Timken Offers Technology that Displays Its 3-D CAD Models on Distributors’ Websites
16 Settembre 2013 - 4:46PM
Business Wire
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) today announced a
system that enables Timken authorized distributors to seamlessly
link their websites to 3-D CAD models and 2-D drawings of thousands
of Timken products at cad.timken.com. The system offers customers
access to technical information from Timken and its distributors
more easily and efficiently. Timken worked closely with the Thomas
Enterprise Solutions Group in the development of the system and
piloted it with BDI, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Using technology developed by Thomas Enterprise Solutions—part
of Thomas Industrial Network, Inc.—Timken provided direct access to
its engineering drawings for BDI’s online customers in the required
format. Customers visiting BDI’s e-commerce site
(www.bdiexpress.com) can research and select products, compare
prices and complete purchases.
“For BDI, this new process is a home run,” said Bill Shepard,
vice president for the Midwest region and marketing at BDI.
“Previously, we collected data from print catalogs and Excel
spreadsheets. Whenever Timken sent us an updated product file, it
required a manual review – the whole process often took months to
re-synch the data. This new Timken solution provides quick,
seamless updates, making us more responsive to our customers.”
“Timken engineers worked closely with Thomas’ Enterprise
Solutions team to centralize information about our products,
including detailed technical specifications, and to build a library
(cad.timken.com) of 3-D CAD models and 2-D drawings,” said
Christopher Henson, director of U.S. industrial sales for
Timken.
He said that these images can be downloaded quickly in multiple
formats by current and potential Timken customers and participating
distributors. The system allows engineers to download CAD models to
insert into their own designs to ensure an exact fit and make
purchasing decisions with more confidence.
“Thomas’ new syndication services make it possible for
manufacturers like Timken to normalize their data and make it
readily available to any of their distribution channels in the
required format,” said Michael Sprague, director of Thomas’
Enterprise Solutions Group.
A complete suite of Timken® bearings and power transmission
solutions, including all 3-D CAD models and 2-D drawings, is
available at www.timken.com.
About BDI
With 182 global branch operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico,
Europe and Asia, BDI (www.bdiworldwide.com) services manufacturing
companies throughout the world. BDI is a leader in the distribution
and application of bearings, mechanical power transmission,
electrical power transmission, linear motion, fluid power, material
handling, and industrial and safety products. Value-added services
offered by BDI include inventory and supply chain optimization,
advanced technical support, documented cost savings and end-user
training.
About Thomas Enterprise
Solutions
Thomas Enterprise Solutions is part of Thomas Industrial
Network, Inc., an information and technology company that
connects manufacturing and industrial buyers and
sellers. The Enterprise Solutions Group works closely
with manufacturers and distributors to effectively manage digital
product data across a variety of enterprise-wide systems and sales
channels to meet strategic business needs. Leveraging its Navigator
Platform technology, Thomas’ services include webCAD publishing and
product configurator technology. Thomas helps syndicate
manufacturers’ data and CAD drawings directly to their large
distributors and OEM channel partners, as well as integrate content
into design and sourcing platforms that are part of an
organization’s daily workflow.
About The Timken Company
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a global
industrial technology leader, applies its deep knowledge of
materials, friction management and power transmission to improve
the reliability and efficiency of industrial machinery and
equipment all around the world. The company engineers, manufactures
and markets mechanical components and high-performance steel.
Timken® bearings, engineered steel bars and tubes—as well as
transmissions, gearboxes, chain, related products and
services—support diversified markets worldwide. With sales of $5.0
billion in 2012 and approximately 20,000 people operating from 30
countries, Timken makes the world more productive and keeps
industry in motion.
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