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Developments, Innovations, and Insights around Engineering Automation, CAD
and Process Automation, Product Configuration, Integration and the Lino Team
Product and Company News
In this section, we inform you about new technologies, product updates, partnerships, and developments at Lino. Discover current topics around integration, design automation, and digital transformation in the machinery industry.
TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Engineering AI: Why Customer Requirements No Longer Need to Be Retyped
Capture Customer Requirements Automatically The request arrives as a PDF. A 38 page specification, plus a sketch of the factory hall on page 12 with dimensions added by hand. Before it turns into a quotation with a layout, every single requirement travels through the company four times: it is retyped, maintained in an Excel list, … Continued
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.
CASE STUDIES
Tyrolit Group Achieves 24/7 Production with Lino® Hub
Tyrolit, a leading international manufacturer of abrasives, relies on the Lino® Hub integration platform to digitize its manufacturing processes—with remarkable success. By seamlessly connecting CAD, CAM, and ERP systems, the company has eliminated manual interventions, increased process reliability, and reduced production times.
LINO 3D LAYOUT
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: 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.
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,....
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.
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.
TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Still Planning Facility Layouts on 2D Floor Plans? You Are Risking the Contract!
Why abstract 2D floor plans become a costly competitive disadvantage in plant engineering – and how 3D layout planning prevents assembly surprises.