Forming software designs for progressive dies

A powerful nesting software nests sheet metal blanks on progressive die strips and automatically calculates the best progressive nesting layout to optimise use of coil width and pitch.

Forming Technologies (FTI) has released FormingSuite ProgNest.

ProgNest is powerful nesting software specifically designed for nesting sheet metal blanks on progressive die strips.

It automatically calculates the best progressive nesting layout to optimise material utilization based on coil width and pitch, and other constraints.

Vice president of sales and marketing at FTI, Michael Gallagher, said: "ProgNest is one of the most powerful tools available for the progressive die market for calculating costs and utilizing materials.

Our clients will be able to quickly and accurately process more quotes and estimate the progression and coil width requirements.

Users can produce fully optimised nesting layouts for one-up, two-up, and mirrored progressive die configurations.

We designed ProgNest within the FormingSuite environment to allow for complete compatibility with our FASTBLANK and BLANKNEST solutions to ensure ease of use and optimization".

* About Forming Technologies - Forming Technologies Incorporated is the world's leading developer of computer aided engineering software for design and simulation of sheet metal components.

For the past 18 years, FTI has provided OEMs and suppliers in the automotive, aerospace and appliance industries with innovative software and training solutions designed to reduce development time and material costs.

FTI has trained over 12,000 engineers in formability and die design and is considered the 'Best in Class' around the world for their industry training programmes.

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