I don’t have an answer, but I do know that 70 years ago, Van Beek BV in the Netherlands
started just such a business and apparently it’s been a successful endeavor.
Today the company advertises itself as “The Standard in Screw Conveyers” and
the eight engineers at Van Beek now manage 1200 customer screw conveyer projects
year after year.
Screw conveyers, based on the Archimedes screw pump, carry product from station to station on factory assembly lines, load bulk trucks, move hazardous waste, and more. Van Beek BV says each project is unique, last minute, and fluid. So, engineers at the company custom design orders and have come to expect many last-minute changes until the machinery is installed and in production. At the same time, the company says all that uncertainty is no trouble–at least not since Van Beek BV started using direct modeling software.
“Creo’s direct modeling approach has proven to be very fast for us,” says Karten Verhoeven. “Even after many iterations of design changes, the models can be handled by anybody in the team. All our unexpected changes could easily be incorporated into the models.” This episode of The Product Design Show is a little bit history lesson, a little bit physics class, and a whole lot screw pumps. Watch toward the end to get a look at Van Beek’s machinery.
Screw conveyers, based on the Archimedes screw pump, carry product from station to station on factory assembly lines, load bulk trucks, move hazardous waste, and more. Van Beek BV says each project is unique, last minute, and fluid. So, engineers at the company custom design orders and have come to expect many last-minute changes until the machinery is installed and in production. At the same time, the company says all that uncertainty is no trouble–at least not since Van Beek BV started using direct modeling software.
“Creo’s direct modeling approach has proven to be very fast for us,” says Karten Verhoeven. “Even after many iterations of design changes, the models can be handled by anybody in the team. All our unexpected changes could easily be incorporated into the models.” This episode of The Product Design Show is a little bit history lesson, a little bit physics class, and a whole lot screw pumps. Watch toward the end to get a look at Van Beek’s machinery.
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