The service is available to registered users of the ITT Cannon website at www.ittcannon.com. Registration is free and only takes a few minutes. Once signed into the site, customers may directly query their requested standard product using the single search field capability. Within the summarized output, registered users may directly request the generation of a 3D solid model. A number of industry-standard formats are available. The downloadable file is obtained via a system supplied e-mail link. The customer simply clicks through the link to download the design package as a .zip file, which is then easily imported into their own CAD system for prototyping in products.
Keith Teichmann, Global Marketing Director at ITT ICS comments: “This new 3D web-based modelling makes the task of design engineers easier and allows them to import different fully-assembled connector solutions straight into prototype designs, giving them the flexibility to try out different solutions. It should help speed selection of the optimum interconnect and therefore reduce time to market for new products.”