Geometric Limited announced that through usage of its solids-based CNC programming solution, CAMWorks, Godrej’s Process Equipment Division (PED) has seen quantum improvements in machining processes.
Godrej Process Equipment Division (PED), part of Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company, manufactures custom-built and critical equipment for the process industry. The company has embarked on a modernization drive to fulfill customer demands for faster deliveries, while improving process efficiency and quality.
One of the key products that Godrej PED manufactures is pressure vessels. These gigantic equipments comprise of thick pressure vessel tanks that have multiple inlet and outlet nozzles. The main challenge lay in the accurate profiling of these nozzle-weld-profiles to fit the mating part so that the ensuing welding process would have a smoother transition. They, therefore, needed a tool that ensured consistency and repeatability.
CAMWorks addressed this need, by using Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR) to consistently define features and mapping them to an intelligent knowledge database, TechDB™, to determine the machining processes. With these two technologies as the backbone, CAMWorks has been able to provide cost effective and simple-to-use software to Godrej PED with its advanced 3-Axis module to create the machining program for the WEP of nozzles and their cutouts.
“CAMWorks has helped us in improving the overall quality and productivity. The advanced capabilities have created a whole new automated machining experience, and has been easy to implement with the excellent support offered”, said Mr. Ashwini Kumar Garg, Chief Manager, Godrej PED. “Earlier, process required a lot of manual intervention resulting in inefficiencies in the way profiles were prepared and they lacked consistency, consequently resulting in over usage of significant weld consumables at the later stages. “We have saved approximately INR 2 Mn annually for only the nozzle profiling process. The manual operational time of 100 man-hours has also come down by 60%, thereby ensuing better production rates and consistent quality”, he added.
“We are very happy to partner with Godrej PED in their effort to modernize their processes. Our CAMWorks solution has been configured to interpret the manufacturing intent for machining of the J-welds, and thus ensure that repetitive tasks are standardized consuming less time and money”, said Mr. Sameer Kondejkar, Geometry Technology Solutions Vertical Head at Geometric.
