Automation of the design of hollow metal door frames – Smart Door Frame Designer
How to Automate design of hollow metal door frames
The business requirements
A Sydney-based manufacturer of metal door frames for commercial and residential projects of all sizes and shapes. The standard metal door frames are manufactured from Australian steel and meet the highest quality standards. Designed to meet the highest standards, the current design process relies on experienced staff to design frames in 2D CAD and create CAM programs for each machine manually.
The challenges
● The lack of an automated design generation process leads to delays in responding to customer inquiries.
● Delay in engineering lead time affecting the delivery of the final product.
● Lack of a defined process for handling custom orders and fragmented design data transfer within internal teams.
● Repeated design tasks can lead to time loss and errors.
● Smart Door Frame designer -Accelerate engineering lead times by automating repetitive design tasks.
The Solution
● N C Tools studied the custom needs and 2D drawings from the manufacturer and automated the design processes.
● The team worked closely with the ERP system developers to integrate the Smart Door frame designer with the existing ERP system MYOB EXO, eliminating the need for manual data entry and human error.
● To improve performance, best practices in database design have been introduced.
● Hardware and position logic was created, and text data was automatically prepared from ERP. Frames were created, and hardware was placed in the appropriate places.
● The automatic tooling and generation of CNC programs for six Amada Turret punch machines are accomplished through the integration of MaxxCAM CAM software, which eliminates the need for manual intervention by the programmers.
● Automated generation of shop drawings, reports, and labels for downstream manufacturing and fabrication.
Impact of the Smart Door Frame Designer on the business
● The custom design and automated CNC programs resulted in a faster response to inquiries and Delivery.
● Anyone without door frame design experience can design frames, without the need for technical skills and expertise.
● In turn, the manufacturer achieved higher customer satisfaction and improved the cost of production by improving quality and reducing design cycle time.
● As a result of Smart Door frame Designer software, manual work is eliminated and the design process is automated. This reduces manufacturing costs.
● Reducing human error and increasing production rates.
Conclusion
Almost all hollow metal frame manufacturing-based organizations could benefit from door frame automation in manufacturing. The benefits of this technology have been discussed above. It is imperative that automation plays a vital role in increasing profits and ensuring that production is always on track.
Smart Door Frame software is beneficial for companies that manufacture door frames since it automates processes and provides several advantages. If you are interested in automating the production of door frames, please contact us at https://nctools.com.au/ or call us on +61 3 8618 6884
