SOLIDWORKS Case Study

About UAV Engines Ltd

UAV Engines provide leading power solutions for small & medium sized UAV's in over 25 countries worldwide.

Challenge

To design lightweight, efficient and durable engines to carry unmanned surveillance aircraft into harsh environments. In 2D, optimizing the power-to-weight ratio was limited by the constant re-work and endless number of drawings required to see different configurations. The process took too much time and often forced engineers to correct errors from one drawing to the next.

Solution

The company evaluated Solid Edge and Pro/ENGINEER, but standardised on SOLIDWORKS CAD software and SOLIDWORKS Simulation design analysis software to better visualise how to reduce the number of components, and therefore the weight of the engine, while increasing performance.

Results

Reduced the number of components in each engine to around 300
Reduced new engine design from two years to less than a year
Designed better performing engines that can carry aircraft farther and through harsher environments than those designed in 2D
SOLIDWORKS eDrawings improved design communication with customers

Company:
UAV Engines Ltd

URL
www.uavenginesltd.co.uk/

Industry
Engineering Services

Location
Lichfield, Staffordshire

Products Used
Simulation (FEA/CFD), Enterprise PDM, SOLIDWORKS Composer, SOLIDWORKS CAD

Previous CAD
AutoCAD