Made Smarter Intern in in SolidWorks 3D CAD design software
About The Business: Cableduct is the UK’s leading supplier of premium-quality floor boxes and cable management solutions, many of which are bespoke for our customers. We are a family-owned business that has been manufacturing in the UK for 50 years. We provide beautiful hand-finished products and work closely with customers to understand their objectives and challenges and develop tailor-made solutions together. Core customers are specifiers and premium brands operating primarily in the UK but also globally.
Overview: You will be creating production quality CAD drawings in 3D solid works design software.
Desirable Skills: Essential Skills: Level of studies (2nd/3rd year undergrad or masters). Software / hardware knowledge Essential experience: Experience of creating production quality CAD drawings in 3D design software Experience of creating production drawings and programmes in 2D CAM software used to programme and operate CNC metalworking machines o Desirable experience: SolidWorks 3D CAD design software experience • Sheet metal module specialist • Simulation for new product development • Visualise professional Radan 2D CAM software • Ability to learn quickly and use initiative to identify and resolve problems • Be able to establish and maintain good working relationships and rapport as well as working effectively in a team • Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise and take ownership over deadlines • Efficient at prioritising tasks • Strong interpersonal and both written and verbal communication skills
Job Description:
Our manufacturing process involves turning sheet metal into beautiful and highly engineered floor box and trunking solutions.
Sheet metal is bought in and the first step in the manufacturing process is to punch out these sheets into pre programmed product configurations.
We use SolidWorks 3D CAD design and 2D Radan CAM software for programming CNC-controlled sheet metal punch machines as follows:
Radan 2D CAM software
- This programmes Trumpf CNC punch machines
- Flat 2D programming for our sheet metal products
We want to create new 3D CAD product drawings in SolidWorks, which we then ‘flatten’ into Radan 2D CAM programmes for production
These are for standard products - we now have templates for our two main floor box ranges, 700 series and Minima
We also use SolidWorks for bespoke product development which need templates as a start point for the process
What will you be doing?
- All work will be done at our factory as you will need to access the physical parts, collaborate effectively with key people and learn and get up to speed quickly
- Complete intensive manufacturing induction and training process so you understand our product range and how it is manufactured from a practical viewpoint before developing CAD drawings in SolidWorks design software
- Gain understanding of our existing template CAD drawings in SolidWorks design software by reviewing completed templates of our core floor box range
- Create production quality CAD drawing templates of our:
- Core trunking range, including accessories
- Main interfaces with our floor boxes, i.e. junction boxes, spigots
- Liaise with Solid Solutions, who provide us with technical support, to enable you to work as independently as possible
- Support and improve bespoke product development process using SolidWorks
- Convert CAD drawings into customer-facing documents and visuals to aid customer collaboration
- Raise skills of our programmers while doing the above work
Skills Required
Essential Skills:
- Level of studies (2nd/3rd year undergrad or masters).
- Software / hardware knowledge
Essential experience:
- Experience of creating production quality CAD drawings in 3D design software
- Experience of creating production drawings and programmes in 2D CAM software used to programme and operate CNC metalworking machines
Desirable experience:
- SolidWorks 3D CAD design software experience
- Sheet metal module specialist
- Simulation for new product development