicle (AUV). The time needed to design the wiring harness for the AUV was reduced by around 12 weeks and $20,000 was saved by using E3.series to automate many aspects of the design process, while integrating the logical and physical design on a single platform.

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Reduce cabling design time by 12 weeks through using E3.series
EmergencyOne-fire-engine-510x310
  • Case Study
November 21, 2018
Emergency One

Specialist fire rescue and emergency vehicle manufacturer, Emergency One UK Ltd, uses E3.series software for its electrical harness design. This has enabled the company to produce wire harnesses to standardize the design and manufacturing process reaping, cost savings and reliability benefits, while also delivering flexibility through modular based customization.

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controls wire harness design complexity and slashes delivery lead times by using a digital design process.
ATK-MCAD2-510x310
  • Case Study
November 21, 2018
ATK

ATK was tasked by NASA with designing the wiring harnesses for the booster rockets powering the replacement for the Space Shuttle while employing a team that is significantly smaller than that used on the now-cancelled Ares I project. ATK accomplished its mission by using E3.series to substantially increase productivity, while eliminating the need for a physical mock-up and costly test lab.

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increases cable design productivity for space shuttle booster replacement by moving to a digital design process.
Arm-Automation-Closeup-of-panel-feature-510x310
  • Case Study
November 21, 2018
ARM Automation

ARM Automation designs, builds and supports custom automated manufacturing systems for a wide range of industries. The electrical design of these systems can be complex, running up to several hundred drawing sheets. Using E3.series intelligent schematics to drive the electrical design process, the company has reduced their development time by two-thirds.

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achieves two-thirds electrical design time reduction and increases project ROI.
Alstom-CORADIA-Continental-für-Augsburg-510x310
  • Case Study
November 21, 2018
Alstom is adopting new modular methodology for electrical design

After acquiring various companies around the globe in the 1990s, Alstom needed to integrate new elements into its international corporate structure in order to improve productivity and planning. This also meant creating a standardized software landscape that would cover all divisions of the group.

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Alstom improves productivity and planning by adopting a modular methodology for electrical design.
RENISHAW-REVO-2_with_RSP3_probe
  • Case Study
November 19, 2018
Renishaw

Flexible and flexi-rigid PCBs are integral components within many of Renishaw’s products, and detailed signal integrity analysis is needed to ensure high speed digital signals can be transmitted with minimal distortion. Renishaw migrated to Design Gateway and Design Force, part of Zuken’s CR-8000 PCB design suite, primarily to help with the design and analysis of next-generation flexible PCBs.

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Better fit and impedance control for complex flexible PCBs in metrology instruments.
mueller-martini-Alegro_Schrank-510x310
  • Case Study
November 15, 2018
Müller Martini

Müller Martini supplies highly flexible, customized print processing machines to the graphics industry. The Swiss-based company recently took the replacement of an end-of-life CAD installation as an opportunity to re-engineer established procedures in electrical engineering and handover to production.

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enhances variant and option handling and reduces manufacturing costs by moving to an object-oriented ECAD environment.
Mecalac
  • Case Study
November 15, 2018
Mecalac

Mecalac designs and manufactures heavy plant vehicles for use in construction. Their vehicles – backhoe loaders, site dumpers and compaction rollers – are each offered in several variants. They all need to work in harsh environments.

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cuts the time taken to develop right-first-time cable harnesses for its heavy plant vehicles.
Pantec-RHINO-II-machine-510x310
  • Case Study
November 12, 2018
Pantec Automation

When Pantec Automation’s customers faced pressure from low-cost counterfeit machinery, they realised the best way to fight back was to help customers reduce their own costs. Through wholesale efficiency improvements achieved by expanding its use of Zuken’s E3.series and integrating it into its ERP/PPS, Pantec Automation enabled its customers to better serve end-users.

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cuts machine manufacturing turnaround time by around 50%, reduces product costs, and helps protect IP for its customers.
BCA-Leisure-Test-510x310
  • Case Study
November 08, 2018
BCA Leisure

BCA Leisure designs and manufactures mixed power cable harnesses for almost every UK-based OEM of caravans and motorhomes. The company has been using E3.series for a number of years and recently started using E3.cable, part of Zuken’s E3.series suite, which is now heavily relied upon during the development of 100+ different prototype harnesses each year. This is followed by provision of detailed production drawings to the shop floor.

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Using E3.series to design and manufacture cable harnesses for caravans and motorhomes
KRONE integrates ECAD, MCAD and ERP to enable integrated design and sourcing
  • Case Study
October 10, 2018
Krone

KRONE, a major brand in the agricultural machinery market, implemented an interdisciplinary product development process. Using Zuken’s E3.series, KRONE linked ECAD, MCAD and ERP to develop an integrated digital engineering and sourcing process, achieving sizable benefits for both sourcing and service. With an integral representation of mechanical and electrical product information, KRONE was able to make solid progress in implementing its major business optimization strategies: Industry 4.0 and Farming 4.0.

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Krone Agricultural Machinery integrates ECAD, MCAD and ERP to enable integrated design and sourcing
endress-hauser-production-550x342-510x310
  • Case Study
October 01, 2018
Endress+Hauser

With PCB data and process management solutions from Zuken, Endress + Hauser has standardized development and manufacturing processes across five geographically-distributed operations, enabling company-wide parts standardization, design-reuse and increased engineering productivity.

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Endress+Hauser standardizes PCB engineering and production processes for industrial measurement products across distributed locations
toshiba-transfer-jet-813x492-510x310
  • Case Study
September 26, 2018
Toshiba

Toshiba faced a difficult design problem: their TransferJet™ technology was embedded in a customer cell phone, and when the next rev of the phone they needed to shrink the board and the module thickness. On top of that, they had to add RF matching to simplify the adoption of the module. Toshiba used Zuken’s CR-8000 Design Force with ANSYS analysis tools to accomplish the project.

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significantly reduce product size with 3D chip, package, board co-design.
new-TCC-unit-510x310
  • Case Study
June 25, 2017
BAE Systems
Case Study, BAE Systems
BAE Systems uses CADSTAR to help reduce turret control computer wiring by 98%