Manufacturing Industry
3D modeling shortens pump-design cycle: interference checks speed up development.(Select Comfort Corp.)(technology application)
Design News, September, 2004 by Presher, Al
For market-driven companies like Select Comfort, time-to-market from original concept and design is the critical factor to overcome in producing more complex products. To compress the design and production cycle for new bedding products--including a pump design for its SLEEP NUMBER[R] beds--Select Comfort has turned to advanced CAD and 3D modeling, which has cut design time.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dan Koughan, project engineer and a lead designer at Select Comfort, says his company has moved to 3D modeling "across the board" because it can handle more complex design tasks easily. In the past, designers used a variety of CAD packages, including 2D tools, but had limited design tools for creating complex surfaces and knitting together assembly...
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