| Description |
Filename |
Published
Date |
 Oakley Industries, MI, USA, reduces Material Costs
for Prototypes and Die Design Try-out Time with the
Implementation of FTI®'s FASTBANK Solution
"FASTBLANK has helped us to reduce blank development time, tool tryout time, and
material waste. It's an important tool to help us succeed in today's competitive
environment." -Michael Oakley, Oakley Industries |
oakleyfastblank.pdf |
May 2008 |
With FTI®'s FormingSuite, Metalúrgica Nakayone
reduced weight and costs of the parts produced
"Now our completely automated. software exact excess and allows us to optimize the design which in turn, allows us to reduce the weight and cost.” – Fabio Augusto Pereira da Silva, Metalurgica Nakayone |
metalnakayone.pdf |
Feb 2008 |
HYDROFORM USA, Increases Manufacturing Lead Time Efficiency by 50% with the Implementation of Forming Technologies Flat Pattern Solution
“The solution from Forming Technologies saves Hydroform USA a minimum of 90% of
the time that was associated with geometry development. This impacts the lead time for
manufacturing by more than 50% which prevent unnecessary overtime costs to achieve
production deadlines." – Julio Araujo, CNC Supervisor Programming and Machining,
HYDROFORM USA |
hydroform.pdf |
Nov 2007 |
Bruning Tecnometal, Brazil, Reduces Material and Working Costs
for Stamping Issues with the Implementation of FTI
FASTFORM® Advanced Formability Solution
“We got the opportunity to participate intensively during the development stages of the
products, analyzing and suggesting changes and improvements after the use of the
FASTFORM Advanced, and now BRUNING is not only a supplier, but an active partner.”
- Roberto Gomes, Engenharia Industrial, Bruning Tecnometal |
bruningffadv.pdf |
Aug 2007 |
Bruning Tecnometal, Brazil, Reduces Material and Working Costs for
Stamping Quotes with the Implementation of
FTI Costing\Quoting Solutions
““We saved more than 5,000 hours a year in the quoting department and the quotes are
reliable. The average of materials saved is at least 10%.” - Paulo Roberto Wink,
Engenharia Industrial, Bruning Tecnometal |
bruningfbbn.pdf |
Aug 2007 |
TOFAŞTURK OTOMOBIL FABRIKASI A.S (FIAT)
reduced Material Costs in the Cost Engineering Department with the
implementation of FTI COSTOPTIMIZER® Solution
“COSTOPTIMIZER®”…makes us more credible with suppliers, helps us make more savings in costs and spend less time for analyses.-Mr. Ibrahim, Cost Engineer, Cost Engineering Department. TURGUT, TOFAŞ, Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi A.S (Fiat) |
tofasfiatcs.pdf |
Oct 2006 |
COSTOPTIMIZER® Advanced -
DURA Automotive Systems, MI, USAReduces Material Costs at Part Design with Implementation COSTOPTIMIZER® Advanced Solution
“COSTOPTIMIZER®Advanced”–In one of our programs, we were able to optimize the material usage up to 20%. This was at the initial quoting stage to our customer and we believe that this was a reason why we were awarded the program. -Peter Pelech, Design/Systems Engineer, DURA Automotive Systems Inc. |
duraautocs.pdf |
Oct 2006 |
BLANKWORKS® -
Hampson Aerospace Alcester, UK Increases Efficiency by 66% with
Implementation of FTI® Solution
“This solution offers us significant savings in laser time, pressing time
and most of all material, as all of our parts are made from stainless steel, hastelloy-x or
nimonics." – Jason Hewitt, Manufacturing Projects Engineer, Engineering Office,
Hampson Aerospace |
bwhampsona.pdf |
Mar 2006 |
BLANKWORKS® -
Woodstock Stampings Inc. Increases Efficiency and Expands Operation After Implementation of FTI® Solution
“Since the addition of BLANKWORKS® our sales have sky rocketed to the point that we have expanded the plant twice in the last 4 years and purchased another 8 presses." –Paul Brock, Cad Operator/Estimator, Woodstock Stampings |
wsicasestudy.pdf |
Feb 2006 |
FASTBLANK® & BLANKNEST® -
Johnson Controls Saves Millions After Implementation of FTI® Solution
“We saved $US 5 million per year on piece price alone by utilizing this solution.” - Randy Taylor, Johnson Controls |
JCICasestudy.pdf |
Feb 2006 |
COSTOPTIMIZER -
Johnson Controls Achieves Instant ROI After Implementation of
FTI® Costing Solution
“The software is recognised in our business as a powerful tool to reduce cost and we
will be using it as part of our product launch process for all new programs. We will be
using it also to challenge current programs to ensure that the quotes we have been
given are representing the actual design." – James Gilmour, Johnson Controls |
JCIUKCasestudy.pdf |
Feb 2006 |
FASTFORM®
Advanced -
Electrolux Saves 100 Hours in Process Development and Press
Time After Implementation of FTI® Solution
"By using FASTFORM® Advanced, we saved
100 hours of tryout time which enabled us to meet our
targeted production date." - Electrolux |
ffadvelectro.pdf |
Nov 2005 |
BLANKNEST® -
Spartanburg Steel Products Saves Millions After Implementation
of
Forming Technology Solution
“Amazingly, over the six year
program, $ 4.2 Million is the Actual Cost
Savings being applied to our current automotive program.” Scott
Moore, Spartanburg Steel
|
blanknestsb.pdf |
Nov 2005 |
CATFORM -
Honda Solves Product Performance & Mfg problems
Honda used CATFORM to determine that 12 of the 13 target parts
could be formed from high strength steel. The body construction
method was set with confidence that the direction would not
change due to major formability problems at die trial time. |
catformhonda.pdf |
Apr 2003 |
FASTBLANK® – Accurate
Die Design Confirms Blank Results
ADD has determined that blank results have
been within anywhere from .000" to .010" of the actual
blank. Further, having the predicting metal thinning and
gathering substantially
reduces development time and avoids future problems. |
fastblankaccdd.pdf |
Apr 2003 |
FASTBLANK® – Miric
Gains Advantage when Quoting and Estimating
With the introduction of new and complex
3D parts, Miric saw a need for FASTBLANK®. The implementation
has given us the advantage of being able to produce fast
and accurate blank shapes when estimating and quoting for
the manufacture of new tooling. |
fastblankmiric.pdf |
Mar 2003 |
