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Danish Tool Factory's Migration to Autodesk PowerMill & Fusion Platform Improves Cost Efficiency (and provides new options)

Danish Tool Factory's Migration to Autodesk PowerMill & Fusion Platform Improves Cost Efficiency (and provides new options)

Customer challenge

Hjernø Værktøjsfabrik A/S is one of Northern Europe's largest and oldest tool manufacturers and highly specialized in producing technically demanding injection molding tools. Hjernø A/S was facing challenges as their former solution was not providing high enough performance and did e.g. not perform in 5-axis simultaneous mode. They wanted a more efficient solution that would rely less on manual labor and utilize automation to a higher degree.

Project goals

The goal was to make use of a unified platform that would reduce communication errors, reduce manual labor and improve the performance, while also being able to bid on more demanding & complex projects.

Solution

NTI and Hjernø started their collaboration with a discovery workshop to look into the business processes. After having understood these also with a keen eye on the return of investment, Hjernø migrated to one platform solution, i.e. the Autodesk PowerMill & Autodesk Fusion platform. NTI conducted macro programming to automate processes, adjusted postprocessors and machine parameters to optimize the actual time consuming on the CNC machines. An intensive training by NTI was also conducted to allow Hjernø to utilize the platform in the most optimal manner.

Business outcome

By moving to a platform consisting of Autodesk PowerMill and Autodesk Fusion 360 Design and CAM (a one platform solution), Hjernø A/S is able to make better and faster solutions which again makes them more cost efficient. In addition to this the automation functions in Autodesk PowerMill has made Hjernø A/S able to offer projects to more high-end and demanding customers. The automation also means that recruiting workforce is easier as specialist knowledge is not needed to the same level.

Conclusion

Thanks to the one platform solution offered by Autodesk and NTI’s support, Hjernø A/S is now able to work more efficiently and bid on more complex projects. The automation part plays an important role in this. By having a unified platform, risk of errors are reduced and dependency of individuals is decreased.

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 23
  • 2021-04-29

    Autodesk solutions

  • PowerMill
  • Fusion 360
  • Product Design & Manufacturing Collection

    Services provided

  • System Architecture
  • Product Training
  • Post Processor Development
  • System Implementation
  • Configuration & Deployment
  • Business Transformation Consulting

    Customer industry

  • Design & Manufacturing
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