Power Jacks customers profit from a reduction from one day to 5 minutes for native CAD data
Intelligent multi CAD engineering data powered by CADENAS is now accessible from anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day
Power Jacks customers previously had to wait one full working day to receive a part in the required native CAD format. Through the new innovative online product configurator by CADENAS this has been reduced to 5 minutes. “It was critical for our customers to get CAD data fast, 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the world, in the format they want. It also still had to retain all of the essential product information,” explains Bruce Hamper, Marketing Director for Power Jacks. “We needed something that was leading edge technology on all fronts, so we looked on the market and CADENAS came out as the best.”
“Our website is our main marketing tool”
To ensure the users get the most out of the online system Power Jacks has implemented two separate online tools from CADENAS: the CAD configurator and a product selector. “The CAD configurator is for the engineer that understands exactly what they require, choosing and selecting the appropriate product options and variants, and downloads the part. The product selector on the other hand is for the engineer that is unfamiliar with our products but has all of required parameters of their particular applications. They input these details and the system recommends a product based on Power Jacks best practice knowledge,” says Bruce Hamper. The configurator and selector powered by CADENAS should see the number of downloads go from hundreds to thousands over the next few months following its unveiling at the beginning of March this year. Currently four product groups are online with multiple product ranges resulting in thousands of product variations in over 100 native CAD formats for example; Autodesk, Revit, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, NX, etc. with more planned for the near future.
More innovation on the way
“We are very happy to have Power Jacks as our customer with them being the largest British manufacturer of screw jacks, bevel gearboxes and linear actuators,” says Colin Johnson, Managing Director of CADENAS Solutions UK. “We are excited to have their core product range go live on the product configurator with more products being added over the next 2-months including the C-Series screw jacks. We will be supporting multiple languages including German, which aligns with the opening of a new Power Jacks office in Wangen im Allgäu, Germany. Further languages such as Chinese, followed by other European languages will also be included to help support the global sales and exports of Power Jacks.”
Support and Innovation
Power Jacks is a British design and manufacturing company with customers in more than 80 countries, which is why they were looking for a market leader in innovative technology with years of experience creating multi CAD product catalogues.
“They provided a good level of support throughout the project and that was something our old system was missing.It is great to work with a highly motivated company that is always looking to deliver new and innovative technology. For example, we love the Microsoft HoloLens which would allow our customers to interact with our products in a virtual augmented reality providing huge communication benefits,” explains Bruce Hamper. “This really shows that CADENAS is keeping up with the technology on all fronts.”
