Design and development is a fundamental process in the manufacture of fluid from components. Cheltenham Tool Company employs the use of industry standard design and development tools. We primarily use the CATIA Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM) solutions from Dassault Systemes.

With a considerable investment having already been made in its design software Cheltenham Tool Company has recently upgraded its systems to CATIA Version 5. We have the following Catia Modules

Generative Shape Design
Interactive Drafting
Assembly Design
Generative Drafting
Part Design
Real Time Rendring
CADAM Interface
IGES Interface
Object Manager
V4 Intergration
Generative Shape Design
Knowladge Expert
FreeStyle Shaper
Product Knowlege Template
NC Manufaturing Review
Advanced Manufacturing
Manufacturing Verification
Lathe Machining

This integrated system enables us to more efficiently complete our design and development phases.

We also employ the use of Vericut 5.1 Software used for CNC machine simulation, NC tool path verification, NC program optimisations and tool path analysis.

Our older design systems are still maintained, these are now only used for maintenance and re-work on established products and tools. All new work is done exclusively on CATIA V5.

The design and development of our forming tools, trimming jigs, inspection jigs and trim and finishing programs are all developed in house.

All our multi-axis trimming and milling machines are driven directly by the CATIA post processors ensuring that the finished product is accurate to the design.