Case Study: Bright Engineering achieves up to 50% faster programming and 25% milling efficiency gains with Autodesk FeatureCAM

Driving efficiencies to win more business in the aerospace industry

Bright Engineering, a precision engineering firm in Lancashire serving aerospace, defence and other sectors, faced rapid growth and bottlenecks from reliance on an older CAM system and limited programmers while moving into five‑axis machining. To sustain growth and meet tight tolerances and lead times, the company launched a continuous‑improvement program and evaluated new CAM solutions, with Autodesk’s FeatureCAM emerging as the preferred option.

Autodesk delivered FeatureCAM subscriptions plus training, enabling Bright Engineering to train three staff and streamline programming. The new solution cut programming bottlenecks and times by as much as 50%, delivered up to a 25% efficiency gain in the milling section, produced clearer operator documentation for faster setups, and helped the company scale production and win more aerospace work.

Bright Engineering

Jon Hoyle

Managing Director