IndustrySteel Service CenterProduction Facility: 300,000 Square Feet 11 Laser Machines 8 Plasma Tables 6 Press Brakes Discounting ChallengesMany customers require yearly 3% price reductions. Tight margins make this difficult. Service Steel hoped to set itself apart by offering cost-savings via scrap utilization. SigmaNEST allows additional parts to be added into existing runs. If a customer…
IndustryTruck, Auto, Agricultural EquipmentProduction 40,000 Square Foot facility 2 Laser: Bystronic 3 Turret Punch: Muratec 2 Press Brake: Accell Adding ValueOverlanders added a Muratec 2548 turret-punch press with FG 1250 loader for a lights-out operation. The machine included SigmaNEST to run the entire process including automatic material handling. “When Muratec said they were going to…
IndustrySteel FabricationProduction Laser, Plasma, Press Brake 20,000 Square Foot Facility Software: SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Telka, SigmaNEST In Search of ProfitabilityManufacturing profitability is best achieved by increasing productivity while decreasing costs. MultiFAB hoped to achieve significant improvements in both areas by changing its CAD/CAM nesting software. Multiple CAD/CAM nesting programs were selected for evaluation with SigmaNEST emerging…
IndustryHeavy Equipment TrailersProduction Facility: 80,000 Square Feet Fabrication: Plasma, Press Brake Software: SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, SigmaNEST Monster Trailers = Monster FabricationDiamond produces a variety of trailers that include massive 38-axle Superdual-Lane haulers. All I-beams are custom-made on the company’s 11′ x 85′ plasma table. “SigmaNEST automatically separates part elements and nests them utilizing common-line cutting to…
IndustryAgriculture and Off-HighwayProduction Plasma Press Brake SOLIDWORKS A Change in Nesting?With the purchase of a new plasma table, FSI was persuaded to consider a new nesting program. And so a direct comparison pitting incumbent SigmaNEST against challenger ProNEST was held. “At the end of the day, production efficiency is what we need, and for that…
IndustryTubular Steel Products, Custom Fabrication, Design ServicesProduction Laser – Bystronic, LVD Uni-Punch – Rouselle, Uni-Notch Punch – Rouselle, Federal Turret Punch Press – Murata, Strippit Press Brake (Bystronic) Inefficient Nesting Sheet metal nesting at A.W. Mercer (Boyerton, PA) was a growing problem. Because nested parts did not efficiently utilize material, engineers were forced to spend…
In many ways T-Top Manufacturing is a typical job shop. Employing a variety of cutting, punching, and bending equipment they are constantly searching for ways to streamline processes, maximize resources, and control costs. Like most manufacturing facilities, with diverse machines, programs, and systems, the shop floor represented the company’s largest opportunity for significant improvement. Equipment…
IndustryLighting Fixtures Fabrication AccuShear Wiedemann NC Turret Punch Presses (Motorum 2044 EZ, Motorum 2048) Accurpress Press Brakes (6’, 8’, 10’) Software AutoCad Autodesk Inventor SigmaNEST SigmaBEND SimTrans Bartco Lighting (Huntington Beach, CA) is a manufacturer of spec-grade linear fluorescent and LED lighting fixtures supplying the world’s hospitals, colleges, museums, retail stores, office buildings, and similar…
