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Company:	Eastern Instruments
Industry:	Power Generation
Application:	Ducting Systems (NOx Reduction)
MCAD System:	SolidWorks

Eastern Instruments develops highly engineered flow measurement devices for highly demanding industrial applications. The company serves it customers by cost-effectively designing fully customized systems based on their proprietary product lines.

"In this day and age I don't see how a company can profitably bring new products to market without a tool like CFdesign, states Eastern's vice president of engineering, Bob Brandt. "Our customers come to us because they know we can achieve their objectives within tight time constraints. A design process that relies on building and testing physical prototypes just isn't realistic."

Eastern Instruments uses CFdesign upfront in the design process with SolidWorks. Well integrated and fully associative with native 3D assemblies, Brandt says CFdesign extends the value of their SolidWorks investment by helping his team complete projects 2 -3 times faster. "For several years we used a traditional CFD tool that is well known and reliable but imposed bottlenecks and project delays because it could not deal with real-world 3D geometry. Switching to CFdesign has been great for our people and our process."

A recent project for a power plant in San Miguel, Texas proves the point. Brandt and his team were tasked with optimizing ducting and air flow distribution to the burners. The customer needed to know how much pressure loss to expect and how to minimize pressure loss.

SolidWorks and CFdesign were used to quickly evaluate numerous options and identify the optimal approach. During this process Brandt leveraged the powerful design visualization tools within CFdesign to better collaborate with the customer. "The Design Review and Communication Centers within CFdesign allowed our customers to interact with digital prototypes and really see for themselves how our recommendation would help. These tools supply a powerful advantage for us."