Case Study: B&J Specialty boosts automotive duct production by 30% with Cimatron CAD/CAM and metal 3D printing

B&J Specialty boosts production rate 30% with Cimatron

B&J Specialty, an automotive parts manufacturer, faced a challenge in increasing the productivity of injection molding for an automotive duct, which required a long tooling cycle to avoid warpage. To solve this, they turned to vendor Cimatron and its integrated CAD/CAM software.

The solution involved using Cimatron software to design molds with internal conformal cooling channels, which were then produced via metal additive manufacturing. This implementation resulted in a 30% increase in production rate, an 86% reduction in temperature variation, and a cycle time reduction from one minute to 40 seconds. Cimatron's technology enabled higher-quality parts and more efficient cooling, delivering substantial time and cost savings.

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