Case Study: Palfinger achieves automated crane design and technical documentation with CAD Schroer MEDUSA4

PALFINGER Invests in CAD Schroer’s MEDUSA4 2D/3D MCAD Suite for Advanced Design Automation

Palfinger, a world-renowned Austrian manufacturer of loader cranes and other equipment, required a highly flexible and automated design solution. Their challenge was to efficiently manage and update a massive library of over 95,000 technical drawings for their long-lifecycle products and to automatically generate customized product documentation and spare parts catalogs in multiple languages. To address this, they invested in CAD Schroer’s MEDUSA4 2D/3D MCAD suite, including its Advanced Parametrics and Sheet Metal Design modules.

The solution from CAD Schroer enabled Palfinger to automate its most critical documentation processes. Using a highly customized system built around MEDUSA4's open architecture, the company automatically generates tailored product and parts catalogs directly from engineering data, integrating both 2D and 3D elements. This resulted in immense time savings, with the just-in-time creation of high-quality documentation in six languages that would be impossible to produce manually. CAD Schroer's software also streamlined sheet metal design and improved integration with other systems like PTC Creo, leading to leaner and more automated workflows.

Palfinger

Henrik Binggl

Head of Software Development