Industry
Food Processing and Packaging
Production
- 84,000 ft. production facility
- Laser Cutting, Forming, Rolling, Machining, Welding, Polishing, Tube & Pipe Cutting
- Mazak FabriGear 150
- SOLIDWORKS, Solid Edge, Inventor, AutoCAD, Pro/E, Parasolid
Programming Bottleneck
Tube cutting represents a significant and growing part of the company’s business. When the decision was made to invest in new machinery a 6-axis Mazak FabriGear 150 was purchased. However existing software was limited in functionality and difficult to learn, consequently only a couple of people were capable of programming machines resulting in production bottlenecks.
Exceeding Expectations
In 2014 ACE acquired SigmaTUBE. A complete tube and pipe cutting program, SigmaTUBE supports round, rectangular, triangular, tube/pipe. Structural material (I-beam, H-beam, C-channel, and angle iron) are also supported.
“SigmaTUBE allows us to nest complete assemblies without exporting individual parts,”
Kevin Bailey,
Vice President of Engineering, ACE Metal Craft.
Vice President of Engineering, ACE Metal Craft.
“The program is intuitive and easier to use than our previous software. Now more of our people are capable of programming which increases productivity. Time and cost savings have been improved measurably,” said Bailey. “In our case these improvements equate to very significant programming savings.”
Sustained ROI
SigmaTUBE has delivered improvements in terms of quality and consistency. As a bonus improved efficiency has resulted in faster delivery and more competitive pricing. “At Ace, we don’t just build to spec. We evaluate to see if it can be done better—faster, with a higher quality outcome,” said Bailey. “And SigmaTUBE helps us to meet these goals.”