Success Story
Batesville Expands their Mold Business into Swiss Production Machining
Customer challenge
As a long design consultant and manufacturer of plastics tooling, Batesville was faced with diversifying their company profile by investing into Swiss style machinery to better serve the medical industry as well as the traditional markets. Although Batesville had expertise in programming milling machines including complex 5 Axis machines, integrating a multi-task turning machine was outside their skill set.
Project goals
The goal therefore was to leverage existing CNC milling programmers and train them on programming techniques for Swiss Style CNC machines. Batesville also wanted to develop a Post Processor and full machine simulation model to provide for seamless offline programming with edit free G-Code. Most importantly, due to COVID-19 concerns, all this needed to be delivered virtually online.
Solution
Our team at Design and Software International was able to provide an implementation plan that involved online training courses (due to COVID-19 concerns) as well as application specific consulting to ensure rapid adoption of the new machinery. We were able to work with the machine tool reseller and created and configured the post processor and machine simulation models.
Business outcome
The final outcome was better than expected. Offering expanded services and creating a more diversified core business together with the adoption of new modern equipment led to an expanded business for Batesville.
Conclusion
The real possibility to adopt new CNC machinery that involves a new complex application can be successful even working within travel and face-to-face restrictions if there is a proper implementation plan partnered with industry experts such as our team at Design and Software International.
Project summary
- 4
- 2020-10-29
Duration & delivery
- Fusion 360 with FeatureCAM
Autodesk solutions
- Assessment of Needs
- Implementation
- Strategy & Planning
- Workflow Optimization
- Optimize Accelerator Delivery
- Manufacturing
- CAM Programming
- Post Processor
- Manufacturing
- Software Development & Customization
- Installation
- Configuration & Deployment
- Training
Services provided
- Subtractive Manufacturing
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