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In This Edition:

• SigmaTEK Triumphs at Fabtech
• New Technology Spotlight: SigmaTUBE
• Speak Your Mind: Customer Testimonial
• Tech Tip: Help Menu
• Contact Updates

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This year was our best ever at Fabtech! Hundreds of customers, dealers  and  prospects visted our two booths at the FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show, which took place November 15th-18th at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. It was a wonderful opportunity to show off the latest in SigmaTEK software solutions, including the popular SigmaNEST Version 9.  Congratualtions to the winners of our golf bag giveaway!

The SigmaNEST Team from the left: Michelle Lloyd, Customer Service Specialist, Cornel TerreBlanche, Marketing Coordinator,Jason DeGraeve, Regional Sales Manager,Scott Grindstaff, Inside Sales Engineer and Ben TerreBlanche, President & CEO.

The Burny division, a premier motion control supplier for shape cutting equipment, and Cleveland Motion Controls is excited to announce a new partnership with SigmaNEST, making SigmaNEST the standard software system on every new Burny controller.

Cleveland Motion Controls and SigmaTEK are confident that this new relationship will provide users with considerable increases in capacity, flexibility and operational ease, bringing significant productivity improvements to the entire shape cutting arena. In an increasingly competitive market, cutting-edge technological implementation is what sets manufacturers apart from their competitors. The strong pool of engineering resources and knowledge behind SigmaNEST software, in combination with Burny's presence as a motion control leader in the global marketplace, allows the two companies to provide an optimal solution for fabricators and manufacturers using shape cutting equipment.

The SigmaNEST booth was located across the aisle from WA Whitney, an OEM partner of SigmaTEK's. Our team played a video featuring  Whitney cutting machines in the booth. Pictured to the right is WA Whitney's Al Julian, proudly displaying a SigmaNEST magnets on their machine.

SigmaTEK Customer Service Specialist Michelle Lloyd made the most of her first trip to Fabtech by meeting  some of our customers, including Larry Schweinegruber from Robinson Trailers (bottom right)  and Eric Lundgren from  General Atomics ( top right). Always eager to help a customer upgrade, she assisted Vermeer’s Kevin Stauner ( bottom left)  in trading in a competitor’s lanyards for one of ours! Also pictured are the guys from GE Mathis, sporting their new camo SigmaNEST caps.

SigmaTUBE is a tube and pipe cutting solution for 4-axis profile cutting machines that runs seamlessly integrated inside SolidWorks CAD software. It allows users to generate NC
code for tube-cutting machines without exporting assemblies or parts out of SolidWorks. In doing so, SigmaTUBE eliminates the time consuming procedure of exporting design components into a CAM software system for processing.

SigmaTUBE features a step-by-step wizard that effectively guides users through the programming process and also offers:

• Automatic detection of machinable features
• Automatic toolpath and NC code generation
• Feature suppression for cutting
• Compatible with rectangular, round, or free-form tube

Click here to read more about SigmaTUBE.

Customers continue to rave about SigmaNEST version 9. Kevin Stout, Production Control Manager at Caid Industries was so thrilled with his results, he e-mailed us the nest. “I wanted to show you this nest and say that the automatic features in Sigmanest get better with each release.  I am impressed by the improved automatic nesting and sequencing power and wanted to say keep up the good work!”

Looking for a quick answer to a simple question or just wanting to learn more about SigmaNEST? Explore the Help menu! SigmaNEST Version 9’s Help menu is a virtual electronic user’s manual, full of information on SigmaNEST. This user friendly menu  has the option of an index or word search.

For more information, contact SigmaNEST at 513-674-0005, or send a message to sales@sigmanest.com.

Please let us know of any contact additions or changes (names, email addresses, phone numbers) by emailing them to marketing@sigmanest.com.

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