Lövstål Verktyg AB – Faster Fixture Design and Smoother Customer Collaboration with IRONCAD

About Lövstål Tools

Lövstål Verktyg AB designs and manufactures fixtures, primarily for the automotive industry: welding fixtures, assembly fixtures, and inspection fixtures, as well as smaller automation solutions. With a high level of expertise and a focus on quality, the company delivers customized solutions that streamline its customers’ production. Fredrik Lövstål spends IRONCAD on a daily basis to develop the fixtures.

The Challenge

Fixtures are developed in close collaboration with the customer. An initial sketch must be produced quickly, and during the ensuing dialogue, the solution is often modified right in the middle of the meeting. This requires a CAD tool that allows changes to be made immediately, without first having to rebuild the design.

Why IRONCAD

IRONCAD simplifies the entire process. Recurring components such as quick-release clamps, pneumatic cylinders, and previously used fixture parts are saved in catalogs and inserted using drag-and-drop. Existing parts are reused for similar projects, and the design can be viewed and modified in real time together with the customer.

How Lövstål Verktyg Operates Today

With " IRONCAD ," Lövstål Verktyg can:

• Quickly create a preliminary sketch of the fixture and send it to the customer for feedback
• Make changes in real time during Teams meetings together with the customer
• Insert recurring components via drag-and-drop from catalogs
• Reuse existing parts and shorten the design time for similar projects
• Showcase the design so intuitively that customers often ask which CAD program is used

The result

From the first sketch to the finished fixture, the process is faster than ever, while maintaining high quality. The intuitive approach makes collaboration with customers both close and efficient.

We use IRONCAD because it streamlines the process when we manufacture fixtures. We usually create an initial sketch of the fixture, which we send to the customer. We then discuss the solution together in a Teams meeting, where I often make changes right on the spot during the call. People often ask us which CAD program we use because it seems so easy to work with.

Fredrik Lövstål, Lövstål Verktyg AB

Connect with Fredrik Lövstål via Lövstål Verktyg on LinkedIn.