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CAM and software for sheetmetal, punching, profiling, EDM, etc
News Release from: Jetcam International | Subject: ETCAM Expert sheet metal punching software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 November 2005
Sheet metal punching software drew
interest
JETCAM reported a substantial increase in interest for its latest release of JETCAM Expert software for sheet metal punching and profiling applications at the Fabtech International exhibition.
JETCAM reported a substantial increase in interest for its CAM and nesting software at Fabtech International, held in Chicago, Illinois, USA The booth, which was manned by JETCAM's US reseller, NestONE Solutions, was also shared with JETCAM's sister company, Camtek, thus providing a one-stop software shop for virtually all cutting methodologies
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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JETCAM demonstrated the latest release of JETCAM Expert for punching and profiling applications.
Also shown was the latest release of the FFHPN (free-form high performance nesting) module, which can deliver material savings of 10-15%.
Automation was also covered, with JETCAM's RCP (Remote Control Processing) demonstrating the JETCAM Expert CAM system being supplied a list of assemblies from an external application, then automatically tooling, nesting and generating NC code for the required number of parts.
Martin Bailey, Group Marketing manager commented; "This year we saw a marked increase in the importance placed on efficient nesting and speed of cutting.
With labour, material and energy prices forever rising manufacturers are look for methods of reducing programming and machine cycle time along with improving material utilisation.
One customer that purchased FFHPN saw a return on investment in just over four weeks, while another has quoted that they are saving $5000 on material per day.".
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