{"id":692,"date":"2013-11-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2013\/11\/26\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\/"},"modified":"2013-11-26T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T09:00:00","slug":"autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Digital Prototyping Software Helps Karcher Clean Up With Innovative All-in-One System"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a dirty world out there \u2014 and Karcher North America<\/a> (Karcher) is doing its best to clean it up.<\/p>\n

A leading provider of consumer, commercial and industrial cleaning equipment, Karcher has been named the Autodesk November Inventor of the Month<\/a> for using Autodesk Product Design Suite<\/a> to design the LANDA ECOS: a mobile \u201cwash and reclaim\u201d system that combines a hot water pressure washing system with an integrated wastewater recovery and filtration system \u2014 all housed on a tandem-axle trailer.<\/p>\n

\"ECOS-M-1102<\/a><\/p>\n

As a fully self-contained mobile system, ECOS can go almost anywhere, providing contract cleaners, municipalities and other customers with an easy way to clean sidewalks, parking lots and other surfaces. After cleaning, the wash water is collected by the vacuum recovery system to be filtered and reused \u2014 or simply to be discharged in a different location \u2014 providing an environmentally friendly benefit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first all-in-one trailer system on the market that has all the components \u2014 holding tanks, pressure washer, heating system, recovery system \u2014 fully integrated into its design,\u201d said Shannon Taylor, senior engineering manager at Karcher. \u201cAutodesk Product Design Suite played a big role in shaping its final form by letting us digitally prototype<\/a> our ideas before anything was built.\u201d<\/p>\n

Working with Autodesk Platinum Partner KETIV<\/a>, Karcher received the training it needed to take full advantage of the functionality within Product Design Suite. For example, by using the finite element analysis (FEA) tool within Autodesk Inventor<\/a> 3D design software, Karcher was able to come up with a design for the frame of the trailer that reduced the overall weight by 30 percent.<\/p>\n

Karcher used Product Design Suite to rethink internal components of the ECOS as well. To provide a more robust water-heating capability for the ECOS, the company designed its own oil burners in-house rather than purchasing them from a third party.<\/p>\n

\"KNA_01<\/a><\/p>\n

Using Inventor software, the company designed the housing assembly of the oil burner to provide optimum airflow for a flame, and then shared the 3D model with its overseas manufacturing partner to easily communicate what was required and ensure they could manufacture it.<\/p>\n

The advantage of digital prototyping across the entire workflow also extends to product documentation. Using Autodesk Showcase<\/a> 3D visualization software allowed Karcher to provide photorealistic images of the ECOS trailer to the departments responsible for producing operator manuals, service manuals and manufacturing manuals \u2014 reducing the lead-time for creating these items.<\/p>\n

\u201cProduct Design Suite is a big part of our workflow now,\u201d said Paul Linton, senior engineering manger at Karcher. \u201cFrom electrical line diagrams, to design and analysis of individual components, to final product documentation, it speeds up the process and gets our product to market faster with fewer errors.\u201d<\/p>\n

More details on Karcher\u2019s use of Product Design Suite as a competitive differentiator can be seen in this video<\/a> on the Autodesk YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a dirty world out there \u2014 and Karcher North America<\/a> (Karcher) is doing its best to clean it up.<\/p>\n

A leading provider of consumer, commercial and industrial cleaning equipment, Karcher has been named the Autodesk November Inventor of the Month<\/a> for using Autodesk Product Design Suite<\/a> to design the LANDA ECOS: a mobile \u201cwash and reclaim\u201d system that combines a hot water pressure washing system with an integrated wastewater recovery and filtration system \u2014 all housed on a tandem-axle trailer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manufacturing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAutodesk Digital Prototyping Software Helps Karcher Clean Up With Innovative All-in-One System - In the Fold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Autodesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Autodesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2fe6071949598957391b579ca67e73a9\"},\"headline\":\"Autodesk Digital Prototyping Software Helps Karcher Clean Up With Innovative All-in-One System\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-26T09:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":481,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/inthefold.autodesk.com\\\/.a\\\/6a017c3334c51a970b019b01a67207970d-800wi\",\"articleSection\":[\"Manufacturing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/autodesk-digital-prototyping-software-helps-karcher-clean-up-with-innovative-all-in-one-system\\\/\",\"name\":\"Autodesk Digital Prototyping Software Helps Karcher Clean Up With Innovative All-in-One System - 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