Japanese manufacturer standardizes on intelligent 3D engineering design solution to ensure consistency of piping design globally
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 13, 2013 — (PRNewswire) — Mayekawa Manufacturing Company (Mayekawa), one of the most advanced companies in manufacturing industrial refrigeration compressors, has selected Intergraph® CADWorx® Plant Professional for 3D piping design of the refrigeration packages and gas compressor units it manufactures. Mayekawa has expanded the introduction of CADWorx worldwide to ensure consistency of design and better meet the needs of global projects.
Mayekawa's previous 3D engineering design system had severe limitations in operability and processing speed, which was slowing the company's production. To support its growing workload and international business, the manufacturer selected CADWorx as the replacement at its Japanese headquarters because the solution was the perfect fit with Mayekawa's requirements. CADWorx is user-friendly software that is quick and easy to set up, and is compatible with AutoCAD® and Intergraph CAESAR II® data. Another key benefit was the availability of local Japanese language support. Mayekawa has now expanded the use of CADWorx to its overseas locations, including Korea, Europe, Brazil and the United States, with the company's designers using the Intergraph solution for pipe design and equipment drawings.
"CADWorx has delivered a positive impact to our business, enabling us to reduce the time to create and modify 3D models and pipe design drawings for manufacturing," said the chief engineer of Mayekawa's Unit Products division. "The efficiencies that CADWorx has brought to our engineering processes allow us to create engineering deliverables quicker and more accurately."
Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, "We are pleased that Mayekawa has chosen CADWorx as its global engineering design solution. The bi-directional links between CADWorx and CAESAR II will enable Mayekawa to improve design quality and accuracy of engineering deliverables, while boosting productivity of projects. This is an important and strategic win for Intergraph, and will strengthen the growth of CADWorx in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region."
The CADWorx Plant Design Suite is an integrated, complete AutoCAD®-based software series for plant design that provides intelligent drawing and database connectivity, advanced levels of automation and easy-to-use drafting and design tools. The comprehensive suite of design tools includes piping, structural steel, equipment, process and instrument diagrams and design review, plus automatic isometrics and bills of material. CADWorx has revolutionized the plant design industry with its ease of use, flexibility, inter-connectivity and scalability.
The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph as the No. 1 overall worldwide provider of engineering design solutions for industry according to its "Engineering Design Tools for Industry and Infrastructure Worldwide Outlook Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2016."
About Mayekawa
Mayekawa Manufacturing Company (Mayekawa) has expanded its business by focusing on freezing and compression technologies since its establishment in 1924. It is one of the most advanced companies in manufacturing industrial refrigeration compressors. As a thermal engineering company, Mayekawa has long contributed to providing business solutions to its customer based on these technologies, and in turn continuously evolved its technology and services. The company has expanded its capability by combining research and development and manufacturing understanding in order to cope with a wider and deeper range of problems that confront customers in the 21st century.
www.mayekawa.com
About Intergraph
Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph's industry-specific software to organize vast amounts of data to make processes and infrastructure better, safer and smarter. The company's software and services empower customers to build and operate more efficient plants and ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world.
Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I). Intergraph PP&M provides enterprise engineering software for the design, construction, operation and data management of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph SG&I provides geospatially powered solutions, including ERDAS technologies, to the public safety and security, defense and intelligence, government, transportation, photogrammetry, and utilities and communications industries. Intergraph Government Solutions (IGS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation responsible for the SG&I U.S. federal business.
Intergraph is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B), a leading global provider of design, measurement, and visualization technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.
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