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Höga Kusten Teknikresurs AB (Teknikresurs) is a full-service provider in the field of technical development with extensive experience in mechanical design, product development, engineering, visualization, prototyping, and training. The company was founded in 1993 by Stefan Andersson and offers customer-focused solutions in areas such as mechanical design, hydraulics, pneumatics, mechatronics, tool design, FEM analysis, risk analysis, and CE marking. Many projects involve equipment for timber handling in sawmills, and Teknikresurs also designs and manufactures its own sawmill machinery, which has been delivered to customers in many European countries.
Teknikresurs starts with the customer’s needs and tests various options until the best solution is found. It’s rarely a matter of simply copying something when you already know what it should look like. At the same time, many sawmill projects involve assemblies consisting of several hundred thousand parts, where the software must perform equally well for layout as it does for detailed design. Rigid parametric software with fixed settings and limitations is ill-suited for both tasks.
Teknikresurs has access to several different 3D CAD solutions and understands how they work, including their advantages and disadvantages. When they have the freedom to choose, they use IRONCAD. The program offers greater flexibility and is well-suited for testing various alternative solutions. TriBall and drag-and-drop functionality from catalogs allow designers to avoid getting bogged down in constraints and parameters, and entire projects can be kept in a single file until the solution begins to take shape.
A sawmill project often begins with a 2D DWG file showing the industrial building and the conditions on-site. Next, component assemblies are placed within the same file. Only when the solutions begin to take shape are the component assemblies and sections linked to separate files. With IRONCAD , Teknikresurs can:
IRONCAD is also a key tool in Teknikresurs’ training programs for customers who want to streamline their product development. The PLM solution used is DDM, which is also provided by Solidmakarna.
According to Teknikresurs, the workflow in IRONCAD saves at least 30 percent of the time compared to the parametric method. In an assembly with over 100,000 parts, it becomes impossible to keep track of all constraints and mates in other systems, resulting in a flood of error messages. Shorter lead times from concept to prototype strengthen the company’s role as a full-service provider, and customers who have received assistance with design projects often return.
Overall, we estimate that the workflow in IRONCAD saves at least 30% of the time compared to the parametric method. This saves us a significant amount of money. We see that we’ve gained a clear competitive advantage with IRONCAD. We’re also very satisfied with the support we receive from Solidmakarna, both during on-site visits and remotely.
Stefan Andersson, Founder, Höga Kusten Teknikresurs AB
