Summary of features
• Quickly select the products, ports and machining options you need by navigating the library, or by using the search function, then drag and drop onto your schematic layout.
• Easily configure all of your selected items to meet your application needs with the dropdown component selection functionality.
• Information about technical vs. pricing decisions is available in one location on the Component Specification page of each item, which also includes valve catalog pages.
• The Project Information view lets you to capture customer, technical, and HIC material information.
• The Manifold Layout page lets to capture application-critical layout information, where you can define the maximum envelope dimensions and the location of valves, ports and mounting holes.
Outputs Include:
•Project file that stores all your work into one document [.HICS]
•Project Summary
•Schematic in DXF format
•Automation Studio output [.HIX] to support your simulation needs
Project Summary includes:
•Customer and distributor Information
•Net price and other commercial information
•Technical parameters
•Schematic
•Manifold layout
•Bill of material
•Warnings and revision history
|
|
According to Darren Magner, marketing manager at Comatrol, one of the main ideas behind the new software is simply to obtain more brand awareness by getting the free software into the hands of students at universities, distributors, and end-users. "EasyValve is the e-destination that takes custom HIC solutions to the next level by providing a streamlined development process from the customer to the Comatrol engineer. EasyValve’s intuitive user interface allows you to proficiently create your hydraulic circuit schematic by simply dragging and dropping from Comatrol’s complete digital library of cartridge valves, Cetop valves and accessories. Capture your technical, commercial and application requirements to accurately document and communicate your custom HIC needs — allowing you to get exactly what you want from the first drawing, reducing the prototype cycle time by as much as half.
“Users can do simulations with the software by putting it with a cylinder, motor, and other parts to see how it will work and operate,” Magner said. “After designing and simulating, they send to us, and we quickly make a 3D model. If it’s good, it’s ordered and sent to production, much quicker than before.”
Finally, more than 500 Comatrol components are included in the new Automation Studio catalog, also simplifying hydraulic system design. Users will be able to design hydraulic circuits faster and better by allowing them to create and validate — by functional simulation using Automation Studio — product performance and compatibility with other system components prior to block machining.
Visit www.comatrol.com/easyvalve for more information.
