Case Study: Diamond Systems maintains industry-leading reputation and reduces ECOs by 40% with Siemens PLM's Solid Edge

Diamond Systems upgrades to 3D to maintain its reputation for leadership

Diamond Systems, the world leader in egg packing, grading and breaking machines, needed to maintain its reputation as the industry technology leader by making customer presentations and documentation visibly leading‑edge while reducing costs and time‑to‑market. To accomplish this, Diamond Systems selected Solid Edge from Siemens PLM to move its design process from 2D AutoCAD to 3D modeling.

Siemens PLM’s Solid Edge enabled Diamond Systems to build virtual assemblies, reuse 3D models in technical documentation and detect interferences onscreen, eliminating many physical prototypes. The transition caused minimal productivity loss, shortened drafting time (a test assembly that took a day in a competitor’s tool took two hours in Solid Edge), cut engineering change orders by about 40%, and allowed first prototypes to go straight to field testing—helping Diamond Systems speed time‑to‑market, lower development costs and preserve its technology‑leading reputation.

Diamond Systems

Doug Flege

Vice President, Engineering