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Technical Article

A formal or opinion-driven text on specific topics such as Lino-supported processes, customer applications, or the Lino portfolio. The goal is to convey knowledge, insights, or experiences to interested readers in a clear and authoritative manner. This archive contains all technical articles from Lino.

Foerdertechnik Konfiguration
TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Conveyor Systems & Hoists: From Customer Request to PDM Release in One Hour

How motion06 configures a belt curve in 10 minutes instead of up to 30 hours: automated design, ERP integration and PDM release in one hour.
Product Configuration für Mechanical Engineering
TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Product Configuration in Mechanical Engineering: How Rules Make Product Variety Manageable

Product configuration in mechanical engineering: manage variants, secure know-how, speed up quotations and generate CAD data.
Kundenanforderungen automatisch erfassen
TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Engineering AI: Why Customer Requirements No Longer Need to Be Retyped

Capture customer requirements automatically with Engineering AI: from customer PDF to a validated, finished layout.
Technical Article CAM Programming
TECHNICAL ARTICLE

CAM Programming: Why No One Will Do It by Hand Anymore in the Future

A new machining center is meant to run around the clock. Without continuous CAM data, it never reaches its potential. A look at the process - and what Lino® Hub automates.
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3D Web Visualization: Experience Product Variants Interactively in the Browser

A brochure with high-gloss photos appears complete until the customer asks for the variant with a different drive, different housing, and a different connection position. At that point, it becomes clear that the image represented only one out of hundreds of possible configurations.
Technical article CAD Automation
TECHNICAL ARTICLE

CAD Automation: Why Every Custom Configuration Costs Your Engineering Team Two Weeks

A customer requests a custom configuration. Sales configures the matching variant that same morning in the CPQ system. And then the waiting begins: in many machine-building companies, it takes engineering two weeks or more to turn that into a matching 3D model, drawing, and bill of materials.
Vergleich manuelle CAD-Konstruktion vs. automatisierte Konfiguration: Zeit- und Fehlerreduzierung durch Prozessautomation im Maschinenbau
TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Process Automation in Mechanical Engineering: How Companies Are Removing Manual Routine from Design

A customer requests a custom variant, sales commits to a delivery date, and the design department begins the search for the right CAD model. Weeks pass before the drawing and bill of materials are finished,....
Systemintegration im Maschinenbau
TECHNICAL ARTICLE

System Integration: The Difference Between Point Solutions and End-to-End Continuity

Why many manufacturers still transfer part numbers and BOMs by hand between CAD, PDM, and ERP – and what that manual work really costs engineering teams.
Engineering Automation with Lino Hub
TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Engineering Automation: How Mechanical and Plant Engineers Seamlessly Connect Sales, Engineering, and Manufacturing

Why redundant data entry across CAD, PDM, ERP, and CRM causes up to 30% of engineering errors – and how Engineering Automation fixes the root cause.