JUN-AIR chooses CATIA V5 for Silent Compressors

JUN-AIR considered several solutions and finally chose CATIA Version 5, partly because it can handle complex designs. JUN-AIR started out with five licenses for their Danish development department and later bought one more license for their department in the United States. Now JUN-AIR will be able to carry out detailed design and finite element analysis for all its mechanical products.

After just a few months of implementation and getting to know the new system and its work methods, Mortensen states that CATIA V5 fully meets their expectations. "CATIA is incredibly fast and can handle JUN-AIR's most complex designs without any problems. Our total development time has been reduced by more than 50 percent and this is because we no longer have to start from scratch in the case of major changes in the design. Now we can just continue working on the same data throughout the entire development phase" he said. JUN-AIR has benefited from a CATIA functionality that they overlooked during the selection process. The function is called multi-body and it makes it possible to divide a complex part into smaller units called bodies, which can then be manipulated individually. This function makes CATIA Version 5 stand out from traditional feature-based CAD systems and it makes the design of complex objects much faster and easier.

Mortensen added that JUN-AIR will concentrate its efforts now on refining its methodologies so the company can maximize its CATIA V5 benefits.

Idé-Pro Skive, an IBM Business Partner, has been responsible for the delivery of CATIA Version 5 and the training of JUN-AIR's design engineers. The company also uses CATIA V5 to develop prototypes and this has proved to be a huge benefit as it eases the transfer of the design files and ensures a faster product release.

Henrik Bøgelund, Sales Responsible in IBM PLM Solutions in Denmark, explained, "Companies experience problems due to the common assumption that '3D CAD is 3D CAD'. They choose a smaller system which, in practice, turns out to be insufficient for handling complex tasks in relation to the design and construction of machines and components. We recommend that companies choose a CAD system right from the outset which can handle their growth and this solution is CATIA."

JUN-AIR International A/S is a Danish producer of special compressors and vacuum pumps. Since JUN-AIR started producing compressors in 1958, it has become an international company with subsidiaries in 7 countries and more than 300,000 customers worldwide. JUN-AIR's compressors are used for laboratory tasks, dental work and for processing automation for medical equipment and copying machines - in fact, where ever there is a need for silently-produced clean compressed air. The compressors are developed and manufactured at the factory in N??rresundby and are sold by subsidiaries and agents all over the world.