PRODUCT REVIEWS
Expert v25 CAD / CAM software release
JETCAM International s. a. r. l. has announced the release of version 25.12 of its flagship JETCAM Expert CAD / CAM software, introducing features that enhance productivity and automation for sheet metal and composite fabrication. The new release delivers intelligent material utilisation and seamless license management for enterprise deployments.
Key highlights include:
■ Anti-Tipping Microjoints: These are automatically applied on nested parts when using slat geometry files with Automatic Ordering or JET-Cut fly-cutting functionality, preventing parts from tipping during cutting operations, avoiding machine head crashes.
■ Auto Extend License Management: New automated license and maintenance extension functionality that validates soft licenses online with JETCAM servers. This, says JETCAM, is particularly beneficial for remote server deployments where license visibility is limited.
■ Ultra Performance Nesting( UPN) updates: Several improvements to Ultra Performance Nesting( UPN) including new intelligent nesting direction options(‘ To Corner’,‘ Horizontal’,‘ Vertical’), improved hole scrap utilisation and automatic renesting of smaller parts within holes of larger components, maximizing material utilisation and leaving more usable remnants.
■ Optimised NC Code Generation: Dramatically improved speed across all Generic postprocessors, especially when generating code for nests with large numbers of components.
■ Improved File Handling Performance: Highly optimised speed when opening files with vast numbers of segments, particularly when intersection point calculation is enabled.
“ Version 25 introduces features that directly address real-world manufacturing challenges, while continuing to improve overall performance,” commented Martin Bailey, Managing Director, JETCAM International.
“ The Anti-Tipping Microjoints feature will save manufacturers significant time and reduce potentially expensive head crashes by preventing parts from becoming unstable during cutting. Combined with new features such as Auto Extend, UPN updates and drastic performance improvements in several key areas, this release demonstrates our commitment to streamlining operational workflows for our customers,” he added.
Additional enhancements to the version 25.12 software release include:
■ Nine new postprocessors supporting machines from Murata; Pathfinder; Mitsubishi; HK Laser; Eastman; Boschert; Oree; FlexiCAM and Houfek.
■ Updates to multiple existing postprocessors to support new machine capabilities.
■ Improved simulator performance with enhanced path optimisation and simulation speed.
■ Enhanced Remote Control Processing( RCP) with template nesting support and custom NC file path options.
■ New hole size limit options for sheet usage efficiency calculations.
■ Support for tighter CrossTrack application integration via a new direct communications platform.
■ Hundreds of bug fixes and stability improvements across all modules. n
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Tool-change robot for coil slitting lines
The GEORG toolingrobot is designed to increase the productivity of slitting lines with new performance features such as short handling and set-up times, machine-learning capability and predictive planning. With the toolingrobot, GEORG automates all manual activities associated with tool change, as well as tasks such as tool cleaning and knife edge inspection. Its design has been tailored specifically to the needs of steel and aluminium service centres, which have to deal with frequent program changes.
“ Manual tool changing on slitting lines used to be a very time-consuming process and a critical bottleneck in many operations. By enabling up to 14 tool changes per shift, we are now setting a new industry standard. Such a high rate of tool changes has become possible via advanced engineering features. Using intelligent, machine-learning( ML) algorithms, the software can plan ahead, ensuring that new tooling assemblies are readily available when needed,” said GEORG. The GEORG toolingrobot is of compact, scalable design. Its modular design concept means that the system can flexibly adapt to changing conditions. GEORG uses a handling robot that only moves vertically and radially within the circular tool store for short traveling distances and shorter tooling times.
Intelligent functionality enables the picking of several tools at a time. The self-learning logistics software stores tool combinations that are frequently used and automatically decides which of these recurring tool packages shall be kept together as fixed entities.
“ All in all, the software reduces the previously typical number of activities by about 25 per cent,” said GEORG.
The slitting knives are automatically inspected before being reused. GEORG employs a camera-based solution and intelligent image processing to recognize and categorize defects such as thin cracks and chipping, and degree of edge wear.
GEORG has also broken new ground in tool cleaning technology, offering an optional washing unit. n
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