Company overview

• Founded in 1938
• More than 14,000 employees worldwide
• Annual sales are approximately $3 billion
• Headquartered in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA
• Serving customers in more than 60 countries
• First or second in every market company serves
• Global market leader in tooling for the mining and highway construction industries.
Learning Objective
• The Objective is to utilize the tools available in SolidWorks like Design
table, Configuration publisher and SolidWorks Macros to perform
automation such that the manual task of creating modelling is
minimized to some extent.
Task performed
• Procedure to create gear box for headstock assembly of a SPM was
taught. 2D drawings in AutoCAD and 3D modelling in SolidWorks of
the same was drawn and modelled respectively. So that the manual
procedure is understood.
Comprehending systems/ process / Design

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Acquired skills
• 2D drafting in AutoCAD
• 3D modelling in Solidworks
• Solidworks API programing
Approach to problem solving
• Created 3D parts of various components such as boring spindle,
drilling spindle, drive shaft, gears, idler shaft, input shaft, reaming
spindle, crank shaft etc. with an idea of creating tool library for
headstock configuration.
• Created list of components used in headstock of SPM and
corresponding numbers of these components in an Excel sheet so this
data could be verified with the final Bill Of Materials (BOM) which
was to be released. This task helped me to be familiar with the
components used in headstock assembly
• Was asked to edit design calculation format sheet for gear
measurements and spindle stiffness which helped in understanding
various gear parameters such as no. of teeth, module, no. of teethes
to be measured, tolerance on measurement, tooth to tooth error etc
and various parameters which controls the stiffness of spindle like
deflection due to radial yield of bearings, radial stiffness of the
bearing near load point, length of overhanging portion of spindle,
bearing span, radial stiffness of the bearing away from load point.
Competitors
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• Bharat Fritz Werner (BFW)

• Ace Micromatic
• Makino