10 Top Reasons for Extrusion Power
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ExtrusionPower is a CAD software dedicated to the aluminum extrusion industry that offers: - A dynamic solution tailored specifically for aluminum extrusion tasks that is updated regularly based on customer needs. - The ability to build an electronic knowledge base of design processes and standards. - Advanced direct modeling capabilities and advisor technology to assist with extrusion die design tasks.
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10 Top Reasons for Extrusion Power
- 1. Why ExtrusionPower is a better choice ? www.extrusionpower.com
- 2. 100% Focus • Dedicated solution tailored for the needs of Aluminium Extrusion Industry. No need to adapt any general CAD system for your Aluminium Extrusion specific tasks. 1www.extrusionpower.com
- 3. Dynamic solution • ExtrusionPower is not necessarily bound to fixed product release dates. Minor versions of the product are released throughout the year. The wishes of customers are included with highest priority. 2www.extrusionpower.com
- 4. Knowledge Capture • ExtrusionPower helps companies to build-up an “electronic” knowledge base for themselves about own Design methods by standardizing company’s design processes. 3www.extrusionpower.com Knowledge is an asset of a company
- 5. Direct Modeling • ExtrusionPower with the modern “Direct Modeling” kernel is better fulfilling the technical requirements of Extrusion Dies in comparison to general "history based parametric" CAD. 4www.extrusionpower.com Change anytime - no limits Complex Blends
- 6. Complete Product Life Cycle • By adding complementary products the complete product Life Cycle of an Extrusion Die can be achieved, all steps from conception to delivery. 5www.extrusionpower.com
- 7. Complex Bearings • Quick modeling and modification of Bearings, a task known to be complex and time-consuming, requiring many steps to complete. 6www.extrusionpower.com Design of Bearings under 2 Minutes
- 8. Advisor Technology • ExtrusionPower advises users by giving extrusion die design specific recommendations, warnings and possible errors. Not only useful for beginners, this technology also speeds up the usage of professionals. 7www.extrusionpower.com
- 9. Best of Both Worlds • ExtrusionPower gives the freedom to create your Extrusion Dies starting with a 2D geometry (the traditional method) or directly in 3D (the new method). The result is the same: 3D Extrusion Dies 8www.extrusionpower.com
- 10. • Users own calculations and customizations can be added to the system by themselves. This possibility enables enrichment of ExtrusionPower with company confidential routines 9www.extrusionpower.com Confidentiality
- 11. ‘Technology Based’ Support • 1st class support is given from our team of highly experienced extrusion engineers to our customers at every corner of the world. We know the needs of Extrusion Die makers. 10www.extrusionpower.com
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- Here is the 1.reason from the mentioned 10 top reasons. It is definetely the most important one: Dedication to the Extrusion Industry. Adapting a general CAD System needs an investment and dedicated resources. Why to reinvent the wheel ? Several strong functions needed only from Extrusion Die makers are already included in ExtrusionPower.Why to take any general CAD solution and write some functions on it, when it is already here.ExtrusionPower adds with every new release new functionalities directed to Al.Extrusion technologies, so the gap between general packages and ExtrusionPower widens up constantly. Stay updated with new breakthrough technologies
- Frequent software product updates ensure that customer enhancement requests and wishes are quickly included in the released product. A software must be therefore flexible and dynamic. This is the subject of our 2.reasonThe possibility to take part in the software development process. Specific customizations and enhancement requests of customers are included in the products with high priority.
- Extrusion Die Design is often based on the experience of the Die Designer. Sometimes this experience may be in form of company design rules, but often it only exists in the designer’s mind and it is difficult to transfer this knowledge to other persons. Many time it is a big problem to produce the same Die once again after the Die completes his lifetime, if the Die is designed and manufactured with the tradional manual methods.ExtrusionPower is capturing the knowledge of the die designers by standardizing company’s own design methods.Capturing knowledge is a difficult task in today’s fast-moving virtual organizations. Every employee are bombarded with an almost constant stream of data every day. This overload of data is making knowledge management increasingly more important. Extrusion Die Design is often based on the experience of the Die Designer. Sometimes this experience may be in form of company design rules, but often it only exists in the designer’s mind and it is difficult to transfer this knowledge to other persons. Trial and error method is also often used, as new dies are first produced for testing only, before the final shape is fixed. Many time it is a big problem to produce the same Die once again after the Die completes his lifetime, if the Die is designed and manufactured with the tradional manual methods.ExtrusionPower is capturing the knowledge of the die designers by standardizing company’s own design methods.Actively managing knowledge can help companies increase their chances of success by facilitating decision-making, building learning environments by making learning routine, and stimulating cultural change and innovation. By proactively implementing knowledge management systems, companies can re-write the old saying, “Change is inevitable, growth is optional” to “Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.”Definition of 'Knowledge Capital'An intangible asset that comprises the information and skills of a company's employees, their experience with business processes, group work and on-the-job learning. Knowledge capital is not like the physical factors of production - land, labor and capital - in that it is based on skills that employees share with each other in order to improve efficiencies, rather than on physical items. Having employees with skills and access to knowledge capital puts a company at a comparative advantage to its competitors.Investopedia explains 'Knowledge Capital'Businesses develop knowledge capital by encouraging employees to share information through white papers, seminars and person-to-person communication. Knowledge capital is important because it reduces the odds that a company will have to "reinvent the wheel" each time a particular process is undertaken because its employees have access to documents detailing the necessary steps, and personnel who have undertaken similar activities.
- The design of "Extrusion Dies" requires special capabilities from the underlying CAD technology, like the capability for quick "last-minute" changes, creation of independent complex blends, modification of the topology or the possibility to import and modify external CAD data. Direct Modeling Systems propose modification of 3D models by recognizing the geometry on the fly, therefore it is not needeed to keep the model history. ExtrusionPower is based on a Direct Modeling kernel.History based parametric CAD products (like SolidWorks, Inventor, CATIA etc, …)
- During the production of an Extrusion Die, several manufacturing processes are applied, from CAD to CAM from FEA to ERP. Due to the open interface structure, ExtrusionPower supports the achievement of a complete Product Life Cycle. Different applications can be integrated with ExtrusionPower. We can add different CAM, PDM and simulation products to complete the Product life cycle of an Extrusion Die. All with open interfaces. From Drawing to Complete Die Set.
- Modifying bearing lengths and angles helps to achieve the desired uniform material flow (exit velocity) through extrusion dies. Design and Modification of Bearing Lengths is a time consuming process, which needs several steps, until the optimized bearings are designed. ExtrusionPower includes several functions for better and faster design and modification of bearings.For example with the 'Automatic Bearings' function we can model 3D bearing lengths under 2 minutes - which takes approx. more than an hour with a traditional CAD systems - like SolidWorks, Inventor etc.
- Extrusion Die Design is often based on the experience of the Die Designers. Sometimes this experience may be in form of company design rules, but often it only exists in the designer’s mind and it is difficult to transfer this knowledge to other persons. ExtrusionPower advises the users by giving extrusion die design specific recommendations.
- We think, now the time has come to do the Extrusion Dies only in 3D. Whichever method you use, start with 2D - add intelligent attributes and build up your 3D Die or create the Die directly in 3D, the result is the same: a 3D Extrusion Die. The 3D Die is the master model, which is used for all downstream extrusion applications, from FEM to CAM, from PDM to ERP.
- Knowledge is "the power", experience is "the tool to beat the competition". ExtrusionPower keeps user's Aluminium Extrusion knowledge and experience confidential against competition by means of customization files
- No need for own internal support team. Our engineers help you at every stage of the implementation.Support is done from engineers, who not only knows the solution who also has a deep Aluminium Extrusion knowledge.The importance of "technology based" support. Aluminium Extrusion Die Design is a new emerging technology with technical innovations which represent progressive developments for the competitive advantage. Receiving a high level product support is an important factor for a successful implementation of a CAD System.