Case Study: ClearStream Environmental achieves rapid design and quoting—cutting lead time from weeks to days with Tacton

Reducing Design Time from Six Weeks to Minutes with Tacton Design Automation

ClearStream Environmental, a US water‑treatment equipment manufacturer, faced long lead times and complex one‑off designs where small changes cascaded across 100+ drawings. Quoting, engineering and fabrication preparation for a sedimentation unit typically took four to six weeks and was error‑prone, limiting responsiveness and competitiveness.

By embedding Tacton Design Automation into SOLIDWORKS, ClearStream now generates accurate quotes, fabrication drawings and BOMs together, cutting quotation and design time from weeks to days (as little as one–two days). The automation increased bid hit rates, reduced errors, standardized assemblies, freed engineers for R&D, and supported rapid growth and improved margins.

ClearStream Environmental

Brian Bartholomew

Senior Project Engineer