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News Release from: Lantek Sheet Metal Solutions | Subject: Expert Version 25 sheet metal software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 March 2006
Sheet metal software has improved
nesting facility
Sheet metal fabrication software includes new nesting algorithms - to produce a highly regular nesting pattern - and a new manufacturing orders module.
Malvern based Lantek Systems is launching the latest version of its sheet metal fabrication software at MACH 2006 Lantek Expert Version 25 includes new nesting algorithms and a new Manufacturing Orders Module
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Nesting Module has been optimised to produce a highly regular nesting pattern in both the automatic and semiautomatic modes, achieving an improvement in material utilisation of 6% when compared with the previous version.
Additionally, new tools have been introduced to handle and save nesting patterns.
These can now contain the machining technology and can be easily identified from the part data, making it much quicker to select the correct nest to cut.
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The Manufacturing Orders Module in Version 25 works from a central database which holds information about orders, costs, stock levels and production status.
In the Quotes Module, Lantek Expert uses historic cost and profit margin information to create accurate quotations, while the Inventory Module checks stock levels against orders to determine the actual production requirements.
The Production Control Module now operates much faster, with quicker loading of nests and improved links to inventory and cost modules, enabling the user to obtain a clear, accurate and up to date picture of the production process as it happens.
New icons show the status of components in the parts list, making it easy to identify components which are, for example, incorrect, over produced, completed or required.
A new user interface has introduced a consistent style throughout the whole system, making it far more intuitive to operate.
Automatic error checking for data entry, and new configuration options, reduce the possibility for mistakes and enable the system to be tailored to suit each user.
Lantek Expert Version 25 also includes over 50 improvements in its machining cycles, including a new capability for default technology parameters linked to material thickness; options for parts stacking; visualisation of the actual punch press turret; plus cut path simulation and punch order sequence improvements.
Lantek is committed to providing the most productive software tools for the sheet metal industry and its development team has been working closely with its 5,500 customers from around the world to create the new architecture for Version 25.
Lantek Expert Version 25 will be on display in Hall 4, on stand 4915 at MACH 2006, where visitors can see the full power of the new software.
* Lantek Systems at MACH 2006, NEC, Birmingham, UK, May 15-19, Hall 4, Stand 4915.
* About Lantek Systems - Lantek Systems , formed in 2000 is the UK arm of Lantek Spain, which has its headquarters in Vitoria-Gasteiz near Bilbao.
Lantek specialises in the creation and delivery of software to optimise the performance of sheet metal and fabrication machines; products to maximise economy of material usage; and software for effective production control in a fabrication environment.
Lantek has offices in France, Spain, Italy, UK, USA, Japan, Germany and South Korea.
More than 4,500 licences of the software are in use around the world, providing improved productivity and profitability for companies using oxyfuel, plasma, waterjet, punching and combination machines.
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