The Challenge
Bayer HealthCare LLC is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of diagnostic medical equipment. Key products include urine analysers and blood gas analysers. The company manufactures approximately 10,000 analysers per year. In order to maintain its position in the market the company needed to cut product development cycles.

The Solution
The meet the productivity challenge head on Bayer invested in SolidWorks. “The key advantages of working with this software have been the considerable time and cost savings brought to the design process. SolidWorks allows the design team to iron out potential stress or shock failures using COSMOSWorks and this eliminates failures that previously could delay a new product launch by many months”.

Summary
The transition from 2D to 3D mechanical design has played a vital role in maintaining Bayer’s leading position in the market. 3D modelling ensures accurate material usage. Component costs can be evaluated as part of the early design concept resulting in product profitability and value for money for the customer. The technology has also made it possible for the design team to improve communication with suppliers. “The adoption of SolidWorks and COSMOSWorks analysis from reseller NT CADCAM has enabled the design team to work more effectively throughout the whole process, speeding time to market.

“Having experienced the many benefits of SolidWorks first hand I have no hesitation at all in recommending it.”
Kevin Sheldrake, mechanical design engineer, at Bayer