Case Study: RoboHelix achieves 300% sales growth and launches the world’s first fully automated robotic flight-forming machine with SOLIDWORKS

Robohelix Making an Innovation Leap in Helicalflight-forming Technology With Solidworks Premium

Robohelix, an Australian startup, set out to revolutionize helical-flight-forming by developing the world’s first fully automatic robotic flight-forming machine and packaging it as a self-contained, modular product for rapid market entry. To accelerate R&D and commercialize the technology quickly, Robohelix standardized on SolidWorks Premium for design and analysis and used a trial of SolidWorks Simulation Premium for nonlinear stress and elasticity testing.

Using SolidWorks, Robohelix completed a modular machine design, iterated simulations to dial in the forming forces, and brought its RX series to market in 12 months; the solution reduced development time and costs, produced a machine that adjusts in 60 seconds, and helped secure an international patent. The SolidWorks-enabled approach drove explosive growth—sales rose 300% in one year, the company achieved rapid industry adoption and 100% export business, and Robohelix claims significant reductions in production cost and time.

Robohelix

David Gardner

COO