Specialist manufacturer possesses advanced capabilities

Summits Hygronics Private Limited (Summits Hygronics) offers a complete range of products and solutions for compressed air purification, gas generation and purification, and industrial cooling systems. Certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as 9001-2008 compliant, the company caters to many public and private sector industries in India, Europe, the Middle East, and the USA. Summits Hygronics possesses full, in-house capabilities to produce all of its products. This includes state-of-the-art fabrication facilities, computer numeric control (CNC) machining centers, advanced test facilities, and product lifecycle management (PLM) technology.

That PLM technology is Solid Edge software from Siemens PLM Software. “Solid Edge really helps us in conceptualizing new products with better aesthetics for global markets,” says Rajmohan Sathyadev, director at Summit Hygronics. “It helps us to convince our customers of our strengths and capabilities in design, which are on par with any European or American manufacturer. We are not only using this software as a design tool, but also a marketing tool.”

2D dilemma

Like many manufacturers, Summits Hygronics used a classic 2D approach to design for many years. According to Bala Kannan, manager of Design and Engineering at Summits Hygronics, there comes a time when 2D is no longer adequate, especially with respect to overall product visualization and manufacturing assembly sequences. Moreover, the company is seeking to become a significant global company in its field through core technological advancement.

“To resolve these issues, we decided to upgrade to 3D CAD software.”

Product validation/optimization

Summit’s Hygronics chose Solid Edge after seeing a demonstration. “Before selecting Solid Edge, we contemplated various other CAD solutions,” says Kannan. “We chose Solid Edge because we were convinced that it would enable us to readily validate products across various operational aspects, including manufacturing feasibility, ease of assembly, etc. A comprehensive 2D/3D CAD system, Solid Edge makes it easy to perform assembly-level editing. Use of the software also helps us optimize piping and tubing total length and cut length. With Solid Edge, we have significantly reduced the time required to complete product designs, with automatic drawing creation and BOM generation playing a key role here.”

“With Solid Edge, it’s easy to create an error-free BOM,” adds Kavin Karthikeyan, a design engineer at Summits Hygronics.

No need to know the history behind the model

“In general, new users do not understand the term ‘history-free, feature-based modeling/editing,’ but when they use Solid Edge, the advantages of this capability become obvious,” explains Kannan. “Solid Edge is a good tool to speed up the virtualization process.

30 percent increase in new business

Since the deployment of Solid Edge, Summits Hygronics is preparing 95 percent of the BOM during the design phase. Its design cycle improvement is significant. Most importantly, the company has realized a 30 percent increase in new business.

“With Solid Edge, our business opportunities have expanded; we are winning important new contracts,” says Raj Daniel, a senior manager of Heavy Engineering at Summits Hygronics. “We are now fiercely competitive and our quality has never been better.”

Kannan concludes, “Siemens PLM Software’s Solid Edge is the key contributor to the positive changes at our company. I also applaud Siemens PLM Software’s partner Shuban Technologies. We have known Shuban Technologies for a long time; we are pleased with all aspects of the company’s support and service.”