FOCUS ON CAD / CAM
A TRUMPF TruBend 5130 press brake at Emsea.
Emsea Ltd is a laser cutting, metal fabrication, machining and sheet metalforming specialist based in Tewkesbury( UK). It has enhanced its productivity and efficiency by choosing Lantek Bend software for its TRUMPF TruBend 5000 series pressbrake.
The Lantek Bend system monitors the springback of the material and works out the overbend required to get the angle exactly right. The machine can detect if the operator has inserted the part the wrong way around, maximising quality and reducing the possibility of error.
Emsea manufactures parts for a wide range of different industries including agriculture, oil and gas, water, food, medical and packaging. The materials it uses, as well as the variety of components produced, is continuously changing which makes process automation extremely important to the company.
PRODUCTIVE PROCESSES
UK subcontractor, Emsea Ltd, has made major cost and efficiency savings by adopting Lantek Bend software on its press brake operations.
“ The software’ s TSO batch job capability enables Emsea to batch together large numbers of different parts.”
Emsea can maintain consistency in production and cost estimation, regardless of the machine in use
An eye on efficiency
Jordan Adlam, Sales Engineer, Emsea, explained:“ Thanks to Lantek’ s advanced technology, we can optimise the productivity of our machines which means cutting set-up times and avoiding errors. This gives us major cost and efficiency savings. The way that the Lantek software products integrate with one another, sharing and optimising data, helps us to operate as efficiently as possible while providing the best customer service.
“ As well as integrating the software to program the TRUMPF TruBend machine, we also use it for other bending machines( providing a tooling and setting list and a bending sequence to the operators). This saves them time and ensures that we are quoting the right costs for processes on these machines,” he added. Previously all Emsea’ s bending sequences and tooling was worked out on the shop floor, with operators using different tools and methods. This meant a high risk of human error and wasted materials. With Lantek Bend, Emsea has just one floating licence for the software which is part of the quotation and programming process for the company’ s laserand waterjet cutting machines.
Lantek Bend software on a TRUMPF TruBend press brake at Emsea.
“ Lantek Bend’ s multi-vendor capability provides Emsea with great flexibility by allowing the software to interface seamlessly with bending machines from various manufacturers. This includes providing a standardised process for programming and optimisation. That means Emsea can maintain consistency in production and cost estimation, regardless of the machine in use,” explained software specialist, Lantek.
Fast and flexible
As a result of integrating Lantek Bend in its machine, said Lantek, Emsea has reduced
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