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FABRICATION
Today’s fabricating technology promises the ability to produce high-quality components job after job, in a variety of applications. And, in each issue, MetalForming is committed to informing you on how fabrication equipment delivers.
This month, we explore the benefits of enterprise resource planning (ERP) in two feature articles. One details ERP trends, including the evolution of intelligent ERP that optimizes workflow and improves accessibility. The other examines ERP capabilities that reduce waste and enable continuous improvement of shop-floor operations.
Also, find out how a Minnesota fab and machine shop employs automatic tool changing in its press brake operations to reduce setup time while addressing skilled- operator shortages.
Contents
22 News&Technology
24 ERPTrends&Expectations for 2022
26 PressBrake’sAutomaticTool Changer
30 How ERP Enables Shop-Floor Success
News & Technology
New LVD Cadman Software Version for Streamlining Fabricating
LVD has released Cadman v8.7, the latest update of its software suite, which introduces several key features, as well as updates for a variety of Cadman mod- ules. Module updates include Cadman- Job (manufacturing execution system), Cadman-SDI (smart drawing importer), Cadman-P (punching), Cadman-L (laser cutting), Cadman-B (bending) and Touch- i4 (sort and validate).
And, this Cadman version can integrate noncore and secondary operations, includ- ing tapping, deburring and grinding. This helps enhance the fabrication process flow by allowing Cadman to control, monitor and log an order from raw material to fin- ished part. Foreign operations now are visible in the Cadman-Job overview screen, and can be tracked and traced in the production process for real-time trans- parency. This version also provides a real- time interface between ERP and sheet metal production. Also, this version now can manage the complete sheet metal production process without the need for an ERP system—work orders can be created within Cadman-SDI for transfer to Cad- man-Job.
LVD: www.lvdgroup.com
Comprehensive Lubrication Program
via New Amsoil Division
Amsoil Industrial, launched in Sep- tember 2021, is a division of Amsoil Inc., which brings more than 50 years of lubri- cation formulation and was the first lubri-
cant company to bring API-certified syn- thetic lubricants to market in 1972.
Amsoil Industrial consults with fabri- cators and metal stamping operations to optimize production efficiency by employing a comprehensive lubrication program that starts with a plant audit by Amsoil Industrial tribologists and lubri- cation experts.
Amsoil: www.amsoilindustrial.com
Sheet Metal Fabricator Adds Wide-Belt Metal- Finishing Machine
Tab Indus- tries, LLC, Reading, PA, has purchased anewEZ Sander wide- belt metal-fin- ishing machine from Apex Machine Group, with companion dust collector.
Expanding the company's range of auto- mated equipment for deburring, grinding, and slag removal, the 37-in.-wide-capacity machine offers increased speed and throughput capabilities for finishing large parts while also offering a brushed finish as an option.
Installed in the company's 44,000- sq.-ft. facility, the finishing machine marks the latest in a string of new investments that includes two laser cutting machines, a new press brake and a variety of auxiliary equipment.
Apex Machine Group: apexmachinegroup.com
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