Fogg Filler Company designs and manufactures rotary filling, rinsing, capping, and enclosure systems used in the dairy, water, premium juice, spirits, and pharmaceutical industries. The U.S. company, based in Holland, Michigan, began in 1956 as a small dairy filler rebuild shop and progressed over the years to become a premier filling machinery provider.
Challenge
Fogg Filler was looking for a more intelligent software to build pipes and to generate pipelines that works flawlessly with Solidworks CAD, their custom-built ERP solution, and their current PDM system, Solidworks PDM Professional.
Solution
Smap3D Plant Design fulfills these demands by combining P&ID, piping, and isometric for 2D / 3D plant and pipeline planning of the filling machines, ensuring consistent, efficient design processes. The smooth exchange of document information between the systems and the automation of repetitive tasks resulted in a significant increase in productivity.
“With our past process of part numbering and detailing every cut to length pipe, spool weldment, and then plumbing the system we can work up to two times more efficiently with Smap3D. We can then invest this saved time in further improving our processes and in developing new products.”
Jesse Reda, Engineering Manager – Systems at Fogg Filler Company
Case study
Well-filled bottles and order books (pdf)
Image source: Fogg Filler Company
